Gummy Bear Maker

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I've been looking for a decent gummy bear mold and they all seemed too expensive, so here is a printable version. The two piece mold with 20 bears is a modified version of the Snowman maker and (in my experience) would only be suitable for thicker things poured into it. Regular gummy mix seem to just run right through (or my clamps are too loose). I've included a full 72 gummy plate with full length grooves between the cavities for easy removal of entire trips of finished bears. If your printer can't handle such a large mold (or you don't want to wait) I've also included two smaller 36 bear molds. They're identical to the 72 cavity version only chopped in half. This design uses a remix of the Snowman maker mold and the Classic Gummy Bear model. The 20 bear version uses a sliced version of the Classic Gummy Bear while the plates use the full model plus a half plate from the Snowman maker. My standard mix is 1 box flavored gelatin, 2 packages unflavored gelatin, 2/3 cup liquid For the liquid you can use water, or fruit juice. I prefer apple juice, but you could probably use any juice to complement the flavor of your gelatin. You can also use 1/3 cup water/juice and 1/3 cup of your favorite liquor. Cheap vodka works well. If you're doing the non-alcoholic version add your liquid to a pot on the stove then dump in all the gelatin and let it sit for about 5 minutes until moisture is absorbed. Then heat until all the sugars melt and pour into the mold. I prefer using a syringe as in the included photos. If you're doing the 50/50 mix with alcohol add your alcohol after the mixture is heated and then begin pouring. A full batch should do 120-130 bears easy. The first photo was a 1/2 test batch of grape flavor and it filled nearly 2/3 of the mold. I did spray it down lightly with oil before pouring just for good measure. All of the gummy bears were easy to remove and most came out in strips like in the photo. Printed with Makergeeks Translucent White 3mm PETG. Print Settings Printer: Your Mom (Ultra Large I3 Clone) Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 300 Micron Infill: 40% fast honeycomb Notes: 2.85mm Makergeeks White Translucent PETG Simpliy3D 3.1.1 E3D V6 3mm all metal hotend 0.60 Nozzle 0.72 Extrusion Multiplier 0.75 Extrusion Width 1 mm Retraction 50 mm/s Retraction Speed 5 mm Wipe Distance 0.3 mm Layer Height 8 Solid Top Layers 6 Solid Bottom Layers 1 Outline/Perimeter Shell Inside-Out Direction 97% first layer height 100% first layer width 30% first layer speed Skirt 1 layer 5mm offset from part 3 outlines Internal fill fast honeycomb external fill rectilinear 40% infill 10% outline overlap 103% infill extrusion width 2mm minimum infill length sparse infill every 1 layer bed 90 C first layer bed 85 C second layer bed 80 C third layer Extruder 265 first layer Extruder 260 second layer Extruder 255 third layer Extruder 250 fourth layer Fan off first layer Fan 100% second layer Adjust print speed for layers below 13 seconds allow speed reductions down to 10% 30 mm/s default printing speed 25% outline underspeed 75% solid infill underspeed 75% support structure underspeed 100 mm/s x/y movement speed 2 mm/s z axis movement speed 2.81 mm filament diameter bridging 2 sq mm unsupported area threshold 1 mm extra inflation distance 70% bridging extrusion factor 25% bridging speed multiplier force retraction between layers 6 mm minimum travel for retraction perform retraction during movement wipe only wipe extruder for outer-most perimeters How I Designed This Created with a mix of Tinkercad and Netfabb Basic.