Modular Flasks V6.7 - A modular 3d printed pattern system for casting your own metal casting flasks

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Hi all o/ This modular flasks project was initially about me just wanting to make my own metal casting flask from aluminium. And to do that i needed a pattern, so i could cast the parts i needed to make the whole metal flask. I discussed this on my youtube channel and asked people for suggestions and people started giving me their ideas, it evolved into this... The idea is you can 3d print a small number of reuseable and interchangeable modules in order to make larger patterns for sand casting from. Depending on what modules you use and in what order, you will get a flask pattern that is unique to your needs and the correct size for you too! EDIT: i have added a STL of a nut hole cover, for those that do not wish to use nuts in the nut holes - you can cover up the holes with these :) It has worked well for me on my own printer etc, but just to be sure if you want to do this yourself, i'd print a few small 40mm extension pieces (see print settings below), just to check the parts will fit together nicely for you :) ALL THE MODULE FILES AND README are in the .zipped file #EDIT# there was a problem with the last zip file there were multiple layers zips/folders etc, this should hopefully be fixed. here is a playlist of the whole series, on my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXBs2Rge71U&list=PLuA-gfv2vkCdYWejHY2vCy6zNX_icYAWp more details are in the README file :) this is a work in progress, so if you like this and want to see any updates or get more info please subscribe to my YouTube channel where everything is discussed and updates occur: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC87n5CeVcBG2LDgDx71852g <p>These files have been released under the following license:<br>Modular Flasks (modular metal casting flask patterns) by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/julianhg">Julian HG</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.<br>Based on a work at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/julianhg">https://www.youtube.com/julianhg</a>.<br>Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a href="http://julianhg.com/the-modular-flask-project-modular-flask-patterns/">http://julianhg.com/the-modular-flask-project-modular-flask-patterns/</a>.</p>