Endless Objects (Gaspard)

I did some material research for what is most commonly used for bushings. On almost every site I read that that was polyurethane.
https://www.warehouseskateboards.com/help/Skateboard-Bushings-Buying-Guide
https://www.skatedeluxe.com/blog/nl/wiki/skateboarding/skateboard-wiki/bushings/
so I decided to go with polyurethane and the shore of 85. This shore was the best for my weight.

I also looked up the qualities of polyurethane shore 85. It is a very harsh but also flexible material.

Then I went to form X and asked there if they had the material I was looking for and if they thought it was suited for how I wanted to use it. they said it probably would work and I bought it

2 opbejcts that I choose to repair / modify:

by the caliper the lower part is broken and needs to be made.

The bushing is to old, this is the only one that is still whole.

I choose to repair my bushing.

i have not a lot of modelling experience. i started learning sketchup at the beginning of corona. down here you can see some drawings that I made

I started to lean fusion by following some tutorials online. After that I started trying to draw things in my house.

I measured the bushing so I could draw it in fusion.

below you can see how I drew the bushing it self and the mould

then I sent the files to the 3D printer and I printed the bushing itself and the mould.

here I found out that the thing in the middle was floating so it broke off really easy. I adjusted the drawing and printed it again

I needed to make a new more flexible mould because I was not sure that the plastic one would release my object

I mixed the two components together and pored it in my mould. It is way to hard and has no flexibility at all. I think I put to much hardener in my mix, so I bought an exact scale.

The material that I bought: polyurethane shore 85

Put your mix tray on your scale.

Stir the first part well.

Pour it in until 15.

Shake the second part well.

Pour it until 3.

Mix it well.

Pour it in to the mould.

Wait /4 hours and it is done!

MIXING PROCESS

As I expected the 3D printed mould would not release.

Than I made the final ones and I put everything together

I wanted to try different hardnesses so I put less harder in the mix, but than it stayed soft

Polyurethane is quit expensive and you can't buy it in the small amounts that I needed. so I decided to use the hardness that I already had and not experiment with different hardnesses in one skate.

PROJECTS

Blanket

Electric coussion

Growing bag

Lampies

Lasered stool

Product that grows with you

Foudraaltjes

Cookie cutters

alternative measuring object

Pocket objects

Material library

2D

Fish pictures

Picture Book