by SuiGenerisBrewing

Let Darwin illuminate you...either by reading "The Origin of Species", or by casting him in wax and lighting him on fire! This 4-piece mould casts an ~8 cm (~3") tall bust of Darwin. Mould needs to be taped together prior to casting. The mould components should be slipped off "sideways" to prevent tearing of Darwin's beard or shoulders.

I cast these using beeswax and a PLA mould. Even though bees wax melts above PLA's glass transition temperature, I've poured over a dozen of these using the same mould without issue. I would suggest using 4 perimeters in your slicer settings to give a little more strength/durability to the mould surface; the remainder of the mould can be printed at the lowest infill setting you are comfortable with - I used 10% gyroid.

Mould mas made by taking the MAAS Collection's Darwin bust, scaling it and reducing the polygons to something reasonable: https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=darwin&dwh=835db06ac872385

Note: Thingiverse has distorted the photos; the candles are proportional to the actual Darwin bust.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:                          

Prusa

Printer:                          

I3 MK3S

Rafts:                          

No

Supports:                          

No

Resolution:                          

0.1 mm

Infill:                          

10% (4 perimiters)

Filament:                                            Unkonwn PLA, or whatever you have on hand                                        Doesn't matter