Makeshift Lego Silicone Molds

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I was dying to make some Silicone Molds after I saw The Star Wars Molds tutorial. Problem was I couldn’t come up with any ideas except doing the alphabet. However, a friend suggested I try making legos. So I went to work, did a little research thanks to Robert Cailliau.

Took all his measurements, made adjustments, designed one in easel, copy/paste and voilà!

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I used a scrap piece of 2" x 6" Pine
half way thru, some issues with stepover, but I ended up just sanding it down with some 150grit.

Picked up some cheap Food Grade Silicone Mold package from Michael’s, the cashier was nice enough to hand me a 40% off coupon. Half of the package made one row. I see now that I could have shortened the spaces in between the legos.

If anyone is interested in the Easel project file I can share it. Let me know what you think!
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Nice job! What are you going to use them for?

Being food grade could you do up some Lego ice cubes? hehe

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Planning on Chocolate (of course) and making gummie legos, but ice cubes are a great idea! going to try it right meow!

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Could you post that as a project? I have been thinking about making lego plates for a lego table for my kids and that template would work great.

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If you’re interested in a Lego table, here’s one I built for my kids a few years back. I made it up as I went, but the kids picked out the Lego colors and still have a great time. The edge trim has a raised lip, so they don’t accidentally knock their cities off.

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I don’t have drawings for how I made it, but I have a bunch of pictures showing in-process so you can see the materials and designs.

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The easy way :wink: but still a cool project none the less.

http://www.amazon.com/Building-Bricks-Candy-Mold-Enthusiasts/dp/B0074SFQK0

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There ya go! Published it quickly, I’ll upload some better pics and instructions when I have time.

thanks/

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Awesome Thanks

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How about making them out of wood?
have a look at my video.

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James, that is great! This is on my list of things to make. What did you use for material? Did you do that in Easel?

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Scotts, Thanks I used Maple wood. Note it was cut in the end grain. No chip out that way. No, I used SketchUp. However it can be done in Easel.

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Would you want to share the g code?

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I can do that. Where to send them?