Custom Lego parts made with abs cement?

[Legendarybarr]

Has anyone made custom Lego parts with abs cement using silicon molds? Would this work or would resin be better? Thanks.

[CommanderFox]

Has anyone made custom Lego parts with abs cement using silicon molds? Would this work or would resin be better? Thanks.

I've never heard of abs cement, but Im quite sure all the custom houses that cast parts eg. Arealight, Little Arms, Brickforge, Fine Clonier use resins.

If you want some tutorials, here are some links, curtesy of The Ugly Duckling:

Silicone Mold Making for Casting Custom Parts by Recluce

Silicon Rubber Molds by Jared K. Burks Aka Kaminoan

Minifig Customization 101: Casting Parts in Resin Plastic by Jared K. Burks Aka Kaminoan

For more custom tutorials Here's another link to a list of them:The Ugly Duckling tutorials

Hope this all helps you in your decision!

CF

[Baylego]

Wow, that is an excellent list of tutorials there for all kinds of customizing! This should definitely be indexed. The resin casting process is quite interesting, I think. It actually doesn't look quite as hard to do as I thought!

[Omicron]

I've never heard of abs cement, but Im quite sure all the custom houses that cast parts eg. Arealight, Little Arms, Brickforge, Fine Clonier use resins.

Arealight used to back when he made things by hand.

BrickForge doesn't.

Both used high quality ABS on par with Lego.

-Omi