Form for silicone cast button pad
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I've designed form for casting silicone button pad. They have exact same dimensions as buttons on monome. Now I have to do few more tries to avoid some errors but Itll be great. Designed in OpenSCAD and its parametrized, so you can generate as big form as you want :-) there is a room for LED inside button, just like in button pad from Sparkfun etc.
It works, but the feel of pressing isn't same as on the monome, I've updated design a little and it should be better now.
If you have vacuum chamber you are lucky and you can have bubble free cast :-)
I've tried to embed some conductor when casting, but it wasn't great idea. Next time > cast and then glue the conductor :-) (in this case simple aluminium foil) >>> any tip for better and easier conductor??
Faceplate and PCB for this button pad is on the way too!! I'm looking forward to print my own MONOME!!
It works, but the feel of pressing isn't same as on the monome, I've updated design a little and it should be better now.
If you have vacuum chamber you are lucky and you can have bubble free cast :-)
I've tried to embed some conductor when casting, but it wasn't great idea. Next time > cast and then glue the conductor :-) (in this case simple aluminium foil) >>> any tip for better and easier conductor??
Faceplate and PCB for this button pad is on the way too!! I'm looking forward to print my own MONOME!!
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Start with small form like 1x1 or 2x2. Oil the form before casting. Provide feedback ;-) !!
Form for silicone cast button pad by prusajr is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution license.
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samroesch
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Jan 12, 2011
said:
What did you use as a release agent?
samroesch
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Jan 12, 2011
said:
Sorry, missed the bit about oiling it first. Motor oil? Olive oil? Does it matter?
jim
on
Jul 30, 2010
said:
Hello, I saw your form for the silicone buttons. I am searching for something like this. is it possible to buy such a form?
Devlin
on
Dec 2, 2009
said:
What type of silicone did you use?
Graphite might work for the conductor. Apply some adhesive to where you want the conductor and then sprinkle ground-up graphite over it. It would be similar to how one would apply glitter to a sheet of paper.
Anonymous
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Nov 22, 2009
said:
Saw the pictures on flickr! Very cool project!
B.t.w. if you don't now what monome is: http://monome.org/

Has anyone else been successful at this?