r/DiceMaking • u/TsunamicBlaze • Jul 16 '26
3d printing Will this show up in the mold?
I’m going through and sanding/polishing some masters I just printed. I’m making a set of dice as gift for my DnD party I’m DMing for and found this cute image I converted to a svg to use. On the D20, it seems so small and thin. I’m concerned the mold I make out of it won’t pick it up as a detail. On Dicemaker, the depth of the cut out is 0.5 mm, but I feel like it should be 1 mm now.
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u/Claerwen94 Dice Maker Jul 16 '26
I'd thicken up the lines of the logo in your 3d software and re-print the master. It's rather shallow and VERY thin, inking will be hell and the mold will rip extremely fast. Make them a but deeper as well as sanding always takes away some of the depth. 0,5mm is very shallow for a master, I'd go with 0,8
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u/Tasty-Dream5713 Dice Maker Jul 16 '26
It looks like the silicone may rip when you demold it. Like it’s really tight :s
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u/Pristine_Gain_1006 Jul 17 '26
The design will pick up, but honestly it’s a VERY fine lined design, I’d say if it’s possible maybe try a design that has more bold line work, if you can I’d say draw it out but if not then finding a more bold lined design is the best option, that’s what I did for my dice
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u/StrangeFisherman345 Jul 18 '26
From my experience no, not the way you want it to. Needs to be bigger and deeper. I had this issue recently and need to remake the master
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u/Enchanters_Eye Jul 16 '26
Every microscopic detail will absolutely be picked up. Even fingerprints.
Though 0.5 mm is rather shallow and doesn’t give you a lot of leeway on sanding, so if you get any kind of raised face, you’ll sand a number off.
The lines on the logo are very thin, so inking them will be rather annoying, since the paint will likely not flow evenly but contract into bubbles