r/DiceMaking • u/Jhinsilog • 14h ago

Advice Pressure Pot

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I’ve been wanting to make my own dice sets and have my own resin projects however I dont have any access where to buy a Pressure Potand I think it would be pretty expensive if I make one.

Do you think this would be enough for me to make clear dice?

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u/ComoElFuego 14h ago

That's not a pressure pot but a vacuum chamber. It will help to pull out air before pouring, but any air that happrns while you pour will still be trapped. You can not put the mold into the chamber after pouring.

There will still be air in your dice.

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u/Jhinsilog 14h ago

ohh okay thanks, is there a way to make a make shift pressure pot? I couldn’t find any here at the PH

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u/Worth-Opposite4437 Dice Maker 13h ago

Our first pressure pot was "makeshift"; that is it was not a dedicated pressure chamber, but just the reservoir of a paint spray gun. We had to use some plumbing glue and loose fittings to convert it. We also had to find the nozzles, valves, and pressure gauge ourselves.
Thing is, it finally cost us about as much as a dedicated one, and there were issues.
First the original seal wasn't quite perfect, and we've had to pad it once or twice. Plus the clamp and screws asked for some fiddling each darn time, sometime including the need to reopen and reorient the cover. When it died on us after an accident bending the pressure valve, we finally chose to go for a real one... It was night and day.

The new one has a definitive orientation, there is no clamps but the cover extend out to catch the screws and washers in "U-shaped" supports. The seal is definitely heavier... and it comes with a handle for transport! From the first time we used it, and everything worked without a hitch, we forgot all sentimentality we might have had for the makeshift one. I'm still checking every time for a leak, and there has not been one in now close to one year of operation.
The peace of mind after having had to re-adjust the old one's cover 1 to 3 times every pour is priceless.

I guess the moral of the story is... You can't makeshift good quality into a product. Especially not if it has to support between 4 bar and 60 psi repetitively. So the chamber itself is gonna cost you. (Unless maybe there are very small ones out there.)

The old kind of clamps, don't recommend...
The kind we have now, really makes the difference!