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Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

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1278 points random_moonwalk | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.246s | source
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random_moonwalk ◴[17 Nov 25 18:08 UTC] No.45956190[source]▶
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Thanks again - this was a bit of a surprise!

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jbl0ndie ◴[17 Nov 25 18:28 UTC] No.45956393[source]▶
Lovely project and a really great idea.

Have you come across soft tooling for injection moulding? It's a lower cost, short run approach using much less durable moulds from various materials.

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1. jacquesm ◴[18 Nov 25 13:23 UTC] No.45965479[source]▶
Before you have that working you'll have 3D printed a containerload of these ;)

Besides the lack of flexibility if you want to make changes. I've used soft tooling for some projects but I was (1) never really happy with the results and (2) ended up breaking the molds quite often resulting in a lot of wasted material and expense. 3D printing is the way to go for projects such as these.