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Crud.. I wish I could find the link now, but when I was first learning to make plastic/resin molds, I tripped over a site where someone duplicated an LP.

Basically, they just made a ons sided cast and then used a high tensile resin.

I thought it was up on smooth-on's page, but all they have now is stuff from other projects. http://www.smooth-on.com/liqplas.htm

From what I remember, there wasn't anything out of the ordinary needed.

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Doh. I just noticed the article had forward and back buttons for each of the pages. Now that I read it, this is spot on.

The Smooth on OOMOO 30 is "Smooth-On OOMOO 30". Smooth-On being a plastic company that sells a lot to hobbiest creators. You can get everything to try this project in a sampler. - http://www.smooth-on.com/Getting%20Started.asp

I've been using this stuff for a few years now to make bitz for Warhammer figures.

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It doesn't last 2 days, it takes 2 days to make it.

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Hi,
here's my quick translation (google translate my get things wrong)

"Although analog discs provide a better listening experience to many people, copying a vinyl record is worthwhile only for rare pieces. That is because the cost for doing that is around 60 Euro and it takes about 2 days time to get finished. Prior to the instructions, here comes the shopping list for DIYers:

- wood framing, window putty and plier cutters from the hardware store
- silicone, 00M00 30 oder 00M00 25 type
- colored pigments from craft supply store
- Smooth-on-task 4 synthetic resin
- piece of glass , e.g. from a cheap picture framing"

Looks like a great project, as it seems, instructions are gonna follow...
Best regards,
p-cord.

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Hi,
here's my quick translation (google translate my get things wrong)

"Although analog discs provide a better listening experience to many people, copying a vinyl record is worthwhile only for rare pieces. That is because the cost for doing that is around 60 Euro and it takes about 2 days time to get finished. Prior to the instructions, here comes the shopping list for DIYers:

- wood framing, window putty and plier cutters from the hardware store
- silicone, 00M00 30 oder 00M00 25 type
- colored pigments from craft supply store
- Smooth-on-task 4 synthetic resin
- piece of glass , e.g. from a cheap picture framing"

Looks like a great project, as it seems, instructions are gonna follow...
Best regards,
p-cord.

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Hi,
here's my quick translation (google translate my get things wrong)

"Although analog discs provide a better listening experience to many people, copying a vinyl record is worthwhile only for rare pieces. That is because the cost for doing that is around 60 Euro and it takes about 2 days time to get finished. Prior to the instructions, here comes the shopping list for DIYers:

- wood framing, window putty and plier cutters from the hardware store
- silicone, 00M00 30 oder 00M00 25 type
- colored pigments from craft supply store
- Smooth-on-task 4 synthetic resin
- piece of glass , e.g. from a cheap picture framing"

Looks like a great project, as it seems, instructions are gonna follow...
Best regards,
p-cord.

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Occasionally you can find 7" vinyl cutting/pressing machines on ebay for ~70$

My friend's band did an entire release just using one of these, they were very popular in the Fort Thunder experimental music scene (fortthunder.org)

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