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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Constructs molds used for casting plaster objects, such as ashtrays, plaques, figurines, and statuary, using wet plaster, treated fiberglass, or liquid rubber: Covers model of object from which mold is to be made with lubricant to prevent mold from sticking to model. Immerses portion of model in container of wet plaster to make half of mold and allows plaster to harden. Immerses other half of model to complete mold. Makes section of fiberglass mold by covering portion of model with layers of fiberglass treated to harden when allowed to set. Allows fiberglass to harden and repeats process, covering other portions of model until mold is complete. Sprays liquid rubber over model to make rubber mold, using spray gun. Allows rubber to harden and pulls model from rubber mold. Removes mold sections of plaster or fiberglass mold form. Bores holes in edges of sections of mold for insertion of bolts to hold sections together, using power drill, or binds sections together with cord. Smooths surfaces of mold, using scraping tool and sandpaper. (references) |
| Casts plaster block molds, case molds, and working molds used in forming pottery ware, using models, clay, and plaster: Places model in clay with upper half of model exposed. Brushes soap solution on exposed half of model. Places wooden form around model or builds up wooden box sides. Mixes plaster and pours it over exposed half of model to form one half of block mold. Allows plaster to harden, removes wooden box sides, and turns mold over, leaving model in plaster mold. Removes clay, smooths surface of mold, using knife and scrapers and applies soap solution. Replaces box sides around mold and pours in plaster to form other half of block mold. Casts case mold in similar manner, using block mold as pattern. (references) | |
| Builds plaster or plastic molds of display models: Lays model on bench, packs clay around model to centerline of figure, and greases exposed part of model. Prepares plaster of paris and smears it on upper part of figure, shaping it to form base of mold. Applies reinforcing strips of hemp fiber over mold body and covers hemp with layer of plaster. Applies successive layers of liquid plastic, glass fiber mesh cloth, and liquid resin around model. Removes supporting clay from figure, turns mold over, and applies plaster of paris and hemp fiber or plastic, cloth, and resin to remainder of figure to complete mold. (references) | |
| Forms molds used in casting copper: Assembles metal casting frame on flat car, using wrench. Seals frame with fire clay, using trowel, and sprays interior of frame and core with bone ash to prevent adherence of molten metal to core. Pushes car under pouring spout of ladle. Moves lever to tilt ladle of molten copper and fill frame to indicated level. Pulls lever to lower core, attached to hydraulic press ram, to imbed core in molten copper. Turns valve to circulate water through core to solidify copper. Withdraws core when mold cools, dismantles frame, and removes mold. (references) | |
| Casts plaster hat-making patterns from sample hat and shapes patterns to specified form and dimensions, using hand knife: Melts and pours thin, even layer of wax over hat to stiffen it. Presses hat into loose sand to create impression that duplicates dimensions and shape of hat. Mixes plaster powder with water and pours it into sand impression to form pattern. Lifts pattern from sand after it hardens. Whittles, cuts, and scrapes plaster from pattern with hand knife to achieve specified form and dimensions, measuring and comparing pattern with hat, using rule and tape. (references) | |
| Forms rubber wax injection molds by vulcanizing pieces of rubber around metal sample: Places metal sample into frame and packs raw rubber around sample. Clamps sample, frame, and rubber into vulcanizing machine. Turns on machine, waits specified time, and removes mold from machine. Splits mold into two pieces to remove metal sample, using knife or scalpel. Inspects mold for defects. May form investment molds around wax patterns. May operate centrifugal casting machine. May burn grooves or crevices in mold to correct defects, using soldering gun. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MOLD MAKER |
| Specialty definitions using "MOLD MAKER": chaser helper ♦ MOLD-MAKER HELPER. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mold maker | 39 |
injection mold maker | 13 |
plastic injection mold maker | 9 |
plastic mold maker | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-k-l-m-m-o-r" | |
-2 letters: earldom. | |
-3 letters: dammer, darkle, demark, dermal, lammed, larked, loader, loamed, marked, marled, medlar, molder, morale, ordeal, radome, rammed, reload, remold, roamed. | |
-4 letters: adore, alder, amole, armed, derma, dolma, domal, drake, dream, lader, laked, laker, lamed, lamer, lemma, madre, maker, medal, modal, model, modem, molar, morae, moral, morel, oared, older, oread, raked, realm. | |
-5 letters: aero. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 4C 44 4D 41 4B 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01001100 01000100 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O L D   M A K E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 004C 0044 004D 0041 004B 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4749463824735453952 |
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