Printed Compression Moulds For Flexible Parts - Wireless Charging Stand 

Thank you man! I just replied to a similar comment saying about this. My older videos fit that format of big music tracks and high energy, I guess to follow the RU-vid trend. I quickly learnt that it just doesn’t align with my personality. I’m pretty chilled, to the point where I may sound unenthused sometimes 😅 but nevertheless, I think the format I’ve settled into reflects my personality and I’m glad people enjoy it. Thank you for the sub, for watching and the support. I do appreciate it!

@@RTAFabrication Same, just found your channel today, definitely like your personality, skill, tips, and design style. Very glad I found your channel, will binge.

Same ahah

i concur, hate intros, background music and pleads for subscribing

What engineering? Making a mold in cad doesnt make you an engineer.

@@GoldBl4d3 It literally is an engineering process, and it's not the only one. He designed, tested and build his product while creating a production system for a limited run, it's the definition of engineering.

@@GoldBl4d3 The molds I have seen, especially the one from the last video, were outstanding, and honestly very close to the limits of what I can understand about mold making. Maybe you're a genius.

I hope he answers this.

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Yeah, we’d love to know more about it!😊

Thanks Christopher! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos and I appreciate your comment. So I started RTA around 10 years ago in the automotive industry. Prior to that, I worked as a delivery driver for a supermarket and did some joinery/ carpentry work with my dad on and off. I have always liked making things and problem solving, so naturally when I learnt how to drive and got my first car I wanted to modify parts of the interior. I created an iPod dock and custom trims, and then I created a trim that held a Google Nexus 7 tablet in my dashboard. From there a friend asked for one, and then his friend, and then someone online asked and steadily I realised I was running a small business. From there, I developed the tablet kits and did custom installs for various tablets. My other passion for audio played a part a few years in as started pairing my custom fabrication work with audio installs in vehicles. A scroll back through my Instagram profile will show the various stages of work I did and different times. Early on without cash flow I wasn’t able to outsource the manufacturing of my tablet kits and mounts, and I also like to do things myself, so I looked at ways to produce them in-house. I bought a 3D printer (Robo3D) and used that, but the prep work on the poor quality prints was too time consuming. That’s when I found out about silicone moulds. I researched that subject to death and gradually learnt through trial and error how to do it. I started printing the masters, body working those and moulding them. That also lead me to build my CNC machine for a similar purpose of creating masters to mould from. From there it was a balance of custom automotive interior work and audio installs. Over the past few years, I dropped the most of the audio side of the business as the jobs that didn’t involve custom work weren’t lighting a fire under me, and the requirement for custom installs in the modified car scene was becoming less and less frequent. More recently I’ve made a conscious decision to expand into other industries and use the same skills I’ve learnt for other subject matters, along with incorporating my other passion of cinematography into my workflow to bring these videos to anyone who wants to learn about moulding and making things. The single rule I set for myself is to produce the content that I was looking for when I first started out to help out as many people as I can with getting into moulding. Everything I’ve learnt over the past decade, like mould making, CAD design, CNC machining etc has been learnt by brute force and a curiosity to solve problems, and a lot of failures along the way which I believe is the most important and informative way to learn, for me anyways. So long story short and probably somewhat anti climatic, I have no formal education, I haven’t studied anywhere or done any work experience, just solving one problem after another for a period of time. I’ve gradually built up the equipment I have over the past decade as well. I realise that some people may look at the equipment and think ‘it must be nice’ without realising there’s that time behind it all, which I understand because I’ve been there too at the start of my journey. After 9 years of using a hobby vacuum pump and pot, I only upgraded that a month or so ago. With that in mind, I do have a video planned where I create and mould something without any technology or equipment, so people who are really brand new to the subject can follow along to just get that first mould and cast done without feeling like they have to invest upfront into equipment to get started. I’ve likely missed some bits out, and went on a slight tangent, but that’s the general overview of my journey up until now, and I hope that’s answered your question. Moving forward it’s that focus on sharing what I’ve learnt and continuing to better my own skills along the way. Thanks again for watching!

@@RTAFabrication thankyou so much for this insight around your journey, love all your content. Keep up the great work.

No problem! I think I’ve found my style with my videos which aligns with my personality. Doing a video with over the top music and high energy just isn’t me, and I’m glad people resonate with that, the video style and the projects. Thank you for watching. I’m grateful for the support.

Haha 😅 the huge air traps weren’t too frustrating. I’m used to anticipating some sort of defect on the first cast just because of the unknowns, but I was kicking myself for forgetting to put the mould release on that one side! I don’t think viewers would have appreciated watching me stand there just staring at it for a while in disbelief, then trying anything I could to get it out before admitting defeat 😅 The fact that I came up with a better idea after the fact though was enough to not get too hung up on the failure, in a way I’m glad that happened for that reason. Thanks for watching man and for commenting, I appreciate it!

@@RTAFabrication Totally with you there. Good stuff man

Thanks! I appreciate you following along with the project. I’m happy with the final result and it’s crazy to see this personal project evolve into something that people seem to want! I’m looking forward to the next stages of batch production. Grateful for the support and thanks again!

Thank you Samuel. I appreciate you watching! 👊🏻

Thanks! Good to be back! Putting in some effort to get some more regular content filmed and uploaded! Thanks for sticking around! 👊🏻

Thanks man! I’m glad it ended up in your suggested feed and that you enjoyed it! Yeah I agree completely. I would love to be able to produce these in big numbers, but logistically for a one man operation it’s a tough one, especially with the carbon side of it with the time involved. I’d also be hesitant to outsource some of the components as I’d feel like I’m cheating anyone who wants one after they’ve followed the journey of them being created. The ethics there seem a little hazy to me in that area. If I got invested into a project by a specific person I know I’d be pretty disappointed to learn that the one I purchased wasn’t made by that individual. Then that’s one way to drive the cost down to make it more accessible. Difficult one that’s going to require some thought, hence the limited initial run to see what a production workflow actually looks like when everything is made in batches. I appreciate you taking the time to write your comment and I’m glad you enjoyed it. And yeah, as you saw towards the end, the weight added gives it a very nice feel. I’m going to also add aluminium trihydroxide filler powered to the resin that I use to back-fill the base. This will make the resin denser for even more added weight. Thanks again for watching!

Thanks man! Yeah I want these to be as honest as they can be. It would have been really easy for me to have doctored the storyline to bypass it, but I always learn from the failures most and it was a good lesson to share. Thank you for taking the time to check it out and leave a comment. I appreciate the support!

Thank you Mike, I appreciate you watching!

Thank you Austin 👊🏻 I appreciate that!

Thank you Christopher! Even a comment letting me know your thoughts is more than enough, but I really do appreciate the donation and the support. Thank you again!

Haha, people keep telling me that 😅 Thanks for watching.

Thank you for your comment and for watching the video. I’m really glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate the support! 👍🏻