Complete the mould vocabulary.
A form that locks a rigid mould in place is an ______. A mould chipped away to release its single cast is a ______ mould. Registration notches that make the parts reassemble in one way are ______. A rigid shell supporting a flexible mould is a ______ mould.
Word bank: undercut · waste · keys · mother · seam · piece
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- The first blank names the problem the whole craft is organised around.
- The last blank supports something that has no shape of its own.
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A form that locks a rigid mould in place is an undercut. A mould chipped away to release its single cast is a waste mould. Registration notches that make the parts reassemble in one way are keys. A rigid shell supporting a flexible mould is a mother mould.
The first blank is the concept everything else answers. Count the undercuts and the mould type follows almost automatically, which is why it is the first thing to look for on any form you are asked to mould.
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