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IIRC they're made of gelatin so they melt at body temperature and don't poison you. Hey, there's a way to get polonium into someone!
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Hah! Reminds me of a conversation I had with a supplier at my old work. I worked at a rope factory where we processed hemp rope into nice soft oiled de-fuzzed bondage rope for weirdos like me to tie each other up with. We also spun small amounts of rope from yarn of various materials (mostly rayon and silk). I was given the task, as the most fiber-literate person on staff, to trace a spool of yarn's life back to the supplier and see if they would cut us a deal on larger quantities of it as our retail supply wasn't able to cope with our demand. After three phone calls, I got the number of the people who presumably manufactured this cone of yarn and called them up. Supplier Rep  : Thanks for calling, how can I help you?Me  : Hey, I have here a cone of [blah blah blah technical stuff] yarn here that I'd like to order more of. : Sure, that's one of our products, though it's a special order item, we only make it when we have large enough orders to justify setting up a mill for it. : Oh, I'm not sure we're going to make a big enough order to justify that, is there a way to piggyback onto another order? : Well I guess, technically you could, but each order is different. What did you say your company does? : We, er, hand produce artisanal rope. Mostly we process hemp rope, but we also use traditional techniques to produce [technical description] rope in small lengths. : Alright, well, to better help you find a product in our line that suits your needs, what are the tensile and frictional parameters you're aiming for? : Uh, no particular tensile requirements, but low friction and high luster are definitely the qualities our customers look for. : Umm, (probably at this point becoming nervous about selling yarn to a ropemaker who claims to not care about how strong it is), what is the purpose of the rope? : Well... : Like, what is your customer using it for? : Well, it's for hobbies mostly. : ...hobbies. What kind of hobbies? : ....adult hobbies. : [long pause] : [more long pause as I wait for him to figure it out] : I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! : We actually have several instructional videos on our website which do not contain any nudity, if your questions are about the end users. : Hahahahahahaha yeah I guess that wouldn't be very professional of me. : So you can see why the aesthetic qualities of rayon, like the frictional parameters and the luster, are far more important than the tensile strength, as our users are cautioned to not use our handspun rope for any load-bearing... activities.That job was so fun. I miss it sometimes.
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I literally cannot wait for this because I will (Elise willing) get to visit and see it in person and maybe I should build a shrine for it to live in? 
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Aug 24, 2016 19:17
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The Lone Badger posted:Are you going to post a thread too? I'm interested in hearing about the ins-and-outs of exactly what specialised ropes and ropelike-materials this involves, and the associated Drama. You'll probably be disappointed but I posted a thread just for you. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3787752
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Aug 24, 2016 19:41
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Oh, yeah, this is how my friend who did a bunch of resin casting would do it. I didn't realize you didn't know that trick. When you cut the seam, don't just go back and forth, but vary the angle with regards to the center of the mold. That means it's not only registering correctly vertically, but also depth-wise. Registration is tricky! I helped him out by sanding and filling the seams out of his finished objects while he cast the next batch. So uh, how good results do you get from the vibrator method of eliminating bubbles? Asking for a friend. A friend who is me and who is considering making a vacuum chamber. Please, save me from another money-making hobby.
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Sep 17, 2016 05:37
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Buy scalpels. Blades are like $5 for a hundred and you can put on a silly German accent and pretend to be a mad scientist when you wield it. I use them instead of seam rippers for tailoring.
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Sep 17, 2016 20:45
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Fun video from Jimmy DiResta comparing a few resin materials and mentioning some issues with silicone molds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce4yHInCoWs
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Pilsner posted:Wow, the cosmetic mica looks like it could creating some amazing colors. Here's a shop I found: What kind of clay are you using? If it's polymer clay, you should apply a little vaseline to the area where the "raw" clay is going on to help seal it together.
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