Post B2DzJPL7rlRGxlCQSW by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
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(DIR) Post #B2C4NJMCA9cV1LSbgm by soapone@pone.social
2026-01-12T01:42:46Z
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Alright guys, shit is going to get spicy for soap manufacturing.These are just the tools I need to manufacture soap dies to compress soap shreds into a bar. Going to make it so the entire label is embossed into each soap bar, along with the cutie mark on both sides with a good size radius on all outside edges.Manufacturing dies is nothing to sneeze at, and this is my first time trying to make soap dies. Hopefully this works out....the things I do for pony
(DIR) Post #B2CSeFWe3ilsxbxS64 by silamberponi@pone.social
2026-01-12T06:14:45Z
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@soapone Rad as hell. You're gonna do great!
(DIR) Post #B2CUAtSdDSDw2RD6WW by Anko@pone.social
2026-01-12T06:31:50Z
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@soapone Looks like no Joke.
(DIR) Post #B2CZJuSrLxk3WoR4OO by BiggusDiccus@poa.st
2026-01-12T07:29:33.483808Z
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@soaponeWhat material are you using for your blanks?
(DIR) Post #B2CosxEoX3EDZt2Cu0 by soapone@pone.social
2026-01-12T10:23:56Z
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@BiggusDiccus just steel. probably 1045 steel.
(DIR) Post #B2Cy44K9QSE8KNuCVU by BiggusDiccus@poa.st
2026-01-12T12:06:48.944875Z
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@soaponeWhat kind of pressure do you need? I thought all this time you were rendering soap as a liquid and letting it cure into a solid?
(DIR) Post #B2DFbZzwNjPTL91852 by ThatWouldBeTelling@shitposter.world
2026-01-12T15:23:21.549496Z
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@soapone @BiggusDiccus Your quantity five and eight items are I assume expected to be significantly "used up" in the die milling effort. Are you buying the quantity two items because of the same reason, or to have a spare in case the first breaks or wears out?(Machining and its practical details have always been fascinating to me, very possibly would have gone into the field if I wasn't really good with computers at a time they got red hot.)
(DIR) Post #B2DyTtLj2u6EygunxI by soapone@pone.social
2026-01-12T23:46:06Z
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@BiggusDiccus I'm not sure how much force is needed to compress soap shreds into a bar, but I'll start with an arbor press.All (naturally made) soap bars starts off as a liquid and it cures into a solid. Most people do it the super simple way and just cut it into bars of soap; but the efficient way to do it is to shred the soap when its as hard as cheese, dry the shreds, and compress back into a bar. There are variations, but that process is called soap milling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaNWQopo6aY
(DIR) Post #B2Dyck4gtlgCoqAS7k by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-12T23:47:04.196991Z
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@soapone @BiggusDiccus considering my current bar of soap has the remains of the last three bars of soap welded to the top and all it took was the pressure of my hand, not much
(DIR) Post #B2DywT1nzF3Zk3DuvA by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-12T23:50:38.167397Z
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@soapone @BiggusDiccus looking into it I see it’s not just forming the soap, it’s actually squeezing water and other things out of it and you need a bar extruder for it. Looks kinda like the process for creating 3D printing filament actually
(DIR) Post #B2DzATAKGxcgDpsyi8 by soapone@pone.social
2026-01-12T23:53:48Z
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@sapphire @BiggusDiccus It is not squeezing water out, those are heated rollers to get the soap a certain size and to evaporate water very quickly.getting soap bars to stick together needs a damp/wet surface. So the question is, how much moisture is required to compress soap back into a bar? Is the atmospheric humidity at 40% enough? Maybe a little heat?I'm certain that I will find out what works, but it will be a process.
(DIR) Post #B2DzJPL7rlRGxlCQSW by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2026-01-12T23:54:46.863029Z
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@soapone @BiggusDiccus yeah googling it just gives me a bunch of $30 boutique soap makers telling you how it makes their soap $30 not how it’s actually done Also I’d argue that if you squeeze the soap and the water comes out, you’re squeezing the water out
(DIR) Post #B2Dzi45k0GdaIolEG0 by soapone@pone.social
2026-01-12T23:59:56Z
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@ThatWouldBeTelling @BiggusDiccus I'm planning on eventually making 12 dies or so. I don't think I'll use all of the cutting tools for one, but when a project is started, it sucks to not have a cutting tool to continue working on it. Engraving with little tools typically does not last very long unless speeds and feeds are perfect. Those little tools want to spin at ~30,000+ RPM, but most CNC mills are limited at 6,000 or 10,000 RPM.So yeah, I expect to break a few on the first attempts.
(DIR) Post #B2EFGg5EktufI4UIcq by BiggusDiccus@poa.st
2026-01-13T02:54:17.043814Z
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@soaponeI did not know that was considered efficient. Though I can see how it would make for a denser bar.