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      "text": "Check out the attached material list and get your materials ready for the mould and making the lights.\n\nEquipment:\n- Metalworking tools/workspace\n- Extrusion machine\n- shredded PS\n\nA quick tip: make sure you make your mold longer than your lamp length! The extreme ends are always on a low quality so it’s easier to cut them off. I would say at least 5 cm longer on each side.\n\n\nRelated links:\nExtrude beams 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNGuuSKE1pY\nMake glass-like beams 👉 https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/make-glass-like-beams\n\n",
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      "text": "As the next step, we are going to weld the mounting brackets to both sides of the mold. Before doing that make sure the brackets match with your plate and the center of your beam matches the center of the plate. \n\nYou can find all the information you need to make a plate here:\n\nRelated link:\nExtruded beams 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNGuuSKE1pY\n\nLet’s proceed: Drill the holes on the brackets before welding. \nWe recommend to weld along the entire sheet's surface. The first welds were too small and the plastic flew out of the mold, so as pictures show, we had to weld another piece on top of the previous ones.\n"
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