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Some things are universal (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 22 points 4 months ago (7 children)

am I the only one wondering how the fuck this thing was made?

that has to be at least a 2 part silicone mold, to get the flexibility and undercuts right

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    It looks carved to me. People do crazy shit with cake/chocolate. Netflix has a competition show about it that's pretty entertaining.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Those are two different cakes, and the holes look too similarly for them to be carved

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Cake molds have existed for at least 150 years from what I've witnessed, wouldn't be out of the question for a T-Rex skull mold to exist. Especially if the mold was somehow disposable but that's moreso based off of my knowledge of metal molds so it may not be applicable.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I think if you poured that from the back of the skull there aren't that many undercuts except around where the jaws meet. Still likely a 2 part mold but nothing overly complicated and putting the seam around where the jaws meets alleviate the undercuts there as well as helps hide the seam.

    Or it could be a single metal mold utilizing the size difference after heat change to help release. Still poured from the back which we don't see in the pics.

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