Define your molds

(1) Before DIY your own molds, you must know what you are interested in and what you want.

Please refer to http://www.shinly.com.tw/enu/soap%20molds%20design%20with%20our%20life.htm and see the white dog.

The following letter is that we write for him. Our un-skilled English may be not enough to present you our feeling.

However we ask your kind pardon and kind understanding.

Our 19-year-old dog passed away

At 7:13 (Date: 21 May 2007), our 19-year-old male dog whose name is Lady passed away.

Finally I knew why I have felt uneasy (quitted the company tour with no reason) this week and why tears welled up my face when I got up this morning.

Holding his body, rigid but still with temperature, tears streaming down constantly. You didn’t mean to piss around. You just were too old to move your legs. How could I feel so happy and said “ oh, brother, you finally knew the way to the rest room?

In case that you may feel thirsty, before the sun appears, hastily we fill up your bowl with water you drink.

Unrest in the heart suddenly quiet down while we know you still can react to light. Leaving us secretly when we were asleep is your choice.

Susan and I personally saw you off, did your soul follow us behind?
We bought some silver papers (USD, NTD and some jewelry) for you (Susan is with her friends taking you to sea. They will send the silver papers to you by fire). Can you remember to ask express in that world if you run out the money? Don’t worry. I will pay all the charges. Thank for your 19-year accompany.

I cried again while I saw your body that is forwarded to fire. How could our fatty “Lady” become ash but cannot fill a quarter of a bottle? Did your children in the world fell your pass away? Now my heart is untied with some doubt.

養了十九年的小狗走了

2007年5月21日凌晨7:13分，我家養了十九年的公狗：Lady走了。
我終於知道為什麼這一個多星期來我心情不安（莫名的不想去員工旅遊）與今天早上睡醒淚流滿面的原因。

抱著他的遺體，僵硬但仍有溫度，眼淚就不停地流下來…原來你之前不是故意亂大、小便，而是已老到走不動，我竟還開心「喔~弟弟竟又會跑到廁所大、小便，好乖」。

怕你口渴，在天還未亮之前，草草起來裝水給你喝，當我知道你對光仍有反應(雖然我已知道你將離我們遠去)，心裡的不安頓時在安靜了下來。走了，你選擇在我們熟睡時，偷偷地離開。

哥哥跟姐姐親自送你一程，你有跟上嗎?　哥哥買了一些銀紙、美金、新台幣、金元寶給你（現在姐姐跟姐姐朋友正帶你去基隆，燒它們給你），如果用不夠，記得叫那邊的快遞，聯絡哥哥（快遞費請他們跟哥哥算），謝謝你陪我們十九年。

送你去火化場時，我又哭了出來，你是我們的小胖，卻連四分之一個骨灰罐都裝不滿…你走了，你在世上的小孩有感應到嗎? 心中的疑問，無法解開。

(2) What is your mold for? Soap, candle, chocolate….. You need to define it first .

Weber Jr's question: Just think about it first.

(3) What skills do you have now?

Learning d raft drawing is the 1^st step.

Note! Not all of your drawings can be molded.

Having industrial knowledge is the 2nd step.

(4) Ergonomics

You must consider "ergonomica" first while you try to design your molds.

Easy grasp + easy hold

Palm sizes vary from country to country.

Weber Jr's question: What dimensions of the mold do you think best?

* Length: ? cm / ? inch

* Width: ? cm / ? inch

* Height: ? cm / ? inch

(5) Try to find regularity and consistency of some mold vendors.

To get some experience, you can try to duplicate some molds. Please don't infringe the copyrights.

(6) Why do we DIY our molds? The answer is for cost saving.

If DIY makes your cost higher, does it make sense?

(7) Weber Jr's question:

* What material do you want to adopt?

* What process do you want to adopt?

Again! Not all of your drawings can be molded.

Pending