Packaging

So with the glue holding the foil and plastic together the fake pills were put it before it was sealed and this was the outcome. Obviously the cavity is too big for them but the wooden mould that was used was meant for the liquid ones, but i thought i'd pop the pills in one just to see what it looked like at this stage.

Problem is thought they're too big for the box, either the gaps in between the cavities have to be reduced( but i'm not sure that'll work as the spaces for the hole on the vac former are pretty far apart and it's important that the wooden moulds sit on them properly) or i need to knock up a bigger box...

This plastic is pretty awful, i think it's HIPS plastic. Reminds me of the kind of plastic things get packaged in and sealed then when you try to cut it open it rips your hands to shreds... got a fair few cuts off of this stuff so the sharp edges on the plate will have to be filleted for sure. 

For the ones containing liquid the cavities that were made were built to hold a volume of 25ml (one unit of alcohol), wasn't too sure how well glue water and foil would mix, i don't think this would be very safe to drink from but for now this is just to see what it would look like...

And as i suspected it doesn't mix very well, soon as it started to leak there was no chance the glue was setting, took a fair few attempts to stop the liquid coming into contact with the glue, but got there in the end. 

 At the same time i also tried to re make the sachets with one of the original thicker plastics and moving the sachet a few time while it was being sealed to ensure there were to tiny air flows in it; I left them all sitting on my desk over night to see if they would leak, left them sitting on top of the cardboard topper on my desk incase the liquid that escaped evaporated overnight and it wouldn't be visible in the morning, this way if there was a leak, however small the cardboard underneath would warp and you would see exactly where the leak was coming from

 Night

 Morning - no leaks! :)

Amazingly, this time, i've cracked it!