No, you were correct, I want the pattern of the part and not a mold. I'll make the patterns in wood and use the with Petrobond sand for casting. Hopefully I can gang about a dozen together on a matchplate.
I am a total newbie to this side of things, so most of what you explained made no sense to me at all. I'm sure I'll have several BFO's when I get to the shop to cut this. Thanks so much for the code, hopefully this will give me some insight on how to do this myself. A community is great for helping each other out, but I also want to learn to fish so I can feed myself. I know I need some newer software, I'm just trying to decide what will work best for me before I throw a few hundred dollars out there. Metalcasting is my main obsession, I just want to use CNC for making patterns, parts, and some signage.