HA! good to know- tonight Im getting the skull trimmed down- going to be interesting gating this
HA! well I agree there Jason... I have a regional distributor of Smooth-On near me and have drooled over the products for awhile. Cheap was a...
OK cool- The Smooth On is from the original purchase of equipment so I dont know its age or if it is still "good" or not either- can't go wrong...
My first steps are 1-shave down the parting lines and cleaning up the plastic skull 2- enlarge the skull with wax 3- trim down to fit the hat 4-...
OK so the motif is this- a skull in bronze- [ATTACH] This year my bro-in-law made Master Chief and has been promoted to Command Master Chief...
Tobho requested pics on my intro thread- and I am not one to try to let someone down... that was several months ago- but after 2 hurricanes with...
I would love an older keg but the distribution center near me has a lockdown on any selling of damaged kegs... Where are you guys getting yours?...
Tobho... I'll get pics out... Promises promises... I've started one with a pic for the fire extinguishers
Ha! Jason I was thinking standard greensand molding for a first run... Lost wax in sand? I'm not sure how that would work...
[ATTACH] OK- So these are the first project... all from the closeout of a storage unit- From Left to Right number TWO has a crushed/bent top and...
That had not occurred to me... Thank you for the heads up! I'm thinking the first project or two are just different variations of split and...
Thanks Rt! How many hives do you maintain? My wife and I were a part of Tidewater Beekeepers for awhile- but had to pass on the hives due to some...
HA- Jason... New means you know a lot more than me! Trust me- Im reading and taking a bunch of notes- like the extruder thread you guys were...
Its been a couple of months since the last posting on this thread- but you may want to try a trick I learned from an older blacksmith to mark out...
Jason- Im fairly new to wax- so a LOT to learn... Im actually a petrobond and greensand guy from my past castings (with a touch of wax only)... So...
I happened on a bit of unfortunate luck Tobho... I went to an estate sale to haul some things a friend bought back to his shop (I've got the...
Not new to casting, but new here. And trying to get back in after a long hiatus... Got a bit of learning to do for some ideas and I'm excited to...
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