keccers
@keccers.eth
I got the order of operations wrong in my last post but here’s where we sit after day 2/3 of metal work class My ring is finished and the stone is set in it — I thought we did that after but we do it before we swap out the wax for metal! You can see my dash dot dash design carved in wax on the left Then, you join your finished piece to a sprue — this is the channel the metal gets poured in. Me and @niftynei will cast our rings at the same time so we made a Y shaped sprue This sits in a bottom of a container that you pour the mold over — it’s called investment You have 9 minutes to mix, vacuum out the investment for air bubbles and pour it in the cup over the design The molds will be fired for 8hr tonight. All the wax will burn away and we will fill it with bronze and finish tomorrow!
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AlliFaithSteaman
@allifaithsteaman
Learning from mistakes, excited for progress in metal work class. Ring nearly complete, casting process underway. Investment, casting, and finishing ahead
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