I have finally be able to finish the mould for my wax buckles and links, this will allow me to make large numbers of waxes for next time Sui and Owen fire up their portable period furnace. The buckles are … Continue reading
As I’m currently on holidays I thought I would finally get back into casting. I have had some difficulty with the latest silicon RTV that I purchased and am contemplating finding out if I can send it back and trade … Continue reading
Well… As it has been pointed out to me plaster can’t seem to cop the heat needed to be casting more than about 20 tokens. I’m sure that the size of the tokens and the size of the button required … Continue reading
Over the last week I have been scrambling to get a mould made that was a little beyond my carving skill. The design provided was within my skill level, however the request was for a double sided token with wording … Continue reading
The token I was having so much difficulty with. As you can see the technique I described below doesn’t completely stop the artefacts, however to completely get rid of those I need to control the temperatures and humidity a lot … Continue reading
Well, actually the Nuttyness is me staying up until 1am casting tokens for College War… Tokens that I’m kinda not really into making, even though I promised I would. The good thing is that part of the deal was that … Continue reading
Ahhh… It’s so good to be able to spend a weekend doing not much. After the last 3 weeks where I was in Sydney for 2 weekends, with all the driving and the visiting and the well… missing out on … Continue reading