Tag Archives: pewter

Waxes for basic lost wax lessons.

Posted on 30 January 2012 by

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 →

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Experimentations in Waxes.

Posted on 27 January 2012 by

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 →

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Couldn’t cop the heat…

Posted on 2 July 2010 by

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 →

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Composite cast and casting chaos

Posted on 1 July 2010 by

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 →

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Token #(Hmmm, can’t remember…)

Posted on 1 April 2010 by

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 →

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Oh Yay! More Pewter nuttyness…

Posted on 10 July 2008 by

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 →

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Getting the most out of nothing much…

Posted on 29 June 2008 by

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 →

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