Dateline Tuesday---
I made the plaster mother mold today. Tomorrow is wax day.
Richard
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- Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
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- Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
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Re: Back to the foundry
I have always been a one-man foundryman. I use my employee to do some of the dirty work, but when the metal melting happens, I don't want anyone around me. They get in the way, and they distract me. A distracted man with a crucible full of molten bronze is a dangerous thing. Making the rubber mold t...
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11856
Re: Back to the foundry
I have spent the past three days in getting my foundry back into condition. Cleaning out the accumulated leaves and dirt, Replacing fuel hoses and the rope that hoists the oil tank to gravity feed level. Buying a fresh bag of plaster for the investment. (I always use fresh plaster.) Making the sheet...
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:45 pm
- Forum: Square Peg
- Topic: Holidays...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3593
Re: Holidays...
It's cold here too. Yesterday when I went out for my five am walk with my dog I wore a shirt for the first time since last March. Today it wasn't so cold.
Richard
Richard
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Square Peg
- Topic: Holidays...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3593
Re: Holidays...
Here we are. Another year. I think of the guys on this forum as my close friends. Harry created something special here, probably not what he intended, but in the end, quality will show.
Richard
Richard
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:22 pm
- Forum: Square Peg
- Topic: Holidays...
- Replies: 18
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Re: Holidays...
I thought Lake Erie was so polluted that all the fish died.
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- Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:35 am
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11856
Re: Back to the foundry
A #30 crucible is close to 90 pounds of bronze,
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- Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:37 pm
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
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Re: Back to the foundry
The sax is six feet tall. The girl is not large. She is about 16 inches tall. I'm too old to be casting large pieces now. A #30 crucible full of molten bronze has to be given some respect .
Richard
Richard
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Foundry
- Topic: Back to the foundry
- Replies: 53
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Back to the foundry
sax-34_smaller.jpg After several years of making sculpture in welded wire, I am returning to my foundry. The clay model has been ready for four years, so my first step is to make a rubber mold of the clay model. I shall use shims cut from cut up coffee cans. After cutting the cans into strips, I ne...
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:49 pm
- Forum: Welcome and Announcements
- Topic: Holy Crap!
- Replies: 12
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Re: Holy Crap!
When life gets tough, remember: You were the strongest sperm
Or maybe just the fastest.
Or maybe just the fastest.