belt buckle
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:01 am
Harry here are photos of the first and second attempts I made at pouring the belt buckle yesterday.
the first one poured full and would and will clean up to either be used as a buckle or to be passed on to someone else to use as a pattern. the one on the right was an attempt to pour it in more durable brass, it will also look better in brass. I throwed in some chrome that had pealed off of some plastic. No reason it shouldn't have a little nickle in it.
Anyone know of a easy process to remove the chrome plating off of plastic?????????????
the Brass attemp was too cold I think, every thing was the same as the one on the left gated in same place, two vents in the belt loop one on each side, I'm thinking maybe three on in the middle also small 1/16 tig rod used to vent with.
The brass one also has some small pits of looks like bubbles in the rim along with some other defects in the front, it was poured face down which may account for the bubbles, the sand that I was using was pretty course for this type of work, but I have some that is finer.
the first one poured full and would and will clean up to either be used as a buckle or to be passed on to someone else to use as a pattern. the one on the right was an attempt to pour it in more durable brass, it will also look better in brass. I throwed in some chrome that had pealed off of some plastic. No reason it shouldn't have a little nickle in it.
Anyone know of a easy process to remove the chrome plating off of plastic?????????????
the Brass attemp was too cold I think, every thing was the same as the one on the left gated in same place, two vents in the belt loop one on each side, I'm thinking maybe three on in the middle also small 1/16 tig rod used to vent with.
The brass one also has some small pits of looks like bubbles in the rim along with some other defects in the front, it was poured face down which may account for the bubbles, the sand that I was using was pretty course for this type of work, but I have some that is finer.