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Many years ago there was a product sold as "Liquid Metal". It came in a tube and would spread as soft aluminum. You could use a metal pallet knife to spread it like thick butter onto your ar...
how to make a dye for metal casting and cast schulpture in metal?
... part self-etching primers are the way to go. Paint does'nt really want or need a high gloss on the metal. The most important aspect to a good bond between metal and paint is the cleanliness of t...
I just cold-cast a few pieces and I used Blue Magic metal polish cream that I got at an auto parts store with excellent results.
I am sure any metal polish will work the same. Next on my list to e...
[Sorry, no. This sounds like this new stuff jewelers are starting to use, called Precious Metal Clay. It works like clay and becomes a solid metal object when fired in the kiln. It's supposed to ...
[Usually, we speak of patina in the context of metal sculpture. If you want to make your terra-cotta sculpture look like metal, you can either coat it with a paint containing metal and patina it simil...
We pour our aluminum at 1300-1400 in our foundry. A few times I have forgotten about the metal and it has gotten up to 1800 or so but it was OK except it picks up a lot of hydrogen gas when it gets th...
soft stone. A two piece mold with a funnel to pour the metal into the carving which was bound together. The metal was then poured into the mold. Upon cooling the cast piece was 'pulled' from...
...casting is a technique first used in jewelry making. Modern centrifical casting is done in a large round metal tub. A spring wound motor is fixed in the center. To that is attached a metal arm. On one...
<<There is also a jewelry product called precious metal clay, in which silver particles are combined in a putty-like dough that can be molded and manipulated like clay. The burnout process is as...
...iatic acid wash to turn the bronze green., but then, why have it bronze at all.
If you really want a metal look on a resin casting- coat the finished resin casting with something that carries a cu...
...below the boiling point of water) you need to use special silicone rubber for this. For small amounts of metal, you might need a centrifugal ('spin-casting') rig to force it into the molds. ...
... for about six weeks, I would strongly recommend the bandsaw. Why?
In horizontal mode, you clamp the metal in the vise, turn it on and do someting else. It turns itself off at the end of the cut. ...
... to your local foundry, who add risers and pipes which will eventually facilitate the flow of the molten metal and the gases it gives off. They will then coat the wax piece with a ceramic material whi...
...looking into having these fabricated into large indoor or outdoor sculptures. My favorite media would be metal sheets and fiberglass. I am open to other suggestions.
Questions: Where can I learn m...
What kind of material? Wax, plastic, metal, ceramic, etc. can all be injected with different equipment for each.
A good technical NG (if you do metal) is sci.engr.joining.welding.
Fred
Why don't you try using a mig welder much better for welding thin metal with and more control I learn't to use one at night school regards Martin Evans
...dry. Where are you located ? I might as well give you someone nearby, if possible.
David Shore Ingot Metal Co. (800) 567-7774...
We found an old metal sculpture in Tokyo, long ago. It's figurative: one cow and two people. The encised signature is BARYE. Any identification ideas out there? - - nown.
I made a sculpture with a metal armature inside so I can't fire it. I plan to shellac it, and then paint it (maybe). You suggested Bullseye shellac but I want to make sure this is what I shoul...
...silver nitrate- heavy enough to carry a current. Stick it in a plating tank and electroplate it with the metal of your choice. This is permanent like old bronzed babyshoes.
Christopher
Before ...
...order the whole unit and save yourself a lot of time and headaches. You will need a good electrician and metal fabricator and mig welder as well.
You may try 'manual' rotation devices. W...
...ying to build an
old fountain set on three
full size figure of man.
i build a scalatone from
rebare metal.i intend to
rap it with wire lath
an then shape the scalp.
by hand slowly by using
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...something like that), but it's fairly expensive and of limited usefulness in my opinion, since cast metal doesn't like being of an uneven thickness.]
Andrew Werby
UNITED ARTWORKS- Sc...
...tuff for a while but I used to make some tools for working in boatyards; reefing irons, wierd stuff. For metal I used scrounged parts from autobody shops and from around automotive garages, old leaf a...
...If you still hate it, start experimenting with different surface treatments, like automotive lacquers or metal leaf.]
Andrew Werby
UNITED ARTWORKS- Sculpture, Jewelry, and other art stuff htt...
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