Saturday, September 12, 2020

Hands again

 I found that if I use a gas torch from the Large propane tank, and dump a LOT of heat into the ceramic, the wax melts out without breaking the shell. So I have 2 bronze hands. There's still flaws, both have a damaged finder tip. I think this is from the way I've been resting the ceramic shell on the bottom of the pot of slurry while I've been coating the hands, I think they are probably good enough. I'll clean them up over the next day or two and decide.

I may get a small oxy-propane kit and braze some silicon bronze onto the end of the fingers and then file it to shape. See how that turns out.



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