Lee
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Post by Lee on Aug 29, 2004 3:03:26 GMT 1
[quote I have noticed that Sylvain has not been heard from lately, do have him chained to his work bench working on your test shots?
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No, Sylvain took a week vacation after finishing the first of the three models. (No connection between the two) He should be back with us sometime this weekend or Monday.
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Post by Lee on Oct 21, 2004 4:29:57 GMT 1
Resin comes in two liquid parts usually known as part A and part B. Moisture in the air can and will contaminate either part if they are left uncapped. Therefore doing any casting in rainy weather is taking a chance on ruining the whole bottle of liquid resin. Guess what? It is raining in sunny Southern California this week.
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Post by Lee on Oct 26, 2004 23:44:22 GMT 1
Dry heat is the answer to pouring good resin castings. The viscosity of the liquid resin is lowered when it is warmed up. Jerry has been turning the oven on and heating up the kitchen for a couple of hours before casting. The resin becomes thinner and takes longer to cure, which is a plus when trying to pour it into molds.
Everytime we learn something, we share it with all to try to incourage others in trying their hand at casting. The more masters made, the more castings done, the greater the selection of whats available for everyone. ;D
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Post by cfesmire on Oct 27, 2004 0:29:27 GMT 1
Well it looks like northern New England in winter is a perfect place to cast then. Once the wood fires get going any moisture is totally eliminated (it reeks havoc on furniture). We actually have to keep pots of water on the stoves to make the dryness tolerable. So strip down and start the woodstove there in sunny SoCal.
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Post by skunk on Oct 31, 2004 18:04:49 GMT 1
Sounds as if the best place to cast would be in a sauna? Of course then you are running the risk of Finnish people whipping you with branches of birch (could be distracting), and all of the vodka may impair the precision of your work.
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Post by Lee on Sept 9, 2005 3:51:15 GMT 1
Posting just to move this thread to the top. ;D
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Post by kiwinick on Sept 9, 2005 9:56:09 GMT 1
HI Lee,
Thanks for all this posting. I'm going to sit down and try to read through it all.
Cheers Nick
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Post by kiwinick on Sept 10, 2005 4:12:42 GMT 1
Hi Lee,
I have two questions to ask about the casting.
1. What is the master made out of.
2. how does the master come out of the mould?
Cheers Nick
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Post by cfesmire on Aug 3, 2008 13:28:19 GMT 1
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gdcd74
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Post by gdcd74 on Sept 30, 2008 4:36:15 GMT 1
Why is it that i get lots of little bubbles when i pour my castings?
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