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Guys Im looking for a form that I can use to make my own pewter ,lead or paste songbird feet.Does anyone know hwew if they make such an item?, Something that I can put the wires in for the toes then fill the rest. Turt the carver |
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"turtle" wrote in
: heres the orig Guys Im looking for a form that I can use to make my own pewter ,lead or paste songbird feet.Does anyone know hwew if they make such an item?, Something that I can put the wires in for the toes then fill the rest. Turt the carver I don't do birds so I really can't suggest any supplier, why not check with Hugh Parks, he's a bird carver from New Brunswick, he might have some leads for you. Here's his url. http://www.feathersinwood.com/ Wannabe. |
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"turtle" wrote in message ... heres the orig Guys Im looking for a form that I can use to make my own pewter ,lead or paste songbird feet.Does anyone know hwew if they make such an item?, Something that I can put the wires in for the toes then fill the rest. Turt the carver [It's not that hard to make a mold, Turt. You can get silicone rubber that will handle the temperature of low-melt metals like you mention. The tricky part may be filling the molds, as the volume of songbird feet is so small. Surface tension will tend to prevent the metal from entering the fine crevices of the mold cavity. A centrifugal casting machine can be adapted to do this, or you can send your originals to someone operating a spin-casting machine. This sort of foundry typically makes disk-shaped molds from vulcanized rubber and fills them as they spin. To make your originals, you might start with carvable wax, carve in the details, and then send it to a lost-wax casting service, which will deliver metal parts that will stand up to the molding process. ] Andrew Werby www.unitedartworks.com |
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Thank you so much. I will definately look into it.
Turt Guys Im looking for a form that I can use to make my own pewter ,lead or paste songbird feet.Does anyone know hwew if they make such an item?, Something that I can put the wires in for the toes then fill the rest. Turt the carver [It's not that hard to make a mold, Turt. You can get silicone rubber that will handle the temperature of low-melt metals like you mention. The tricky part may be filling the molds, as the volume of songbird feet is so small. Surface tension will tend to prevent the metal from entering the fine crevices of the mold cavity. A centrifugal casting machine can be adapted to do this, or you can send your originals to someone operating a spin-casting machine. This sort of foundry typically makes disk-shaped molds from vulcanized rubber and fills them as they spin. To make your originals, you might start with carvable wax, carve in the details, and then send it to a lost-wax casting service, which will deliver metal parts that will stand up to the molding process. ] Andrew Werby www.unitedartworks.com |
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