Gorgeous and fascinating! That castable-resin head (top right) looks almost like a carved garnet or other dark reddish gemstone 😻 these are all beautiful objects in their own right.
All little transient treasures, for sure. Yes, the deep purple of the castable wax resin is even more stunning in person, translucent, rich, and confusingly great-looking for a substance which by design is made to be destroyed
Good question. I prototyped the controls for a titanium injection mold machine. The process is similar in that it injects powdered titanium with an organic binder (a high melt temp wax). The mixture is heated and injected into a mold. Comes out like un-fired clay. Titanium burns when fired if...
Oxy is present. The clay like part must be fired in a vacuum furnace. The guy who invented/ patented the binder commissioned the machine. The parts have a precise rate of shrinkage after firing. Greatly reduces machinist time. I think it depends on the binder. And in titanium's case how it's fired.
Depends on where we start the clock! I did the first version of this ant 4 years ago. But I did the casting (my very first on my own!) less than a month ago, and have been learning the whole time. High-complexity digital designs take me months, typically; casting takes 3 full days; finishing 2 weeks
It’s such a process!! I love it but it is frustrating that it takes so long! It’s funny the guy teaching me does prop design so some things take years and other things take hours! Depending on the demand
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