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flyingtractors1:
I finally got a "New" set of chisels for my collection - case hardened steel with walnut handles. Ralph
vtsteam:
I was going to say you'll need some lignum vitae for a mallet, but then saw the metal ferules instead of leather buttons, so I figure these can take a hammer, like Japanese chisels.
They look fine! -- Nice job on the sockets!
raynerd:
Wow, really lovely. Can you tell us more about how you cast the hammer in gold?
Chris
flyingtractors1:
Thanks vtsteam and Chris. I had meant to post a pic for scale reference. I actually have created some scale wooden mallets and hammers also. Ralph
flyingtractors1:
Well Chris, thanks for your interest. It's a long story - the lost wax process. But it's something like this -
The lost wax casting method is one in which a form of the part (a hammer head) is carved of wax and placed in a container with investment (a plaster of Paris mix) surrounding the wax model in the container. Air bubbles are vacuumed out. Then the wax is then melted out leaving a cavity in the shape of the wax model in the plaster mold which is then cured in high heat, and molten metal is poared into the cavity yielding a solid metal version of the original wax model which is then finely filed, sanded and polished. A Rubber mold can be made, and by injecting wax into that cavity, wax patterns can result allowing the process to be repeated for any number of copies. Sorry this got so wordy. I'll try to do a pictoral build documentation. Ralph
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