Post #458081 by pdrake on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 9:56 PM

On 2009-06-01 17:50, Mambo wrote:
that looks great!
How does the lost wax process work?
I've heard of it but dont really know the procedure.

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aka "Steve"

[ Edited by: Mambo 2009-06-01 17:51 ]

haha, that's a loaded question. the basic steps are this:

make an original

make a mold of that

make wax copies in that mold

mold those copies into a molding compound

burn out the wax leaving an empty space that is the opposite of the original (thus the name "lost wax")

pour in molten metal

pull out metal pieces that look like the original

bang, done!

there's a lot of great videos of the whole process on youtube. i've learned a lot from them.