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Jeffrey Everett Friday, May 02, 1997
   
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>     I am interested in the type of wax you are using.  Does it cast
>     well?   I carve miniature pottery out of wax then cast them in
>     silver.  The machinable wax I have found in industrial supply
>     catalogs seem to be full of pinpoint size bubbles which I am
>     afraid will show up in the final casting. 

    I machine wax frequently. I have both rods and slabs, and
    neither has the porosity problem. I think you just got material
    from a bad batch. You might try a different manufacturer. The
    material is sold by many different machine tool supply
    companies.

Jeffrey Everett




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