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From: MayhemR32 Date: Thu Mar 06 22:22:15 2003 |
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========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ]======== Hello to all. I'm a new subscriber to this list, and feel a bit out of my element here. I'm not a jeweler by trade, nor as a hobbyist, and consequently have very little knowledge of the craft. My interest here is solely in learning how to tool up to perform lost wax casting on small scale for the purpose of making one thing: tattoo machine frames. I am by trade a visual artist in a variety of media, a tattoo artist and a builder of professional tattoo machines. I've heretofore had all my frames manufactured by an outside source, or cut/machined them out of solid stock. I'd now like to tool up to cast them myself. For those unfamiliar with tattoo machines (also commonly called "guns"), the frames are small: about 3" x 3" x 1" maximum dimensions, and are most commonly made of brass, copper, steel, iron, or aluminum. Ideally I'd like to cast in brass, but just about any relatively strong, rigid metal will do. I know the basic steps in the process of lost wax casting, but that's about as far as it goes. However, I remember a jeweler friend several years ago casting his own stuff all the time, and it seemed to involve relatively little equipment. That's what made me turn to this type of list in hopes of finding out a little more about the process. I guess I mostly need a laundry list of all equipment required to cast items of such dimensions, the estimated minimum cost involved in both startup and per casting, and so forth. Can anyone help me out or at least put me on the right track? Thanks in advance. Matt Crunk mayhemr32 AT aol.com ____________________________________________________________________ T h e O r c h i d L i s t Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________ Orchid FAQ: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm Orchid Archives: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive Orchid Galleries: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm Invite a Friend: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ____________________________________________________________________ Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books Buy Orchid Jewelry: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ____________________________________________________________________ -Unsubscribe: -Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank ____________________________________________________________________ |
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