[Jewelry making - Article 00514] - Re: [Orchid] Which wax does one use?

[LEESSILVER]

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    The types of tools you will need to carve wax depend on what you
    want to create. 

    Files and a foredom with several types of burrs will come in handy
    if you plan on carving wax. Carving waxes are non sticky, non
    flexible and may be worked with files, sandpaper, pocket knives,
    dental tools, any type of scraping tools and burrs mounted in a cable
    driven handpiece. The biggest problem when working with carving wax
    is breakage of the model. As with all wax models you can wax weld
    errors and breakage. 

    Wax build up, the layering of hot wax on top of previously layered
    on wax and construction, building a model with various cut pieces of
    waxes, will require different tools. 

    Models can be built using a combination of all the types on
    construction. 

    Construction models are most difficult to work with because the
    waxes normally used are soft and very flexible. When working on a
    construction model care must be excised to prevent reshaping it every
    time you pick it up. 

    I have found that dental tools are a great help in carving wax. I
    modify some of them to suit the job I want to do. 

    Check out: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/dental-tools.htm 

    Be happy to send, off line, pictures of the various types of wax
    model making. Oh boy!!!! Here we go again. I see a paper illustrating
    the various types of constructions. Tomorrow I will break out my
    camera and lap top and start the new project for what its worth. 

Lee Epperson

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