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as soon as Bryan sees this photo he will know where some of the casting wax went to. you'll get it back in fall! or i can just pay for it i guess.

lost wax cast gas tank carving

just need to add the cup and vent to these waxes and they will be ready to start the investment dipping process.  one tank down 3 to go. i have the carving technique figured out a little better than last year. now all i can do is pray they survive and cast well.

cast gas tank gating

well it took me all day but one gas tank is allmost gated. the wax rods are where the channels in the mold will be that the molten metal flows through. so thats allmost two sides done. and at least 4 more to go.

lost wax gas tank inlay.

trying some new tricks with the wax casting. im gunna have to quit messing around and start preparing these for casting soon.

contour camera mount waxes

popped some  out of the plaster mold i made and polished them up and started carving.

celedon acorn

bone button box

so i made some boxes out of some crate wood i saved out of the trash for the bone buttons. i think im gunna have to make the lid out of ply though because the pine wants to split. the brass screw is from my first workbench that i remodeled and took out to santee to the baylis maldoror fraser shop

patina work

so im trying to patina and clean up the bronze skull. i dunno. and here is a shot of the brand i used for the wax.

ronin is a critic

shipping a stem.

i sold the used stem i had on this blog and packaged it up today. i built the box out of doorskin and lattice stock with brads and elmers glue. pop riveted the leather hinges and latch. the holy anchor is branded on there from the brand i made for the bronze casted skull. wood offsets from an old pallet hold the stem off the box and some wire ties keep the stem in place. hope you like it Joe!

allmost done!

just needs to be capped and rubbed down

thatcher logo graph paper.

done!

4;

now its up to the platers to polish this thing
sorry it wont pivot

pen n paper n pencil too

i think these can be called doodles

key to the shed

i had to stamp a holy anchor into it.

scooter racks drawing

chrome stems