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Post by jeff dunnington » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:55 pm

Hey Pat

Very nice design and wax. man that would be some BLING :shock:
You should be able to sell that up there.

Keep up the good work

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Post by p schmidt » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:51 am

call me crazy but i had to try ..made the cross in two pieces can cast top in white ..bottom yellow after milling the two halfs went together perfect.
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Post by jeff dunnington » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:48 am

Nice 2 piece wax pat :D

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Post by McCay » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:40 am

Looks really nice, Pat. Be sure to post a picture of the finished piece.
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Post by p schmidt » Thu May 05, 2005 11:24 am

Here’s a photo of a tiffany “wisteria” lamp I made a few years ago took my template and milled a flat piece in brass 1 bit 19 hours! I’d like to enamel when I get time.. also made one in wax 4 hours now if I can cast one this fine…. may have to redo it with a thicker base………..( I’d like to see the finished product)
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Post by Erric » Thu May 05, 2005 5:40 pm

very nice work Pat.Try that by hand. lol love two see it finished.
have a great day,Erric

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Post by McCay » Fri May 06, 2005 5:16 am

Pat,
I would love to know what type of bit, spindle speeds, etc you used to mill the brass piece. I've mill some silver block a couple of time with mixed results. If it's a lot different from the wax parameters maybe we can start new topic for metal milling in the modela group.
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Post by p schmidt » Tue May 31, 2005 11:15 am

here's a wax (pendant) for a pear shaped green tourmaline 11.6 x 5.6 can't find a mounting for that size have to make it! will be in white gold set with 1 pointers around the edge... cut with .45 mm end burr in 3d engrave (just for fun to see how 3d engrave works trouble is it cuts the whole relief size not just the model so there's alot of unnecessary cutting going on)

accidently broke off one prong! as seen in the bottom photo
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Post by Colin Creed » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:12 am

Hi Pat,

Nice looking job on that wax. Well done!!

regards Colin

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Post by Jwlrymkr » Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:15 am

Nice looking pendant Pat!
If you set the relief size to .1mm larger than your actual piece, you wont get all that extra cutting.
Best wishes!
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Post by jeff dunnington » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:12 am

Hey P

Nice work!! Try what Ken said for 3dengrave. Can you believe how fast 3de
does the tool path??!!!!

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Post by atozjewelry » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:40 pm

Very cool Pat. I am sure this makes for a beautiful fit for the stone. Out of curiosity, do you find it easier to cut a new wax or go ahead and cast, then fix the post that got bumped off?
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Post by p schmidt » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:04 pm

that depends.. in this case i already cut a new, one as i wanted to adjust a few things..however i've been known to do it both ways or should i say all three ways ..cut new wax (which takes longer)... cast then repair ...or repair the wax then cast ...there are no rules just make it look right!!
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Post by p schmidt » Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:09 pm

here's one for a 4.9 x 16.6 tourmaline ,another mounting i had to make .to be cast white gold set with 1 pointers pictures not to clear see attached file
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Post by jeff dunnington » Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:57 pm

Nice job Pat

Post some of those pics in the gallery.

Can yo imagine hand making that top??

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