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Pike jaw
paleltuma -
Sunday, April 6, 2008 - 3:34pm
bronze casting sandcast | Other Metal Gallery  It's Pikes jaw. I made 2 piece sandcasting and weltend them together. It's 7%tin and 93%copper. Finished with silver coat.  it might be just a fish
paleltuma -
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 2:09am
it might be just a fish story but we must remember that the middle section of the pikes jaw is cartilage so it's flexible. It's hard to say what it were suppose to be wide. » reply  That's very cool, but why
visitor -
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 8:44am
That's very cool, but why didn't you just make it out of copper (without the tin, or the silver coat)? » reply  pure copper is a pain to
Gene Olson -
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 8:49am
pure copper is a pain to cast, bronze is easy. Gene Olson » reply The reasen for tin is
paleltuma -
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 2:54pm
The reasen for tin is melting point. For silver coat... I welded the pieces together with silver, so i hid the seam. » reply I don't understand why you
visitor -
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 10:51pm
I don't understand why you covered up the copper with silver. Why must we subscribe to the Olympic standard... gold, silver, bronze/copper? You might have well just painted it, and disguiested it's true nature. Please don't take this personally. I just don't beleive in changing the nature of what is, is... » reply Painting would be the last
paleltuma -
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 2:05am
Painting would be the last thing to do. It was my school work. We dont use glue, paint or stuff like that. We leave those to kinderGarden. » reply |
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25 cm, now that's quite a
25 cm, now that's quite a fish story.
;-)
Gene Olson
Sculptor
Elk River, MN