lost wax casting
DESCRIPTION
Lost Wax Casting. Select type of wax. Mrs. Pearson will cut your wax to width. Size the inside of your ring. Tools for shaping your ring. Using the Jewelry Saw. Filing the Wax. Heating tools for wax. Weigh your wax model. Wax cannot exceed 1.5 grams. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lost Wax Casting
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Select type of wax
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Mrs. Pearson will cut
your wax to width
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Size the
inside of
your ring
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Tools for shaping your
ring
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Using the Jewelry
Saw
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Filing the Wax
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Heating tools for
wax
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Weigh your wax model. Wax cannot exceed 1.5 grams.
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Multiply your
wax weight by
Ten.
REMEMBER
WEIGHT!!!
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Cut sprue, ¼ of an inch long, weigh with wax ring
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Sprue up
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½ inch from top
of wax model to top of flask
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Measure Flask of Water
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Water should be ¼ inch from top
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Pour the water into the rubber
bowl
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Add powder
until you have
an island
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Have fun mixing
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Add powder until you have a pancake batter consistency
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Vibrate bubbles out
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Slowly pour the investment in; avoid pouring directly
on top of the ring
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Fill to the top
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Vibrate your flask
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Let it dry, mark your initials, period, and the weight you
need in metal.
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Leftover InvestmentO Let the leftover
investment dry in the bowl
O Do Not pour investment down sink
O After the investment is dry, put in garbage
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Overnight burnout
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Reheat to 900 degrees F to cast
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Wind the centrifuge 3 turns
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Put metal into crucible
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Put flux on metal and start heating
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Get your hot flask
from kiln and set into
the cradle
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Heat metal until liquid
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Get it hot
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Let it spin
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Check for a full sprue
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When not red quench in water
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Pull metal from flask
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Find the sand blaster
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Don’t forget to turn on the air
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Spray it off with sand
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It should now be clean
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Cut sprue off with the Jewelry
saw
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File and Sand
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Buff your piece
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Your piece should almost be finished
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Make last minute fixes and turn it in!!
Yeah, you have just completed your 1st
cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!