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![]() I've been asked to make several identical (or nearly so) blown glass flames. I'd like to help, but I'm stumped.
![]() I don't have access to a woodworker. I do have access to clay & plaster. I am open to any ideas or suggestions of how to make a mold. |
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Both Glass Notes and Ed Schmidt's books have DIY sections on this.
There was also a huge list of retired Fenton molds that became available and were posted some time ago. May have been a flame in there, but besides the recent posting in the classified section I don't know what is still available, if anything. They were pricey but did get positive reviews from those who picked up a few.
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Thanks Dan, I will look into it
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Carve graphite blocks with Dremel tools and core drill bits. Buy hinges. Wear protection.
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Thanks Mike
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I used HGL Carbon in the past. High quality stuff.
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Is there a school nearby that does metal casting (Technical, Engineering, or Art school)? Perhaps you could get a mold into it when they do an aluminum pour.
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I had a commission once to reproduce some chandelier flame globes. I made a rubber mold of a flame, and then another rubber of that mold to give a rubber positive. Then I placed that inside a plastic painters pail and filled that with wax on its side. I then removed that wax and carefully made another wax up to the line I had made of the first wax. I then carved some fred flintstone looking hinges in it that accepted a 1/4” rod and sent them to a foundery. A lot of work but I was compensated nicely.
Ransom and randolf sells a good rubber
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how do you put hinges on the graphite? Just screws?
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Art, you typically want to use something with a coarse thread and treat it nice.
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And use a tap and die.
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I have a carbon cone attached to my airline gun for puffing out a piece. It's tapped and you do have to treat it nice.
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Eben so you made a wax negative. Why did you not use the rubber positive.
What did the foundry do with the wax mold you sent them? Franklin |
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You make a rubber and then a wax because you can make more waxes down the road if you have to, plus it’s easier to make a rubber mold of a wax than it is to make a rubber of a rubber.
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Ok so you made a ceramic object not a mold to cast glass.
I thought you were making a mold. Thanks Franklin |
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