Ramblin' Dan's Workshop

I have been spending time with 3D printing. I have a resin printer I would like to use for creating (printing) 3D models for last wax casting. The results haven't been too satisfying. I needed a break from the effort. I'll get it working correctly but not immediately.

It was near Valentine day so I decided I wanted to do some wax carving and make something with that theme. I also needed some silver casting I knew would turn out properly. My first 3D printed and cast model was terrible. Probably too much ash left in the mold after burnout. The master is a resin material, not wax.

These pictures will follow my sequence of events:

This is the original drawing. I took 3 days of computer editing to get it to a design I could cast.	I also found the border design and thought it would make an interesting pendant.
Here is where I first took the heart design in my CAD software. This is not the finial cast version.	This is also a CAD drawing. I decided to push the recessed design entirely through as a cut out.
This is my wax blank. I cut three experimental hearts until I got the three more that I liked. The wide cuts are the long border pendants.	First heart sprued up and ready to get another.
Two hearts in the flask.	These are the castings fresh out of the acid pickle.
The cross was made years ago. I had some space to add it to a flask for this heat.	The silver is finished. I think they look good!