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First Wax Carving Class

It was an interesting first session in my wax carving class last Monday night. It looks like only 3 to 4 of us and one of them is my daughter Shelley.  Number 3 seems like he is going to switch to a day time class or maybe switch between the evening and day classes. The last one apparently is a...
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Getting Formal Training

There is an art and craft guild located here in the Dallas Texas area. They are called the “Craft Guild of Dallas” and have been around since October, 1948. That makes me not quite two years older than the Guild. The history goes back a bit farther (pre WWII) but under a different name. My daughter ...a1sx2_Original1_cgheader.jpg
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Mystic Cleaning Gun

This is the Mystic high pressure cleaning gun I just purchased from Bits&Bits Company a supplier of very small milling bits for CNC wax and other materials. Here is a link directly to the gun. THIS IS NO TOY! It produces 1,650 PSI of pressure in a very fine micro stream. It WILL penetrate h...b2ap3_thumbnail_MYSTICGUN-3.jpg
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A Good Wax Job.

A good weekend. I got about a full day in working at my newest bench, the low level and using my new task light. Both were exactly perfect and comfortable as I had imagined they would be. The shop was a little warm as Summer has settled into North Texas but nothing I haven't worked in before. I didn...b2ap3_thumbnail_DSC03033.jpg
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Dan Kautz
I was doing some more wax carving today. The temperature was near 100 and the wax was a bit soft. It was kind of like carving soft... Read More
Monday, 08 July 2013 17:39
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