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I whipped up a batch of new silver pendents yesterday. Three were carved on the Taig CNC mill and the heart with the celtic knot was hand carved. The top two are duplicates of what I have made previously. The bottom two are new designs. Actually it takes more than a day to make these, but I c...
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This is my newer Taig CNC mill that I have set up for doing 4 axis wax carving. I am standing in a narrow isle between the HB2 gantry CNC machine to my left (picture right) and the Taig mill. The taig has run several projects and has about 8 hours run time. The spindle bearings are actual...
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I have been wax carving up a storm. Now the "greens" are in the can. Next step is fill the cans with investment, then pop them all into the oven for a good bake. Takes about 12 hours with a max temperature around 1250 degrees. That cooks them good. I have a couple of more carvings but I have limited...

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This is not going to be a construction sequence. Just a sneak peek at my latest carving. This one was drawn in Vectric Aspire software and then two copies run off on my Taig CNC mill. Each run took 3.25 hours to complete. I like to watch the CNC mill doing it's flawless thing but not for this ...
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I have come to the end of the lost wax carving/casting process photo sequences. (Unless I hear a demand for more ;) )The process is repetitive and I have done enough photos to show that it is repetitive. The subjects change so I will continue to show my newest finished pieces. The photo here i...
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