I just added a few more pictures and updated the Wax Carving Post in the TOOLS section. I installed a Foredom tool hanger on the right side. The base bracket is too large to fit on the top edge and there was no existing place on the side that was suitable. I created a new bracket from a 1x4x18 in re...

A couple of posts back I boasted that I had ordered a jeweler's bench to use as my wax carving workstation. True story, and I have been working with it for a few days. I just figured out how to use my PanaVise with the bench and I just published an article in the tools section. I have many of m...

When I spend some time doing Internet research outside of my own comfort zone I find figuratively tons of interesting information. In the “old” days I would go to the library to learn new things but the internet brings it all to me. (I’ll expand on libraries and the Internet some other time.) I cont...

I think it is the smell of having fun or maybe the kiln's heat is getting to me... I just ordered a bunch of "stuff" needed to start cooking my own lost wax casting flasks in my shop. It seems like I could continue to add "nice to have's" to my wish list of tools and supplies almost forever. My need...

There is a new article posted under the Tools tab. I built a work cart for doing torch work in my shop. Also outside of my shop if I need too. It is a metal push cart with fire bricks on the top. I have wanted one of these for quite awhile. Now I have a safe place to do high temperature metal w...