Here's the face after a little grinding and polish. He still has a long way to go but you get an idea.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Foundry Success
Here we are again about an hour after the failed brass casting in my last video.
Here's the face after a little grinding and polish. He still has a long way to go but you get an idea.
Here's the face after a little grinding and polish. He still has a long way to go but you get an idea.
A great primer on trademark protection
An appeals court brief that deals with the limits of trademark protection.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Epic Fail Pouring a Brass Face
Had some people over to do some foundry work.
Just fun stuff, making a brass face. Basically I was going to melt my copper scrap and pour blooms of it onto flagstone to make crude sheet metal.
The we had guests so that was pretty boring work and in order to be entertaining ... well we had fun.
We actually melted all my copper scrap and then added enough zinc to make a really good brass.
The failure shown here is pretty bad but we were not deterred. I will post the successful follow up effort later.
Just fun stuff, making a brass face. Basically I was going to melt my copper scrap and pour blooms of it onto flagstone to make crude sheet metal.
The we had guests so that was pretty boring work and in order to be entertaining ... well we had fun.
We actually melted all my copper scrap and then added enough zinc to make a really good brass.
The failure shown here is pretty bad but we were not deterred. I will post the successful follow up effort later.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
New Goggles Dropped Today!
They are up for sale at ETSY here.
I figure, if someone will buy them for their cat, why not a doll?
These were fun to make. They are incredibly robust. I should switch to lighter gauge materials when I do mini work like this. The thickness of this metal make these feel really solid.
I wrote a Penny Dreadful to go along with it and I will upload that as a page here.
I figure, if someone will buy them for their cat, why not a doll?
These were fun to make. They are incredibly robust. I should switch to lighter gauge materials when I do mini work like this. The thickness of this metal make these feel really solid.
I wrote a Penny Dreadful to go along with it and I will upload that as a page here.
Monday, March 19, 2012
First set of videos.
Well I got the address of the blog wrong in the video but all in all, not bad.
The first is an introduction to extreme martini making.
Something more practical, how to make your own ball head pins
Lastly, something for the jewelers and metalworkers, how to make your own copper sheet metal.
The first is an introduction to extreme martini making.
Something more practical, how to make your own ball head pins
Lastly, something for the jewelers and metalworkers, how to make your own copper sheet metal.
FIRST!!
I first-ed my own blog. So here it is. I will grow the blog if you guys grow my audience. Show me love by following me on twitter @artificermade. To be honest twitter is not my 'thing' but for you guys I will learn.
Tweets will soon be sending out info about new products, new video tutorials, and new contests and freebies. I will not tweet stupid jokes, chain-letters, preachy political or religious crap. If I wouldn't want to read it I won't send it out.
Let's do this...
I first-ed my own blog. So here it is. I will grow the blog if you guys grow my audience. Show me love by following me on twitter @artificermade. To be honest twitter is not my 'thing' but for you guys I will learn.
Tweets will soon be sending out info about new products, new video tutorials, and new contests and freebies. I will not tweet stupid jokes, chain-letters, preachy political or religious crap. If I wouldn't want to read it I won't send it out.
Let's do this...
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