How To Carve A Wax Ring For Casting
Make a wax pattern for both the size 10 shank and the top of the ring size the shank weld the two wax components together and cast the piece as a whole.
How to carve a wax ring for casting. Follow our lost wax casting process steps below to find out how using a silver ring as an example. We switch to finer hand tools and carve much slower to refine the final shape. The top of the ring is trimmed down into a rough hexagon shape.
A model is carved or shaped in wax and is then cast. Now we can switch to hand tools to carve into it from all sides. Wax carving is also a very affordable way to work with gold as you only use the exact amount of metal that you need.
Inspired by a Wax Modelling book Id received here I have a go at carving a high doom ring out of carving wax. Suitable for complete beginners this is a great course to get you started with wax carving covering. Make a wax pattern for both the size 10 shank and the top of the ring size the shank cast the pieces separately and solder them together.
Watch the process of carving a custom band ring out of wax and then casting it in sterling silver. The wax tube can be cut down using a wax cutting saw blade and the excess can be kept and reused. Now that the lines are drawn we remove all the excess wax from around the ring.
Next file the wax to the shape you require using a special carving file. We had two options for manufacturing the ring. Creating a design for your wax piece.
Now I sprue up the carved purple wax by joining the blue sprue wax with heat then into the investment powder and cast it using a centrifugal caster. This tutorial instructs how to carve a wax model ring used for casting into JewelryTipsandPics. Make a wax carved ring.