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sand casting

  1. Tobho Mott

    New patternmaking and sand casting project: Dice Dungeon

    In Dungeons & Dragons, rolling a natural 20 on an attack roll with the 20 sided die (d20) is an automatic hit that deals double damage. A natural 1 is an automatic miss. We call them critical hits and critical misses, respectively. Some nights things just don't go well. Clearly this is the...
  2. Guitar William

    Parts getting made

    Just an update on my tremolo progress. The 2- Angel Arms were cast and the I added feather design with my cnc. The plate is actually 3mm 7075 al. with design, again own the cnc. The main body was cast, Testing sand and gating. Planning more pours this week. Then I will machine the main shaft...
  3. Tobho Mott

    Tips/Techniques Super easy durable cast aluminum match plate patterns

    I've seen people cobble together steel spacer frames and backfill the seams with sand and pray to Vulcan for no leakers in order to cast metal match plate patterns before (Mr. Pete has an old series on his youtube channel showing this way), but the hack I came up with to save time and effort is...
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