SRMW Threadwell Textile on the S&S RR

[Jim Donovan]

Thanks for the building thread. Looking forward to learning. The casting information alone is invaluable.

Jim D

[S&S RR]

Hi John:

Looks like you are off to a good start. Will be following along.

Karl

Karl


Thanks for following along.

[S&S RR]

Thanks for the building thread. Looking forward to learning. The casting information alone is invaluable.

Jim D

Jim


Your welcome, thank you for following along on this journey.  We can all learn together.

[S&S RR]

Tonight, as promised, I'm trying to update this thread with the pictures and explanation of the casting process.  I'm dealing with a very slow internet, so we will see how far I get before I wait for better service.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the last card of castings as they come out of the box.  Bob does a great job of packaging them.  I cut them out of the bubble wrap and place them directly into the mold box.

[S&S RR]

The material I use for my mold boxes is foam artist board.  This looks like gator board but it's a much cheaper version - in every way.  I get it for less than a dollar a sheet at the craft store.

[S&S RR]

The castings for Delabarre's are now on the bench in this picture - I will be making mold boxes and molds for all of these castings in one batch.

[S&S RR]

One of the best tools that I have found for cutting the artist foam board is this little knife that allows me to cut nice even strips for the side walls.  I bought this at Micro Mart.

[S&S RR]

Don't put it in your drawer or on your workbench without the blade guard - not included.  It gives you a great reason to drink a bottle of your favorite wine.




It uses a #11 exacto blade.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the slitting tool in action.  It works great - I'm very happy with it.

[S&S RR]

For a mold like this - that I'm only going to make a few castings from - I make the walls of the mold about 1/16 of an inch higher than the casting.

[S&S RR]

Now that we have our strips for the sides - it's time to get out the hot glue gun.  But first, get out the gloves. Credit to Frank Baker for this tip.  Cotton gloves work great - when your working with a hot glue gun - to keep you from getting burned.  I keep mine on top of the glue gun in the drawer so I don't forget them. This is one of the few jobs I still use a hot glue gun for but it does work great with the artist foam board.

[S&S RR]

I split the casting up into three groups, three different mold boxes. I try to arrange them so I use as little mold material as possible.

[S&S RR]

I have all the pictures ready to post to complete the castings but it will be a couple of days until I can post them. I need to wait for a new modem that is compatible with an an upgrade to my internet service. It took 15 minutes a picture to upload them last night. I will keep taking pictures and building while we wait. Please stay tuned.

[vinceg]

This is great stuff, John - thanks a bunch for taking the effort to post!