How To Make Carving Wax
Watch the process of carving a custom band ring out of wax and then casting it in sterling silver.
How to make carving wax. 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. Once I have it cast normally in silver that is mixed in a 97 alloy because it casts easy and is easy to engrave I will then re-sprue and vulcanize for mass production should that be the need. Wax carving burrs.
Take a wax block and mark the length of the crown at 105mm and root length at 13mm and A center Line at all four sides and give initial at base of the wax block to all sides eg. If held at 90 degrees to the wax surface it cuts only sideways. Next well enlarge the hole to the appropriate finger size.
If you are accustomed to working in this additive fashion the subtractive process of carving wax may be daunting to you at first. Inspired by a Wax Modelling book Id received here I have a go at carving a high doom ring out of carving wax. If you choose to experiment on your own do not melt wax with gas burners and work in a location where you can deal with a fire in the melting pot without freaking out and spilling flammable liquid on the floor.
Carving and shaping wax is very satisfying. We have many kinds of paraffin waxes so there is no problem for making core of the candle. Making a Batch of WillowProducts 3Sixty Carving Wax.
Im sure that you know some formulas how to make own wax for carving. Choose from specific scrapers stone setting and finishing burrs along with your pendant drill or flex shaft tool to make wax carving simple. I like to use drill bits to carve flat-bottom holes in wax for cabochon stone settings.
We take care to make sure the sides are flat and parallel since well be using them to mark and measure. When you start wax carving you will soon start creating pieces that involve joining waxes or make repairs to broken waxes and a wax pen is the easiest way to do this. This board is dedicated to wax modeling and carving.