evening…

what’s this then?
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A Chinese takeaway container full of green jelly?

It’s a foil dish of purest green!

nope!

A really rubbish curry?

dont be fooled by the container… its not food

Fork oil that you now can’t move without spilling all over the nice clean carpet and getting shouted at by the missus who will promptly leave you for a gym instructor?

No longer interested

lol at Phiiiiiil!

A really shit photo. Although it’s an impressive feat to take a photo of static objects and not manage to get a single thing in focus.

As above, badly out of focus.

Snot

in the process of making a sword and will be trying my hand at lost wax casting, however casting wax is expensive so i made my own from paraffin wax and glue sticks. next stop casting a wax hilt and carving a Roman design into it then making a plaster cast to cast brass in to… should be fun!

Homebrewed machinable wax

[edit] gah! moments too late. The stuff I was thinking of would be paraffin wax and carrier bags.

mr hoppy… try taking a photo with one hand on a phone whilst holding a baby with the other and having shaking hands due to brain damage, then judge how well your photos are

in the process of making a sword and will be trying my hand at lost wax casting, however casting wax is expensive so i made my own from paraffin wax and glue sticks. next stop casting a wax hilt and carving a Roman design into it then making a plaster cast to cast brass in to… should be fun!

That’s what I was about to say.

maccruiskeen… paraffin wax and hot glue sticks!!!

The stuff I’m thinking off is wax thats used for machining – so you can put it in a lathe or milling machine to shape it then make lost wax casts from that. Mixing in the carrier bags makes a very hard wax so it machines very crisply, has the advantage that you can melt and re-use all the swarf.

Similar plan… The addition of the glue sticks should make it far less brittle so able to carve it then use it for casting

There’s me thinking it was Grotbags love juice…..

Nah, that’s in a different bucket, next to my beaker!!! 😆

Is that not going to be a very short sword?

Not #412 off the Chinese Takeaway and Liquor Dispensary menu then? Side order of Creme de Menthe?

Scotroutes… It’ll be used for the hilt and pommel of a gladius hispaniensis minivader and I are building.. link to sword thread
Neildraper… I drank that.. Could explain the colour tho! 😀