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I've been going through youtubers trying to see someone who can do this well and not get caught up in burning the thing for 10 hours or putting a buttload of extra steps into it, and you definitely have the best cast.
Man, that stuff is expensive. Seems worth it's though, as I bet it goes a long way with how little actually gets used as compared to other investment casting methods. Have you considered using polycast filament?
@@faultyinterface I wonder if one could achieve similar results with clay slip. You'd probably have to be careful with firing temperatures and things like that, but it seems worth a try.
This statue is worth like 200 dollars. Very nicely done. All you gotta know is 3d modeling in blender and casting methods. Ie sand casting and lost casting with ceramic slurry and sand. This video is gold bro.
That's a truly amazing cast! I love how you simulated the oxidation of the copper with blue spray paint! If you use ammonia fumes and salt I think you can also get some really cool patterns. How do you avoid voids as I don't see any exhaust tubes?
Thank you! I'll keep salt and ammonia in mind. There are some small voids on the right side of the neck and under the chin. I will cast it differently next time, but the vents from the chin to the top of the sprue worked fairly well.
that was very well done. A few links on some of the materials would be useful as well, or a list in the description. Excellent video - thank you for sharing.
Nice work. Just a couple of suggestions though: to reduce the amount of bronze used, fill the inner cavity of pla prototype with sand/sodium silicate mix (as you did previously doing aluminum castings) and let it harden by blowing CO2 gas through it. To hold the core in place, pierce PLA prototype and sand core with stainless steel wire. If PLA is not thick enough (about 5-6mm), add some wall thickness using molten wax and then fill the cavity with sand/Na2SiO3
This was really awesome! A lot of RUclips videos tend to cast basically the same thing (Variations of knives and swords and pop culture things) and it was really cool to see something like this! I'd love to see more casts like this one.
Really cool, thank you! Thanks for the alloy! I forgot new pewter is lead free! I was impressed at how the painting/distressing added interest. Much appreciated!
Don't know how I missed this video.... Been viewing metal casting techniques and this one, with this example, is very convincing. Well done Sir, you've just added another subscriber. And thank you.
Hi Seth, firstly let me thankyou for such a fantastic set if films. Great research and development, you have very much inspired me and I am sure many people like me that want to cast metal. I have found your films both educational and informative and you have very much aided my home casting project. You ask at the end of your great films for viewers suggestions. It is in this manner I am wondering if you were going to ceramic shell cast some form of iron? I am hoping to do this at some point and would like very much to see how you would go abut this?
Turned out great! I had my doubts on the spray painting but it really worked out awesome. I would suggest spray painting the plastic 3d printed model with some primer and then some paint before dipping. This would get rid of some of the lines visible frome the layering of the 3d printer. Great job looking forward to more of these vids
Amazing work, you really master the subject. And it is why I can’t help but to think that using paint lacks nobility. Your using such technic and dedication in what you do that the paint looks like a cheap shortcut. Don’t get me wrong I think what you do is amazing. Try acids or peroxyde !
You should put an aluminium foil hat over the ceramic shell before you fill with sand as there would be less chance of you damaging the shell. Also when you’re running your burn out cycle for the PLA you should put a piece of flat bar under the lid to let the gases escape otherwise you’re gonna get carbon build up on the coils and that will shorten their lifespan. Great casting and an excellent choice of colours, what where the colours that you used?
How long does that bucket of plaster or ceramic last? Seems like a lot of ceramic for two jobs, unless it lasts a while and you actually used it for more. That’s an incredible casting, great job!!!
Thank you! The material is called Suspendaslurry sold by R&R and it has a shelf life of one year. However I think that it will last significantly longer. That bucket cost $170.
Nice job. The only suggestion of something you might like to try is instead of paint try using a patina like liver of sulphur, this works well on electro formed copper jewellery so it would be worth the experiment. There’s also some other patina solutions that use ammonia and salt from memory, if you’re interested I can try and find it in one of my plating books
Great work laddie! For the next time, try to make a shell casting- a hollow one. That way you'd need 1-2 pounds of bronze for the same casting. Less fuel consumed and less time :))
Wow. Impressive. Would love to be able to have a kiln and a means to melt bronze. Probably take me three years to afford that. Thanks for posting. I assume there is a way to make an inner shell so you don’t have to make a truly solid statue.
So what is the differance between Pewter & tin? (without too much technicality) if you know incidently great work, I'm hearing more & more about "lost PLA casting".
How beautiful melt! It looks like the surface of the cold cast is very smooth, is it? Is it due to the lost pla method especially? I've tried brass and greensand but the cast piece is always rough also because it shrinks a lot while cooling down. It looks like your cast hasn't shrank a bit, is there a special reason? Thanks for the video!
Nice work! I'm planning to do some lost PLa casting. I was wondering more about the burn out and if you have tried the esun esmooth? This product is meant to be easier to burn out.
This looks super cool! Have you figured out a way to deal with the print layer lines? Would it be possible to use a filament that could be smoothed out using acetone or something like that to get rid of the layer lines before covering it with the ceramic?
Thank you! Some models can be coated in wax if they’re not too detailed. Honestly, I really don’t mind the lines. It’s just part of the process. If you check out the video i made showing how I made the orangutan skull you can see how the wax worked.
Great video friend .. I congratulate you ...!!!!! What is the investment you use? How do you prepare it? And the sand that you apply to the piece when you remove it from the coating, what characteristics does it have?
What was the ceramic stuff u where dipping in ? I’m in the middle of doing my first lost pla cast and used plaster and sand in the same method as you but that liquid ceramic stuff looks awesome
Result looks perfect- only how the bottom beneath the head looks amateur. Otherwise much thanks over explaining (trough video) ceramic casting technique, before this video I thought that ceramic casting is done only in big manufactures, how much cost that yellow ceramic bucket cost with shipping (I am from Europe)- I don't have such furnace where to harden ceramic coating, but it would be interesting to know (I searched theyr website and couldn't find any prices)?
You can get very high detail using different sand casting methods the biggest advantage in my opinion is you can cast any shape. undercuts are no issue.
Wow, thanks for the awesome video! The casting looks great! I was wondering though, how did you cast it so large and thick without striation or shrinkage?
Thanks for another great video! Quick questions, what kind of sand did you use and what was the temp you heated the part to melt the PLA out? Thanks again.
3D Bronze Glad you liked the video! I used very fine sand from the hardware store but you will probably have better results buying the sand firm R&R. I honestly don’t know exactly what temperature the kiln was at. I just turned it on and left it for a few hours.
When you do your 3D print you should print with a smaller layer height, if you look closely you can see the layer lines from the plastic have transferred over to the bonze cast. Pause at 6:39 or 6:40 to see what I mean.
Even in smaller layer height, it would still show very tiny layers that are visible. Instead i think he shouldve taken some time to sand his 3d print and then paint and sand again.
Hello from Brazil, my name is Gabriel. congratulations on your work, it's very good. I'm starting now at the foundry hobby and I have some problems dealing with copper, could you give me some advice, how do I keep copper from getting black and oxidized? are there any components that i must add to the casting, or a right temperature? thank you my friend
I feel your pain concerning the burns. I wonder , did you spray the piece with a clearcoat? You may already know that you can turn bronze green with chemicals. That too will require polishing the high points now and then, though. Perhaps it's just being pedantic (or maybe more authentic) to allow the piece to corrode some to get that color, but to each his own I suppose.
yeah, hot stuff plus shorts, the only time this is acceptable is at a barbeque, im glad you learnt this one, next up is the hot splashy plastic and eyeball lesson, you will love that one.
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This is hands down the best lost pla method I've ever seen
A couple of gemstones in the eyes would rock
Yes!
I did this on a similar one!! Good suggestion! Check out the video.
@@robinson-foundry looks great
yes, those would be rocks!
where can buy gemstones from?
I've been going through youtubers trying to see someone who can do this well and not get caught up in burning the thing for 10 hours or putting a buttload of extra steps into it, and you definitely have the best cast.
There is one thing that you can count on people doing reliably and that's making shit faaaarrrr more complicated than it should be.
The yellow ceramic material is called Suspendaslurry.
Man, that stuff is expensive. Seems worth it's though, as I bet it goes a long way with how little actually gets used as compared to other investment casting methods. Have you considered using polycast filament?
@@faultyinterface I wonder if one could achieve similar results with clay slip. You'd probably have to be careful with firing temperatures and things like that, but it seems worth a try.
Is there a different brand for suspendaslurr? Super expensive to bring it to Canada
suspendedslurry was my nickname in high-school... JK
I really like the color you chose for the paint, it turned out looking like Patina and really gave the cast this Ancient artifact sorta feeling
Thank you!
I can see why you like this artist's work so much. It's beautiful and intricate. Definitely a fun challenge to cast well, which you did!
This statue is worth like 200 dollars. Very nicely done. All you gotta know is 3d modeling in blender and casting methods. Ie sand casting and lost casting with ceramic slurry and sand. This video is gold bro.
That's a truly amazing cast! I love how you simulated the oxidation of the copper with blue spray paint! If you use ammonia fumes and salt I think you can also get some really cool patterns. How do you avoid voids as I don't see any exhaust tubes?
Thank you! I'll keep salt and ammonia in mind. There are some small voids on the right side of the neck and under the chin. I will cast it differently next time, but the vents from the chin to the top of the sprue worked fairly well.
that was very well done. A few links on some of the materials would be useful as well, or a list in the description.
Excellent video - thank you for sharing.
Nice work. Just a couple of suggestions though: to reduce the amount of bronze used, fill the inner cavity of pla prototype with sand/sodium silicate mix (as you did previously doing aluminum castings) and let it harden by blowing CO2 gas through it. To hold the core in place, pierce PLA prototype and sand core with stainless steel wire. If PLA is not thick enough (about 5-6mm), add some wall thickness using molten wax and then fill the cavity with sand/Na2SiO3
This was really awesome! A lot of RUclips videos tend to cast basically the same thing (Variations of knives and swords and pop culture things) and it was really cool to see something like this! I'd love to see more casts like this one.
Great job hands down one of the best castings I've seen in a long time.
In the words of my hero... "This belongs in a museum!"
Well done. Tremendous work and I enjoyed the video immensely.
As a jeweler that vacuum casts silver and gold, awesome cast! Great method, excellent transfer of detail from the print!
Thank you for using the file correctly, it drive me nuts when people don’t know how to use it, awesome work
Really cool, thank you! Thanks for the alloy! I forgot new pewter is lead free!
I was impressed at how the painting/distressing added interest. Much appreciated!
Don't know how I missed this video....
Been viewing metal casting techniques and this one, with this example, is very convincing.
Well done Sir, you've just added another subscriber.
And thank you.
Beautiful casting! It’s interesting how the pla only catches fire when you open the kiln and let some air in. Great job though I can’t wait for more.
Hi Seth, firstly let me thankyou for such a fantastic set if films. Great research and development, you have very much inspired me and I am sure many people like me that want to cast metal. I have found your films both educational and informative and you have very much aided my home casting project. You ask at the end of your great films for viewers suggestions. It is in this manner I am wondering if you were going to ceramic shell cast some form of iron? I am hoping to do this at some point and would like very much to see how you would go abut this?
Turned out great! I had my doubts on the spray painting but it really worked out awesome.
I would suggest spray painting the plastic 3d printed model with some primer and then some paint before dipping. This would get rid of some of the lines visible frome the layering of the 3d printer.
Great job looking forward to more of these vids
thanks for sharing your process! absolutelly amazing!
Amazing - really cool project.
Thank you!
Neat work and video... 😎👌🏽 Congrats from Mexico 🇲🇽
i like when i see people burn plastic :) i love all plastic things....good job
Your video style reminds me of Brian Oltrogge. Calm and relaxing but also well planned and intelligent.
This is awesome.
Nice touch with the paint 👌😌
Beautiful n inspiring! Loved evey bit of detail. Especially how you gave the base an edgy look. 🤩
Truly Amazing artwork! 1st video & I know I'm subscribing straight away!
¡Hermosísima! Gorgeous! Congrats!
That's a lesson learned the hard way, be glad that wasn't molten metal. Great cast.
Amazing work, you really master the subject. And it is why I can’t help but to think that using paint lacks nobility. Your using such technic and dedication in what you do that the paint looks like a cheap shortcut. Don’t get me wrong I think what you do is amazing. Try acids or peroxyde !
Lost PLA Casting is very similar to the traditional Lost Wax Casting method. Great job!
Well dang that is some awesome work!!!, cant wait to get me a 3D printer for casting projects 👍
Ralph Mourik Thank you sir! I recommend a Creality Ender 3 Pro. They’re great little printers.
It's awesome. Fantastic work
You should put an aluminium foil hat over the ceramic shell before you fill with sand as there would be less chance of you damaging the shell.
Also when you’re running your burn out cycle for the PLA you should put a piece of flat bar under the lid to let the gases escape otherwise you’re gonna get carbon build up on the coils and that will shorten their lifespan.
Great casting and an excellent choice of colours, what where the colours that you used?
Dude, that thing is rad! You definitely deserve waaaaay more subs
That's awesome. It would be right at home in one of those Tool music videos...
How long does that bucket of plaster or ceramic last? Seems like a lot of ceramic for two jobs, unless it lasts a while and you actually used it for more. That’s an incredible casting, great job!!!
Thank you! The material is called Suspendaslurry sold by R&R and it has a shelf life of one year. However I think that it will last significantly longer. That bucket cost $170.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing, you got me super interested in knowing more about casting stuffing.
Nice job. The only suggestion of something you might like to try is instead of paint try using a patina like liver of sulphur, this works well on electro formed copper jewellery so it would be worth the experiment.
There’s also some other patina solutions that use ammonia and salt from memory, if you’re interested I can try and find it in one of my plating books
Wow! Beautiful!
Thanks!
Great work laddie! For the next time, try to make a shell casting- a hollow one. That way you'd need 1-2 pounds of bronze for the same casting. Less fuel consumed and less time :))
i fn love it good job and process. i cant wait to learn from you.
I would sure love to have one of my sculpts cast in bronze! Great work!
The details look great!
Fantastic Artwork
Fantastic! When I saw the title, I thought you can pour over the PLA itself and that is how it is lost :)
Wow. Impressive. Would love to be able to have a kiln and a means to melt bronze. Probably take me three years to afford that. Thanks for posting. I assume there is a way to make an inner shell so you don’t have to make a truly solid statue.
Hey, Dude. I'm new here. Your work is awesome! The statue stayed very nice. Congratulations!👍🇧🇷
David Dias de Souza Filho Thank you!
Dude that is awesome!
I admire your work.. amazing.. nice job..
So what is the differance between Pewter & tin? (without too much technicality) if you know
incidently great work, I'm hearing more & more about "lost PLA casting".
awesome casting and very informative
How beautiful melt!
It looks like the surface of the cold cast is very smooth, is it? Is it due to the lost pla method especially? I've tried brass and greensand but the cast piece is always rough also because it shrinks a lot while cooling down. It looks like your cast hasn't shrank a bit, is there a special reason?
Thanks for the video!
That's fucking sick. Love the cyan paint and rubbed off technique
Excellent video!!
I would like to know what is the yellow liquid that you use in the mold
This is pretty amazing work.
Nice work! I'm planning to do some lost PLa casting. I was wondering more about the burn out and if you have tried the esun esmooth? This product is meant to be easier to burn out.
Great job on the casting and the video. Sucks about the burns, glad it wasn't worse. Burning plastic is nasty to skin.
Dustin Skye Thank you! My leg healed well but did scar. Live and learn.
This looks super cool! Have you figured out a way to deal with the print layer lines? Would it be possible to use a filament that could be smoothed out using acetone or something like that to get rid of the layer lines before covering it with the ceramic?
Thank you! Some models can be coated in wax if they’re not too detailed. Honestly, I really don’t mind the lines. It’s just part of the process. If you check out the video i made showing how I made the orangutan skull you can see how the wax worked.
Beautiful end result.
Turned out great!
You make very beautiful works of art. Try casting something nice with the alloy Nordic gold. 😊
Amazing work!! Thanks for sharing.
great video, really perfect finished product, I was wondering how long did it take to burnout and at what temperature?
Great video friend .. I congratulate you ...!!!!!
What is the investment you use? How do you prepare it? And the sand that you apply to the piece when you remove it from the coating, what characteristics does it have?
Beautiful.. you can still see the print lines in it...
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Super! A perfect job!
Love the videos you should some more of these suspendaslurry castings they come out so good. Just do it! Lol
Nicely done! The vents made for a cool beard, shoulda left ‘em 😂😆
I was thinking the same and actually said NOOOOO when he was cutting them 😋😂👍
What was the ceramic stuff u where dipping in ? I’m in the middle of doing my first lost pla cast and used plaster and sand in the same method as you but that liquid ceramic stuff looks awesome
Suspedaslurry
@@YakubFloyd SuspendaSlurry® .?
@@arturoarturo8452 yes, SuspendaSlurry
made a typo
Result looks perfect- only how the bottom beneath the head looks amateur. Otherwise much thanks over explaining (trough video) ceramic casting technique, before this video I thought that ceramic casting is done only in big manufactures, how much cost that yellow ceramic bucket cost with shipping (I am from Europe)- I don't have such furnace where to harden ceramic coating, but it would be interesting to know (I searched theyr website and couldn't find any prices)?
awesome my friend.. goodjob😀😀😀
Beautiful work!!!
Great video. I've seen others using 3D prints made with moulding wax - have you tried that too?
It's wonderful work!
This seems like a long process compared to the plaster and greensand method, what are the advantages with this method (i'm still learning) ?
Gary McKinnon Yes, it is a long process. The trade off is high detail and the ability to cast complex objects that would be impossible to sand cast.
You can get very high detail using different sand casting methods the biggest advantage in my opinion is you can cast any shape. undercuts are no issue.
Thanks both.
Wow, thanks for the awesome video! The casting looks great! I was wondering though, how did you cast it so large and thick without striation or shrinkage?
do I need a kiln to dry the slurry and melt the PLA out, or will a lower temp for a longer heat work fine?
Hola Seth: muy bonito trabajo!!
Why you not try use some aluminum bronze? Like 95% copper 5% aluminum. Cheers
great cast. would have tried to build a natural patina from copper nitrate though, instead of painting.
Great result! Isnt the melting of the plastic toxic? Can imagine it will smell alot.
Thanks for another great video! Quick questions, what kind of sand did you use and what was the temp you heated the part to melt the PLA out? Thanks again.
3D Bronze Glad you liked the video! I used very fine sand from the hardware store but you will probably have better results buying the sand firm R&R. I honestly don’t know exactly what temperature the kiln was at. I just turned it on and left it for a few hours.
Good stuff. What is that "ceramic material" that you use?
When you do your 3D print you should print with a smaller layer height, if you look closely you can see the layer lines from the plastic have transferred over to the bonze cast. Pause at 6:39 or 6:40 to see what I mean.
Even in smaller layer height, it would still show very tiny layers that are visible. Instead i think he shouldve taken some time to sand his 3d print and then paint and sand again.
Great showy even the failures.
Of course you can send me the statue. Lol. Came out Fantastic
Hello from Brazil, my name is Gabriel. congratulations on your work, it's very good.
I'm starting now at the foundry hobby and I have some problems dealing with copper, could you give me some advice, how do I keep copper from getting black and oxidized? are there any components that i must add to the casting, or a right temperature?
thank you my friend
Sand blast it (copper or bronze) after casting and chasing.
Can it work with refractory cement? Amazing work btw.
What exactly is that yellow ceramic material you used?
Very cool..i will teach myself to do this one day :)
Hi. The material you used was liquid. What combination did you make it from and what kind of sand did you sprinkle on it?
Hi there! nice work.. what's the biggest size/vol you can make out of bronze, with this level of detail?
I feel your pain concerning the burns. I wonder , did you spray the piece with a clearcoat? You may already know that you can turn bronze green with chemicals. That too will require polishing the high points now and then, though. Perhaps it's just being pedantic (or maybe more authentic) to allow the piece to corrode some to get that color, but to each his own I suppose.
You can use ABS filament and then use acetone to dissolve it.
yeah, hot stuff plus shorts, the only time this is acceptable is at a barbeque, im glad you learnt this one, next up is the hot splashy plastic and eyeball lesson, you will love that one.
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verry awesome project again