Making an Alligator Tooth Necklace | Lost Wax Casting
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2021
- In this video, I show my process for lost wax casting a custom sterling silver mount for an alligator tooth pendant. Before starting the lost wax casting process, there were several issues that needed to be addressed. Throughout the video, I go over my approach to fixing the tooth and how to make a strong and detractive mount.
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I'm a vet tech and had to extract my boy's canine. This worked like a charm. Now i get to keep a piece of him with me forever. Thank you for this ❤
Awesome! Glad it helped 😁
That is a lot of work and equipment along with skill. I didn't realize how much work goes into that. Loved how it turned out!
Very clever
cool idea and execution!
Thank you!
Amazing.
Thank you for sharing this. Well done! I will subscribe
Thank you for subscribing! 😁
Also when resin is hardning can screw rings for holding tooth be placed in resin as it hardens?
question... so i wanted to make some gator tooth pendants too from shed teeth. i use uv resin and wanted to fill in the hollow part. with how resin heats up, will that crack the tooth?
That’s awesome. I need to get a Gator claw done like that for my Grandson? Are you accepting jobs?
I have some elk teeth I'd like capt with silver like this but for earrings was wandering if I supply the silver and teeth it be 4 teeth what it coust to have you do this for me
Hi, sorry for the basic question as I am new to wax, how did u remove the wax from the tooth? Is it easy to pop off?
Asking because I would like to do this on gemstones and I worry that the wax would stick to the stone and not come off!
Thank you 🙂
Yep! The wax pops off pretty easily. As long as the wax doesn't wrap around the stone too much, it should come apart just fine. 👍
When you mix resin dose it use equal parts of both to make it?
Yep, it uses equal parts for both bottles of resin.
How did you remove the wax cap from the tooth prior to casting? Or does it just slip off easily?
The wax came apart from the tooth pretty easily 😊
Hello!!
Please can you describe to us how you removed the wax from the tooth after completing carving.
Of course! I used a file to carve a slight taper (or cone shape) at the end of the tooth. This helped with being able to release the wax after it was melted on.
I'm new to wax casting.. what is the powder you added at 10:54?
That was borax powder. It's supposed to help keep the metal from oxidizing too much. 😊
Hello man can I ask you from where you bought the silver, if I can ask?
Btw really cool necklace❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! I bought my sterling silver casting grain from a local jewelry supply store. Here's the link to their website in case you are interested:
armstrongtoolsupply.com/
@@GraceNoteForge thank you very much, I
appreciate it.
What is the name of cutting tool you used to cut resin and file you used?
Hello sir where to purchase the clear epoxy resin?
You are real artist. Weren’t you able to design the tooth mold using the same 3D software you use for more ease and sharpened details ?
Thank you so much! That's true, I would have probably been able to get better detail with 3D printing but the main reason I used carved wax instead is that the base of the tooth was an irregular shape. In order to make a 3D printed mount, I would have had to 3D model the irregular shape of the tooth first and then model the mount to fit. So It was just faster to do it by hand. And it was more fun! I really enjoy wax carving :)
@@GraceNoteForge please if you are planning to do paid courses on how to be professional in designing new models and mimicking ( already in hand models ) please refer me to your teaching platform. Thanks for your decent responses
Sorry, I don't currently have any courses available but there is a fantastic RUclips Channel by Peter Grande that you should check out. He has several tutorials about using CAD design for custom Jewelry and 3d printing. He even goes over how to use the JewelCraft add-on in Blender that I mention in my other comment.
Here’s a link to one of his videos that you might find useful:
ruclips.net/video/YEa7lJxsyDk/видео.html
I hope this helps. Best of luck with your project!
What’s the epoxy you used ?
It is a 2 part jewelry epoxy that I get from a local supplier. Here is the link if you are interested:
armstrongtoolsupply.com/jewelers-epoxy.html
I will be harvesting alligators this season and was wanting to extract a few teeth to make a necklace like Crocodile Dundee. I would love some ideas for design or if you would be interested in making something for me. Please contact me.
Melted the silver for 8 hr ,why .
The flask was heated for 8 hours to burn out the wax. The silver was melted really quickly before casting :)
@@GraceNoteForge oh I got it mixed up ,lol im interested in some of the tools you used for carving I made a lot off my own but now that I'm going full in .I'm looking at purchasing some .thnks .oh I use a dremel see the power drill u use is that demel make ,thnks