Hi, Jonathan,
1) The reason to use a 3-D-Printed wax positive is generally to
reproduce in metal something which defies mold-making. Sprue and
Invest the wax original directly, burn it out and cast something
really complex.
2) Otherwise, a 3-D printed wax original might be really fragile to
pull a mold from. Why not use a more robust 3-D printed original
like a stereolithograph, FDM/ABS or practically anything but wax?
That said, I did have some friends of mine -- Atomic Monkey
Productions, Glendale, CA -- print a
wax original for me and then walk it through American Fine Arts
Foundry in nearby Burbank. Again,
it was a piece which would have had a pretty expensive mold associated
with it. So, printing a wax
original was definitely the way to go.
I, personally would not recommend shipping a 3-D-printed wax original
very far for reproduction.
Cheers,
-Stewart Dickson
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM, chertok jonathan <chertok22_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> can anyone get me up to speed on who might be good to use for wax positives
> and/or bronze casting for a sculpture that i would really like to make?
>
> i am hoping to do a model of this piece as a cast bronze:
> http://formpig.com/blog/2010/09/cubic-with-an-a2-and-2-a1-singularities/
>
> right now i am envisioning having someone do the wax positive and then to
> bring this to a local foundry and have them do (presumably) a re-usable
> rubber mold and to cast one piece for me.
>
> TIA
>
> for any help,
>
> jonathan
>
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