| Fabrication process for Bronze Horse Heads for Nonna's Eastside Market 1 2 |
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Making the mold
The original hitching post
| Setting up for making the first sand mold |
| Master mold patterns created from first sand mold |
| Recipe for disaster! Masters and sand molds won't stay together because of binder/temperature issues. That's what I get for using a winter recipe in the summertime! |
| Problems solved! Sand molds & first core (in progress) |
| Detail of sand mold |
| 300 lbs of silicon bronze ingots waiting to be melted |
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