What's on your workbench? (no Star Wars, Marvel or DC stuff)

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So here's some progress on the Box of Gavrok from Buffy.
First pic is of the latch and second is of the front of the box which I have now cut out all the pieces for and keyed.
I plan to pour up the latch and various protrusions in Pewter but would really like to make the latch a working one.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this please let me know!
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I'll get there eventually. Decided to scale back and try finish a small sculpt and see how it goes
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Megatron said:
Thanks..
lost wax and lots of pain..
alloy is 6061 Aluminum
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How did the 6061 cast, was it temperamental? I have read a lot a mixed reviews about casting what is generally considered an extrusion grade alloy and have avoided it for the most part... I generally lean towards melting down unknown casting grade alloys like old lawn mower engines or alloy car wheels...
 
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I'm just doing a giant, nasty penis with teeth. (haven't added the teeth yet)

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As the dome area is beginning to crack, I may have to redo that.
 
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I never finished the Alliance gun but I did get the two Mals, the two DH17s and Simon Tam's batton finished!
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who made the mal guns?
 
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exoray said:
How did the 6061 cast, was it temperamental? I have read a lot a mixed reviews about casting what is generally considered an extrusion grade alloy and have avoided it for the most part... I generally lean towards melting down unknown casting grade alloys like old lawn mower engines or alloy car wheels...
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6061 is what the anodizer prefers so thats why I used it.
Alum is not fun to cast at all, I have about 50% fail rate. Just not easy at all.
The best metal to cast is sterling silver. Melts nice , flows nice and easy to work with. Funny thing is alum and silver both act the same when it come to cut and polishing them. Both are very sticky metals. But the only way to learn is to fail. Flask temp for the alum cold as 600 degrees F. I started out at 800.
 
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Megatron said:
Alum is not fun to cast at all, I have about 50% fail rate. Just not easy at all.
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Well for me that has been playing more with sand casting larger items it's just the opposite, aluminum is the easy one, brass, bronze, and cast iron are the harder ones due to the huge difference in melt temperatures...

I have not had much time to play with my spin casting setup yet, hope to get into it more this summer...
 
Not prop-related, but I'm about to start a run of these guys:
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I just need to finish fabricating little rifle prototypes.
 
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