Re: [DL] making molds and casting

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> Well, try using clay or plaster or whatever to make a mold of the metal
wheel, then put the wax into this, and
> neaten it up with a knife afterwards. Not having seen the wheel, I have no
idea how complex it is, but... I have > the exact same problem with the
wings on one of the _only_ posse of devil bats that I have gotten hold of.
If
> you pull this of somehow, please let me know. Devil bats are cool, but not
without wings. :(

O.K., I figured I'd have to do something like this, but the problem lies in
creating the mold of both sides at once.  Also, how do I melt the metal
without a blowtorch?

Nick "mothers and important things don't mix" Zachariasen

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