Str1ker / Casting upper arms

3 
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  by Valeriy Novytskyy  at ^H Hackerspace/ 1 min
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Beginning the work of casting upper arm parts

This week I am casting the first half of upper arm bones. These are split in quarters due to very complex organic geometry (basically they have a hole through them where the pistons go), so that they could be removed from a rubber mold without breaking them. Here are some pictures after first two quarters of wax casts were welded together last November to create a complete half (still in wax, with a wax pen), dipped in slurry and coated in sand. After drying, they were bunt out in a kiln overnight.

Upper arms on bucket of slurry with kiln

Upper arms drying on table

Upper arm shell with wax inside

Upper arm burnt out in a kiln

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