E-Zine September 30, 2011
Backyard Foundry
E-Zine
This Elephant is the second one I have made.
It has a couple new twists though so I hope it won't bore you!
Remember to be safe in all you do and don't blame me if you hurt yourself!
Here Is the foam insulation board I used. I glued 5 pieces together and made a rough drawing.
Here it is sand blasted
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Here is a video of me testing my oilburner the first time! If I continue to have success with it, I will post it in a future e-zine.
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Here it is in the sand ready for pouring.
Then sanded it a bit with my grinder and covered with increllac
then, I rough cut, and rounded it, and glued on a trunk, tusks and ears.
Here it is covered with a layer of drywall mud.
Then I painted it with glossy paint
You may have noticed that the tusks did not fill on the pour. To fix that, I cut some of the sprue material, put it in my drill and used a file to taper it. Then, I bent it into tusk shape, drilled holes in the body and used epoxy to glue them on. It turned out nicer than the last ones I think!
Here is a video of the pour. This was one of my most problematic pours ever but I edited out most of the problems I had!
