How To Carve A Wax Ring For Casting
Sanding and refining your piece.
How to carve a wax ring for casting. Watch the process of carving a custom band ring out of wax and then casting it in sterling silver. Lost wax carving is a traditional technique used in jewellery making and sculpture. Using a wax tube cut out the shape of a standard ring.
Suitable for complete beginners this is a great course to get you started with wax carving covering. Making Wax for Carving Casting and Machining. We had two options for manufacturing the ring.
The wax tube can be cut down using a wax cutting saw blade and the excess can be kept and reused. Cast the Wax First off you will need some wax to carve into the ring. To give myself an idea of where to carve I use dividers to mark the wax.
Depending on how precise of a carving this process also requires calipers and some patience. We switch to finer hand tools and carve much slower to refine the final shape. Make a wax carved ring.
This tutorial instructs how to carve a wax model ring used for casting into JewelryTipsandPics. Make a wax pattern for both the size 10 shank and the top of the ring size the shank cast the pieces separately and solder them together. Creating a design for your wax piece.
Make sure you pick a wax tube with a central hole in the middle so that when it comes to sizing the ring as you carve this can be done easily using a professional wax ring stick. Removing wax and creating a 3D design on your ring. Next file the wax to the shape you require using a special carving file.
