Monday, January 3, 2011
By Mike on Monday, January 3, 2011, 21:51
This is a simple little oil lamp specially designed to burn fuels that are solid at room temperatures - such as leftover fats from cooking bacon, sausages, duck or other greasy foods.
It's made from pewter, using the lost wax casting method.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
By Mike on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 20:58
Taking the basic techniques I used to make my original Drink Can Tinwork box, we can get a bit more clever and make boxes of different shapes - here's how to make a hexagonal one.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
By Mike on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 20:31
Sunday, November 8, 2009
By Mike on Sunday, November 8, 2009, 00:37
On a previous page I made a small cast pewter horse - I'm going to have another go - to see if I can improve on a few of the shortcomings of the last time.
Monday, October 26, 2009
By Mike on Monday, October 26, 2009, 00:24
On the previous page, I prepared my lost wax mould for casting pewter - so now it's casting time!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
By Mike on Sunday, October 25, 2009, 00:04
I fancy having a go at metal casting - there are a number of different techniques I could try (and perhaps will, in due course), but I'm going to start by trying the lost wax method.
Friday, October 17, 2008
By Mike on Friday, October 17, 2008, 22:23
Soft drink cans are easily recyclable as scrap metal, but I fancied trying something a little more direct - a simplified form of tinwork.
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