anka0311

Im living in Uppsala, quite a bit north from Gothenburg. But Gothenburg is nice, been there a few times. My wife lived there for a while. Really nice to hear that your wife has taken on the task of learning Swedish! I Imagine it can be rather hard. But i wish her luck!

My apologies, you asked for the medium, i have made that master in carving wax, reproducera that in silikon than copied that in softer artist wax and embedded that in investment mass, SRS SILK. Hope that was an answer to your question.

No i have not taken any classes, wish i had. But no, and for missclassifications, smelting bronze etc. Im Swedish so my English isnt all that great. But your points all prove worthy hints on the road towards success. So thanks for that I am well aware of the dangers and are not a person liable to take risks. But yes, it is certainly very dangerous. I would like to take a class and most likely will. I have some experience, so this is not first turn, but previously i have mostly made smaller trinkets. In regards to the helmet, i am making bronze matrisses to make pressblechs, is that the correct word? Anyway suggestion of finds like the Torslunda plates indicates that this is the way that the heavily decorated foils where created. And for the helmet, i am reconstructing the Valsgärde 8 helmet.

So i am fairly new to bronze casting. I have dabbled some, but never really made a go of it until now. I have gotten in to my head to make a valsgärde helmet. In order to do this i need to make a few bronze plaques. It is a very, very long story. I made my fist pour today and the result was not satisfactory. I would truly appreciate some more experienced casters insights to what i need in order to reach success. I have used an investment powder, ses silk, made the mold. I did not have th proper chance to prevent the mold. I suspect that maybe than can be a problem. I do not have access to a vacuum set up. Which otherwise would be ideal... But if you can lend some advice that would be truly appreciated.