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Eugène Blot - bronze caster

switch language 🇬🇧 [en] 🇩🇪 [de] 🇫🇷 [fr] 🇳🇱 [nl] When you spend a lot of time browsing art auctions, the name Eugène Blot appears regularly. His name is shown

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Bitcoin Foundry USA's mining pool concentrates 30% of the hashrate

Foundry's concentration of power in Bitcoin does not fail to impress the unwary and the unwary, the company concentrates a third of the blocks that are mined marks

Busy, busy, busy...

It seems like I just hit SEND on my last post yesterday, but the dates on my feed don't lie. I thought I'd take a moment and share some of what I've been up to.

Calibration engineer day!!

Hi my friends! Making new something , fabrication shop! Thanks!!

My today's practical(Foundry)

Good day the Steemians, those in Nigeria do you notice the weather is cool and moderate? It's quite a beautiful day made by God. All I got to say is thank you

Making Bronze Rings, Full Process

If you have an hour to spare, I show off the entire process, from 3D printing through finishing the castings, for making rings out of silicon bronze. Once again,

Bronze Rings, Cast from 3D Printed Patterns

As I promised yesterday, I finally cast the rings in bronze, which is my first attempt at making proper jewellery. I had previously shared pictures of the part tree

Tiny Tin Cups, Second Run

This is a huge improvement to the casting process, which means I think I'm done playing with tin for now, and can comfortably move on to bronze. My only regret is

Lessons from Another Casting Experiment

This looks a good bit worse than the last one, doesn't it? The excess metal, called "flash," is the result of cracks in the mould (or from a mould seam,

About Bloody Time, BitChute!

You may recall that I recently set up a miniature foundry. Specifically, I set it up on 13 January, and that was the first day that I attempted to upload a video

Tiny Tin Cups, First Run

This particular casting run provides some valuable information needed to improve the general process. Granted, my setup is somewhat limited at the moment, so not

Miniature Foundry

I'm trying something new with this post, since this is just as much about technology as it is about my do-it-yourself projects. In fact, this wouldn't really qualify

Test Burn

No, no, this isn't it. Those photos are later in this post. The cement was taking way too long to dry, which is my fault for leaving it in a cold, damp garage for

Prepping a Miniature Foundry

The wait for wax rods and other supplies is of little consequence, as there are other preparations to be made. Today, that meant coating the inside of the crucible

Enough Tripe, Back to Work!

Right, so my recent posts have been complete nonsense, but that's what mental agitation produces. Two days ago, I returned to my 3D print / thermoforming shop to

Ouch!

I burned myself on Saturday... Looks pretty gnarly now. The blister peeled in multiple parts, which made the pain so much worse. Honestly, it sucked. But you know

Starting up the foundry!

Got a project I'm working on that needs me to cast some aluminum. It's a great day for a pour!

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