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First I started out with a pre-made wax ring mold.

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Then I cut it to my desired thickness using a saw with a wax blade. Using a wax blade is much better to use than a regular saw blade because It cuts through much easier and faster.

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Here I started to file the face down until the wax ring was about an 8th of an inch thick.

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In the process of making the pit for the braid I decided to use a triangular shaped file.

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In this step I show how Im making my pit. It would also be easier if I were to heat the file up under a low flame, so it would melt the wax and save me less fling.

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At tis point my pit is filed out and ready for the braid to lay in.

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But before I put the braid in I used another type of wax that makes it easier for wax to stick together. So I rolled a thin line of the sticky wax and I kinda smooshed it around in my pit as shown in the next picture.

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Here I take my 4 (16 Gauge) wax wires and I begin to braid them together.

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Then I lay my braid into my pit.

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Now its time to attach my sprue. This allows for a channel in which the molten metal will flow through in order to fill in the mold.

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A little heat on the end of the sprue and I just stuck it right on.

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At this point it was time to weigh the wax. This wax cam to about 2.5 Grams.

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When weighing brass you take the weight of your wax mold, multiply it by 10 and then add 12. My ring needed 37 grams of brass.

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Here Im putting the end of my sprue into the bottom part of my flask.

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After its all set in place I can now put my flask over my ring.

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To make the investment I took 3 of these small cups of investment powder and 1 small cup of water. So for every three cups of investment powder you add 1 cup of water.

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When I added the powder and water together I mixed it until it had a liquid peanut butter look to it.

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Here Im seen pouring the investment into my flask.

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Its important to use a vibrating machine in order to get the air bubbles out. This step also has to be done fast because the investment will harden.

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AAALLLLLGGG!!! Had to put on my Arnold Schwarzenegger green lens safety Glasses. "I'LL BE BACK"

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First step you want to use a centrifuge machine. The reason why I used a machine like this is because it forces the metal into the investment.  You want to find where it has a tendency to want to start to spin around. At that point you make 2 and a half turns and lock it in place with a pin. After that steps done I poured my brass into the crucible and put about a pinch or two of borax/flux in. The function of the borax/flux can prevent oxides by excluding air and can also dissolve oxides by a chemical action. Then comes the torch step. When using a torch for metal you usually want it to have an inch of the inner cone blue. That way it produces heat hot enough to melt metals. When heating up the metal you often need to use a small metal bar or something to stir and scrape the molten metal so you can have all the impurities rise up to the top. Then you can scrape all the impurities to the side. Finally when your metal becomes molten and all the impurities have risen up and have been pushed to the side, you pull back in the weights, let the pin drop and let go.  After it stops spinning, you grab it with tongs, quench it in water and break away the investment.  And there you have your ring.

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Here I simply just cut off the sprue and start filing down and polishing my ring.

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Here I take a square shaped file and started filing down the sides to make it perfectly round and smooth

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This step was more for design. Its not needed I just didn't want my braid to be touching the sides so I sawed a very thin line all the way around the ring on both sides. But not deep enough to the point where id have three rings.

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Here Im seen brushing my ring with soap and water. When using patina you wanna get all the dirt out from the cracks and crevices so that the patina will stick in them.

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During this step you pour in the liquid until it covers your ring completely. After that you want to agitate it for about 2 to 3 minutes, then take it out and rinse it under water.

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Finally I took it to a polishing machine and made it really shiny.

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Overall this ring came out great, but if i were to change one thing I would've perfected the braid a bit more so that it would look even all the way around.  As a person this makes me feel better about myself and it pushes me to perfect my next challenges ahead.  This has a great impact on me as a person and other people as well because lots of people are asking me to make them rings.  If this happens to not end up as my professional career I would like to have a shop of my own so that i could do it as a hobby.

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Overall this ring came out great, but if i were to change one thing I would've perfected the braid a bit more so that it would look even all the way around.  As a person this makes me feel better about myself and it pushes me to perfect my next challenges ahead.  This has a great impact on me as a person and other people as well because lots of people are asking me to make them rings.  If this happens to not end up as my professional career I would like to have a shop of my own so that i could do it as a hobby.