Nova Scotia but 95% of our work is done remotely with clients across the US and Europe.

We tried the DIY veggie steamer method a few years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2LWgWh7haqsntk If you are looking to reuse your wax or extend your kilns life a little then it's an interesting method to try. But it doesn't seem to effect casting quality (either positively or negatively) so the additional time just isn't worth it for us to add to our workflow.

We haven't had the opportunity to really look at it yet. Not sure how I feel about the loose lid, but likely where some of the cost cutting happened. (The Ventura option with the hinge triggers a cut off switch so that removes some of the difficulty in the build out.) It also seems a little thinner but can't say. We might try to get our hands on some of the new Pepetools branded stuff.

@@ClearMindJewellery I was incorrect about the price, anyway. Looks like I was looking at the Ventura in CAD and the Tilt Pour in USD. THere's only a 100$ difference. I'll just get the one you hyped up, cuz you know... Yolo!

@ oh I didn’t notice that either. Interesting. Well if you are purchasing we do have an affiliate with a discount code www.pepetools.com/DANIEL59539 They’ve been switching back end affiliate software so if the discount isn’t working email their support and let us know

@@ClearMindJewellery I will be ordering one and I will be using your link. Thank you. I am also drooling over their new Kayacast XL. Though, I am in Nova scotia, over 1000$ to have it delivered from the states. I'll suck it up and take the slow boat with Gesswein

We have several project videos showing the whole process and then others deep diving different parts such as burnout or investment choice. Here’s a project video showing the general process as we make a chain kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXXVi3afZ8uXgpY The models are printed covered in a special plaster, burned away and the cavity is filled with metal.

Thanks! It's our hope that people are enjoying the content and picking up enough information to get some good casting going in their own studios.

This is not an industrial machine. It's from a consumer based company with a mostly hobbyists audience. We wanted to give it a shot as large format is something our community is interested in, but we never used this unit apart from the review due to the reliability issues. The machine is no longer relevant anyway as this particular unit isn't available.

@ClearMindJewellery lol! I knew someone couldn't resist arguing about it not being industrial. Anything that uses industrial chemicals, that are harmful to your health, is by definition, an industrial machine. Consumer is just a word invented for easier sale of products. Do you weld with oxygen and acetylene in your dining room? Just because you buy and bring something into your house, doesn't mean it's any less health risk. I have worked in true professional SLA laboratories for nearly 30 years of my life. Never once has anybody I worked with ever considered this a healthy thing inside of a household. Some of the people I work with do own their own SLA printing machines. None of them have them inside their house. We all know the true risk. They certainly know the risk about them being around children and animals too.

A lot of different things in jewelry making can have negative effects from polishing compounds to plating chemicals. PPE like masks is important but so is ventilation and proper sanitation and clean up processes. It’s about risk management and looking at the issue from multiple angles, not just slapping on a mask and thinking you’re covered.

looks like rings

Each flask had about 12-25 items so there’s lots of stuff that won’t be finished until the new year. Some resin test rings, some strawberry keyhole ear weights, scorpion ear weights, spider ear weights, and a bunch of other things you can see on our website on instagram.

There was no silicone gasket. Just the newspaper.

@ClearMindJewellery Oh, I'm going to try that.

It’s gotta be wet newspaper btw

We have a video on spruing that we did quite a while ago and needs to be redone but it will give you the basics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o53Xdnutlqtkgsk You can also print trees in place: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIqcnHh4fM-cbrM If you run into issues with resin prints where they just aren't sticking to your wax tree you can look at getting some sticky wax: amzn.to/41zLYf2

There are almost too many options out there. It really depends on what you want out of your printer. If you need a big or small build plate, if you want special features like a tilting vat or heated vat, as well as how smart you want the onboard system to be. So it depends on your workflow. If you have an idea of what you're looking for we can try to make a recommendation based off that wish list. If you aren't sure what you are looking for, you can always join our KZbin membership program and we can walk you through the option in the Discord chat. kzbin.info/door/r7WVfyXuUogXyEEn1dmWDAjoin

Per 8:29 of this video and our other reviews we use investment suitable for 3d prints like optima prestige or R&R Plasticast

@@ClearMindJewellery thnx

The burnout process we use is the same for every resin. And we have a vlog going over how we developed the 6hr process.

It's copper and gold

Yep rose gold alloys are a mix of gold and copper, white gold is the gold and either nickel/silver/palladium, and yellow gold uses a variety of both copper/nickel etc to keep the yellow tone while karating down.

Water to investment ratios are suggested by the manufacturer and they have the general info for how to mix as well. If you’re having issues after reviewing their instructions we have a Cheat Sheet available on our website as well as a video tutorial.

Each of these projects actually used a different resin. Bluecast XOne, or Power Resins Vintage, and even Apply Lab Work Cyan.

Nope. Apply Lab Work Cyan.

This is Power Resins Vintage.

We're glad you found it helpful!

You're welcome!

It is ammonia fuming over bronze. kzbin.infohcnWmTwnkxw this video is the basic process

@ClearMindJewellery thanks a lot

Investment mixing and vacuuming equipment #jewelrymakingprocess

Ya, after 5 years of use some of these flasks flanges are a little oxidized and occasionally need a little push.