Turning a 3d print into metal - Metal Casting - Lost PLA

[@robinson-foundry]

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[@DennisDutchMen]

Just wondering but how much would it be to potentially buy one of these off of you, and if not how much would you average the cost to make one of these myself, equipment included?

[@user-qf6yt3id3w]

You can imagine archaeologists digging this up in a 1000+ years and having endless arguments about how it was made. I like the liver of sulphur, polish and varnish to make it look aged.

[@tahahaider5836]

They'll just watch this video

[@user-qf6yt3id3w]

@@tahahaider5836 There's no way this civilization survives 1000 years without a reboot that takes out KZbin videos and probably almost all tech too.

[@tahahaider5836]

@@user-qf6yt3id3w it'll be available in the depths of an archive somewhere

[@PaulsGarage]

I was an archaeologist for about 6 years so I can tell you for certain they will shrug and label it "ritual object". Anything you see labelled ritual object just means the archaeologist doesn't know what it is. 😂

[@tahahaider5836]

@@PaulsGarage hence the generic labeling

[@erikig]

The Robinson villain arch is shaping up nicely 😅

[@HagendazPVP]

What an amazing piece, it looks like it should be in some sort of Aztec display at a museum.

[@poppipo1222]

This concept of turning 3D prints into metal is really really cool

[@andreipendle1778]

Simply amazing. You knocked this one out of the park! Also good to see you putting your face out there. Your videos just keep getting better and better.

[@0l...-]

Incredible! Usually in casting videos you can see the not so pretty details, but here everything is perfect.

[@Nobe_Oddy]

that came out BEAUTIFUL!!!!! and I LOVE how you use the patina to really highlight the design well at least it will look good as a decoration if you're never able to make it stay on :)

[@Electric.overload]

That glove trick was probably the coolest transition I’ve ever seen👍

[@bigv6724]

That's freaking awesome and never seen that ceramic casing method before. That brought out so much detail in the mask it's unreal. A thinner mask would help i imagine and keep the current as a shelf queen show piece. If not maybe wearing a sturdy hat or rather helmet and attach your mask piece to that creating a samurai look. I can't wait to see a second attempt with a thinner build so you can actually wear it comfortably. I really hope other melters or casters see this video and try that ceramic modeling method. Some of the content creators make some really cool casting but can't achieve this kind of detail using just the sand.

[@justinbanks2380]

Simply amazing. The processes you use are always fun to watch and learn from, but this one looked simply stunning when you removed from the sand blasting cabinet

[@kentieber7309]

it was nice seeing you instead of just hearing your voice. great video and cool project

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

First time seeing the face behind all this genius work

[@LunarburnStudio]

Fun project, Amazing the difference Fused Silica makes.

[@PaulsGarage]

Thats so cool! That looks amazing with the liver of sulfer and polish

[@smartengineer2661]

Great result! 😍 It may be more practical to use 3D printing with anodizing for your mask. Where before anodizing it is critical to coat the mask with a graphite mixture (for electrical conductivity of the surface).🙂

[@Tyresio12]

You mean electroplating? Anodizing is a different process.

[@Lol_Pig]

Scorpion from MK would be proud!! Very cool

[@JohnKerans]

Or alessandro venturello from slipknot

[@MrDoItAll956]

This is freaking amazing I always thought 3d printing was impractical and was only for making toys but you have definitely made me rethink in how I see 3d printing

[@ElDJReturn]

Very cool, reminds me of Mayan skulls. Also your videos have been getting better! Keep up the good work!

[@brandt-heiss]

That mask is so impressive... 😮 Beautiful.

[@nimashoaie1652]

This was so pleasing to watch.

[@smithdesignwerx]

I would add the mask to a helmet i.e. medieval or fantasy helm. BTW love the rapter claw I bought from you, hope to see more of your creations for sale.

[@00Discourse00]

Just wrote the same suggestion, scrolled down and read your comment. I was thinkin' a Kabuto with horns would be appropriate.

[@josefmildner7665]

Amazing! Such a craftsman 😁 great work!!

[@Druforithe]

OMG! That is SO beautiful!

[@endless130ify]

Been watching your videos for a while now. It’s nice to see you in the video explaining. Keep up the great work

[@christopherhurray6115]

Wow, a gorgeous piece of art! Reminds me of the work of H. R. Giger.

[@markhorvat4430]

A ball end or spherical burr would leave you a much smoother surface. The straight burrs are good for removing material quickly, but it’s easy to dig in too much and leave “ridges” near the tip of the tool bit. Just a helpful tip from a fellow friend of the details 👍. Keep it up, I love that when watching your videos, you can really see the evolution of your craft from the first to the last.

[@Btas4life]

Could always attach it to a custom motorcycle helmet, since it wouldn't stay via straps alone. Great work on the details on the bronze, ancient, atlantian looking mask.

[@DaveyBooBoo]

Didn’t know about this casting method! Amazing design

[@NikaBoyce]

You can use the final mask as a base that you layer foil over and then you emboss the design into the foil. Maybe use a nice big rubber mallet. Also want to source some thick gold, silver, bronze, whatever foil. You then use that embossed foil as the actual face mask.

[@allenstroud4236]

Wow! Thank you for sharing. I learned many things just by watching. Hopefully I can get set up to learn hands on someday.

[@miketruby5983]

honestly, I feel like something like that would be best served if it were attached to a medieval helm of sorts, Maybe some kind of chainmail hood? just an idea. Beautiful piece

[@projectdirtbikes]

That thing looks sick! It'd be funny if you hid the ceramic shell scraps with the design embedded in them near where old native pottery had been found in the past. Probably throw some people for a loop

[@slothywoth6128]

Great video as always

[@xSilent.Threatx]

You haven't even had the time to watch it weirdo.

[@Owen-rl6bw]

yup

[@grifftech]

Zane does amazing 3D models!!

[@samuele279]

Nice! The shrink is likely due to insufficient metal supply to the piece. Larger gates would ensure your piece has enough metal to draw from when cooling, if the gate solidifies before the piece it’ll shrink on itself

[@un-factory]

Everything from 3D printers to processing is amazing.😊😊😊

[@charlieevergreen3514]

Truly beautiful design, and your work with it really does it justice. Great job. Next mask, you can use a very hollow back, making it like a deformed sheet, for weight, but I don’t know how difficult that would be to cast. If it helps, the prototype could be made using slip casting: a method where liquid clay is poured into a plaster mold, allowed to firm up just on the lining face of the mold before dumping out all the clay that remains liquid. It leaves a very thin shell, with all the detail on the outside, and an inside that seems like an inch of snow on the lawn. It’s similar to your ceramic mold, but on the inside instead of the outside, and done in one pour instead of multiple dips.

[@williamlanphar630]

Beautiful detail.

[@MeltAbilities]

‼️BadAss‼️ I ❤️ both your and Zane’s work 🤩

[@paulmhoward]

This is beautiful. Can the liver of sulphur at 6:26 be used with something like painters tape to patina specific portions of brass and copper?

[@bluewinterwolf]

That looks awesome, you could probably still use those straps and add belt buckles to both on 1 side and just make the fastening pin holes closer together for a better fit, compensating for the weight.

[@DrihunGaming]

you can use a kitchen sieve to pour on the silica faster and more evenly. get one roughly the size of the box and get the full coat needed with only 1 passing per axis rather than several passes per axis. edit after rereading my comment, who cares haha. if it works for him then keep doing what you do

[@frikkiesmit327]

Stop it!!! Just stop it!! Noo dont stop. You doing flippen nice!!! Real pro man. Now i remeber why i subbed.

[@Myself55]

Looks like a few inspirations from Scorned that one video game…. Very cool

[@apeschwartz]

Loved seeing you in the video

[@Skylanders_Fun_Facts]

It looks like one of the masks for Scorpion from Mortal Kombat and I love it

[@luiznogueira1579]

Fantastic work! The mask looks really awesome. Too bad it turned out to be too heavy... Maybe you could make a matching helmet or skullcap to support it?

[@theawesomer]

Awesome display piece, even if it's not a practical mask.

[@andymuzzo8568]

Looks awesome

[@quixoticjedi942]

You need to make a matching head/helmet for it, that would make a awesome display piece.

[@sketchi7472]

the design looks very scorn inspired iwl like it gives that like hemo-tech vibe

[@darrinplank]

Looks great

[@Jerimahsts]

That turned out amazing!!!

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

One way you could try to make it more comfortable would be to even out the weight with something on the back. Noticed that with heavier VR Headsets and a battery on the back of the head, it feels more comfortable than most headsets without the counterweight. Still adds more weight, which can be bad for the neck, but I don't expect you to be doing some hardcore parkour or the like wearing it lol... would be a lil weird imo Loved the project. Never knew there was a dip you could use to make a mold, and thought sand casting was about all aside from going to the metal shop to have one made. Looking into getting started bell making sooner than I thought :D

[@DdddyBgggggggs]

Those Alien vibes are amazing

[@MichelAlexisBucio]

Great work! , you got a new subscriber :)

[@anthonyrigley4402]

Nice idea for the hand gard when poring

[@bostitchrider2026]

Wow, very impressive.

[@Constantsorrow512]

Awesome work

[@BLURby84]

An upper piece to go with it might help hold it well and be a great project piece to make.

[@lundgrenbronzestudios]

It would be interesting to see how thin you could make it. The thinner I go the harder it is to fill the entire area before the metal freezes. Especially with a lot of surface area.

[@Blacksheepmylegacy]

Just a thought, if you fill a large bucket with sand, then pump air in from the bottom, So the sand is Bubbling, it would make coating the mouldings much easier and give an even coat of sand. Great Video

[@barthanes1]

That thing is wild. Get the artist to make a matching helmet, then just hang it from the helmet.

[@UKGtrotter2k]

Surprised Adam Savage hasn't had you on tested yet, Amazing work.

[@popcornboi1059]

You should make one that goes with a respirator mask

[@SteveJaeger]

That would make a great halloween mask!

[@Anon_Omis]

This would be great for a Scorpion cosplay

[@richardmeyer418]

Could you give us a bit of a run-down on the baboon skull on the shelf behind you at about 8:20? Thanks.

[@charlesdebarber2997]

Leather working enthusiast here. You're not far from what you need here. You need veggie tan straps with fabric leather glued on the interior to make it comfortable. One strap needs to be along the lower crown of your head. Regardless, the weight is going to give you a neck ache. However, a better harness will make it work.

[@zaxthedestroyer675]

This makes me think of samurai masks. While it is heavy if you created a helmet themed around this mask, you could maybe create some form of hook that attaches to the helmet

[@Charmeerr]

Can you use the same method for smaller figures? Like a dragon that has chain links and is flexible to move around like a fidget toy

[@CreaSonMusik]

Hello, I just finished watching all your videos on the subject of foundry. I also aspire to get into this practice. I am looking for a simpler method for making molds, often made with red sand. I noticed that your sand + wallbord joint compound + cement floor, gives excellent results, which is of particular interest to me. Personally. Do you sell your creations? I would like an aluminum or bronze model. In any case, I would like to congratulate you on your remarkable work.

[@fierceflyer5]

We even got some ASMR with the cracking of the shell. 👍🏻

[@zohircherifi5616]

Impressive the mask ended looking like a meseum peace

[@insaneGeOFF]

Could you put a buckle on the ends of the leather on one side and holes on the other side and make it a belt style strap? That should hold better than tying it.

[@thunderbasilisk1352]

Damn that looks gorgeous! Also would a couple of adjustable buckles not work? It doesnt have to be pretty just stable enough to be able to pose without holding it.

[@henuel906]

Hello, can yuu use the ceramic shell to cast an very detailed bronze sword/Dagger i'm not fan at all of sand casting?? Your videos are very nice! Thx for all the good work.

[@haighs9900]

this is so cool! have you tried that method where you coat the print in carbon then electrode metal on to it? that would make it lighter

[@tattooeddragon]

I have this very mask! ( the plastic version ) It was my staple when covid was a thing 😊

[@okbye3933]

Can you speed up the slorry coating by building a smal heating box with a fan? When you dont use wax it wont melt right?

[@kznsq77]

Great work! You should make also a helmet and attach it to this mask.

[@agentfifteen]

Isn’t there a way to cure the coatings faster? Also to completely eliminate air bubbles would it be possible to cure it in a vacuum chamber?

[@bryrusmi4001]

Suggestion: get either black or red leather in a thin strip. Attach it to the bridge of the nose. And have it go over the crown of your head and glue it to to the top two pieces of your existing straps. It's a slight modification from the original design intent, but it would make it workable and distribute the load.🎭

[@digitizer101]

Curious where do you get the fused silica? does it come from a big box hardware store or do you have to special order from foundry supplier?

[@maxcactus7]

Archaeologists in 2123 "This mask dates from the pre-Aztec period in the ancient Americas! It is a meticulously crafted piece of art and the only known example of it's kind, made in the infancy of the bronze age in the Western hemisphere. Given it's unique nature and exquisite detail, collectors value this piece in the tens of millions of dollars, if not completely priceless. As such, it will be displayed as one of the crown jewels in the Smithsonian."

[@ZacharyAlderman]

Do you think having a kiln ramp profile (500f, 700f, 900f, 1500f) for x minutes each would help prevent shell cracking?

[@emeltea33]

Super cool!

[@je-fq7ve]

You need a plaster cast of your face to go between you and the mask. It is not to hard to do. Use plaster bandages use for a broken arm. Start by shaving, put Vaseline on your face, soak plaster bandages and place on face overlapping. You can incorporate any straps into the cast also.

[@MrHellsing76]

I've been considering doing this to work on armor, props, and especially, large resin printed figurines for high detail items, have you ever considered or experimented with resin printed figurines casted in metal?

[@XXCoder]

You probably could use thick foam pads to space mask away from your face so you can tighten it to hold better on face.

[@dylanbraamse8365]

can you do a mammoth skull 3d print mask?

[@stevekorup7366]

Cool Project, hey on making something to help you wear the mask on a future project, have you thought about printing in some small "loop bars" that you could affix some straps to help you wear the mask Just an idea.

[@joepearson9704]

ALong with the leather straps you have, you should try an overhead strap from the ring holes on each side.

[@geuis]

Lovely. Easily my favorite since you did those similar style statues a couple years ago. Have you looked into doing resin printing to get finer detail and no layer lines? I've seen a few other folks on KZbin doing it, mainly for jewelry type stuff. I have no personal experience with this product, but there's "Siraya Tech Cast - Castable resin" that other folks have used.

[@cainmatters6666]

What if you took a similar concept and turned it into a shop mask? Use riveting perhaps? Overall love the work

[@dilian245]

Hey dude, nice video. I just wanted to ask you about the gloves that you're using? do they have leather in them? Do you know where I can find these?

[@CharlieMetcalf]

That is VERY cool

[@00Discourse00]

Y'kno' what? Add a Kabuto helm with horns to provide support. I think that would be a fantastic way to expand your repertoire of skills, and ensure that this piece doesn't just sit on a shelf.

[@chrischerry2787]

That looks really good! Is an electric kiln essential for lost PLA casting? I've built my own small gas furnace but can't find the $$$ for an electric kiln.