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Due to not having prepared the investment mold for my bronze axe head plan (using lost wax) and my own impatience, I decided to make an ingot in the shape of an axe head roughly the same size using an open mold that I made from an old cooking tray. It weighs 2.28 kg.

It came out pretty well, and after some hammering, cleaning and polishing I’m reasonably happy with the result. I’m not sure if an axe head can technically be considered an ingot… but oh well.

It is not very symmetrical and there’s an obvious difference between the two sides due to the open mold. I did see a crack appear while I was hammering it so I may have been a bit too heavy handed!

As you can see in the last photo my crucible broke at the bottom right hand corner and I probably should have left it to cool instead of doing a pour. I don’t think I’ll be able to use that crucible again without safety concerns.

Due to not having prepared the investment mold for my bronze axe head plan (using lost wax) and my own impatience, I decided to make an ingot in the shape of an axe head roughly the same size using an open mold that I made from an old cooking tray. It weighs 2.28 kg.

It came out pretty well, and after some hammering, cleaning and polishing I’m reasonably happy with the result. I’m not sure if an axe head can technically be considered an ingot… but oh well.

It is not very symmetrical and there’s an obvious difference between the two sides due to the open mold. I did see a crack appear while I was hammering it so I may have been a bit too heavy handed!

As you can see in the last photo my crucible broke at the bottom right hand corner and I probably should have left it to cool instead of doing a pour. I don’t think I’ll be able to use that crucible again without safety concerns.

Most of it remains half-done but I enjoyed figuring it all out.

I wanted to try and cast a woodland scene and create texture and depth. I got the idea by accident after making some mistakes and noticing a cool texture that was created. This is the biggest thing I’ve casted, I’m not sure exactly how heavy but I reckon around 7 or 8 kg maybe. The whole thing is one thing is one solid piece with the exception of the small “leafy” bit at the bottom of the big tree and the small stump at the back.

It’s not finished as I get bored very easily haha. My plan is to mount it on burned wood to make it look like the night sky which I think might contrast well with the copper. Maybe a moon made from brass too. No idea what I’ll do with it but it was fun!

I wanted to try and cast a woodland scene and create texture and depth. I got the idea by accident after making some mistakes and noticing a cool texture that was created. This is the biggest thing I’ve casted, I’m not sure exactly how heavy but I reckon around 7 or 8 kg maybe. The whole thing is one thing is one solid piece with the exception of the small “leafy” bit at the bottom of the big tree and the small stump at the back.

It’s not finished as I get bored very easily haha. My plan is to mount it on burned wood to make it look like the night sky which I think might contrast well with the copper. Maybe a moon made from brass too. No idea what I’ll do with it but it was fun!

I wanted to make some ingots that look like they could have been recovered from a sunken Viking boat… or something like that!

This was my first attempt at metal casting and you can see how I’ve been experimenting with different techniques. I spent a lot of time messing around with foam casting with no success at all and found sand casting a bit easier. None of them are finished yet as they still need some extra work but you get the gist of what they’ll look like.

They range from around 1.5kg on the larger ones to 250 grams on the smallest.

My next project is making a bronze axe head using the lost wax technique. I’ll attach a photo of that too! (The shelving that the wax mold is sat on is another project of mine from when I made things out of copper pipe instead of melting it down.)

Anyway, hopefully someone finds this interesting. Thanks. Oh, also if anyone has any advice or comments that could be useful for future stuff I would be happy to hear them.

I wanted to make some ingots that look like they could have been recovered from a sunken Viking boat… or something like that!

This was my first attempt at metal casting and you can see how I’ve been experimenting with different techniques. I spent a lot of time messing around with foam casting with no success at all and found sand casting a bit easier. None of them are finished yet as they still need some extra work but you get the gist of what they’ll look like.

They range from around 1.5kg on the larger ones to 250 grams on the smallest.

My next project is making a bronze axe head using the lost wax technique. I’ll attach a photo of that too! (The shelving that the wax mold is sat on is another project of mine from when I made things out of copper pipe instead of melting it down.)

Anyway, hopefully someone finds this interesting. Thanks. Oh, also if anyone has any advice or comments that could be useful for future stuff I would be happy to hear them.