Making an Alligator Tooth Necklace | Lost Wax Casting 

Awesome! Glad it helped 😁

Of course! I used a file to carve a slight taper (or cone shape) at the end of the tooth. This helped with being able to release the wax after it was melted on.

Yep, it uses equal parts for both bottles of resin.

The wax came apart from the tooth pretty easily 😊

Thank you! I bought my sterling silver casting grain from a local jewelry supply store. Here's the link to their website in case you are interested: armstrongtoolsupply.com/

@@GraceNoteForge thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Yep! The wax pops off pretty easily. As long as the wax doesn't wrap around the stone too much, it should come apart just fine. 👍

That was borax powder. It's supposed to help keep the metal from oxidizing too much. 😊

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Thank you so much! That's true, I would have probably been able to get better detail with 3D printing but the main reason I used carved wax instead is that the base of the tooth was an irregular shape. In order to make a 3D printed mount, I would have had to 3D model the irregular shape of the tooth first and then model the mount to fit. So It was just faster to do it by hand. And it was more fun! I really enjoy wax carving :)

@@GraceNoteForge please if you are planning to do paid courses on how to be professional in designing new models and mimicking ( already in hand models ) please refer me to your teaching platform. Thanks for your decent responses

Sorry, I don't currently have any courses available but there is a fantastic RU-vid Channel by Peter Grande that you should check out. He has several tutorials about using CAD design for custom Jewelry and 3d printing. He even goes over how to use the JewelCraft add-on in Blender that I mention in my other comment. Here’s a link to one of his videos that you might find useful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YEa7lJxsyDk.html I hope this helps. Best of luck with your project!

It is a 2 part jewelry epoxy that I get from a local supplier. Here is the link if you are interested: armstrongtoolsupply.com/jewelers-epoxy.html

The flask was heated for 8 hours to burn out the wax. The silver was melted really quickly before casting :)

@@GraceNoteForge oh I got it mixed up ,lol im interested in some of the tools you used for carving I made a lot off my own but now that I'm going full in .I'm looking at purchasing some .thnks .oh I use a dremel see the power drill u use is that demel make ,thnks

Thank you!