Shop Notes

Notes From The Bench

Things we work out on the floor and would rather write down once than explain twenty times. Mostly molds, resin behaviour and the arithmetic of short runs.

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Cutting mat, square and knife laid out for planning a split line

Where To Put The Parting Line On A Cloak

The line has to go somewhere, and on flowing cloth every option is visible. What we look for: an existing fold, the shadow side, and never the edge a painter will highlight.

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Gloved hands mixing two-part resin in a measuring cup

Why Your Platinum Block Came Out Tacky

Inhibition has four usual culprits and three of them are on your bench, not ours. A short diagnostic list, and the patch test that costs ten grams of silicone instead of four kilos.

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A cast part examined under a magnifier

Pull Counts Are A Curve, Not A Number

A block does not fail on pull 91. It degrades from about pull 60, and the question is where on that curve your kit stops being worth selling. Measured data from our own rack.

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Resin printer running a build

Printed Masters: The Four Hours That Save A Block

Washing, curing and surfacing a printed master properly takes an afternoon. Skipping it puts layer lines on every pull for the life of the run and can poison the silicone outright.

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Painted figures displayed in a cabinet

The Arithmetic Of A Convention Run

Two hundred kits, four parts each, one pot cycle an hour. Where the weeks actually go, and why adding a fifth part costs more than it looks like it should.

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Fettling tools laid out on a bench

Fettling Without Killing The Detail

Blade angle, brass brush, and knowing when to leave a pinhole alone. The fastest way to ruin a good pull is to over-clean the surface next to the flash.

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