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Chapter 0 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Materials
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Gary Overman's Charity Wax Recipes
Chapter 2 - Tools
Wax Injector
Vacuum Caster & De-bubbler
One Touch, variable heat gun
A Spin casting centrifuge.
A Reil Type Propane Burner.
A Tumble Mixer for Dry Components.
A Poor Man's Engraver Ball.
A Wax Warmer.
A Homemade Sand Muller.
Chapter 3 - RTV Molds
     Example 1: Split Mold
Chapter 3A - Alginate Molds
     Example 1: Clasping Hands
Chapter 4 - Plaster Molds
     Example 1: Fish Mold
Chapter 5 - Latex Molds
     Example 1: A Latex Glove Mold
Chapter 6 - Vinyl Molds
Chapter 7 - Silicone Caulk Molds
Last Update (9 APR 2007)
     Example 1: A Glove Mold
Chapter 8 - Slip Casting
Chapter 8A - Steam Casting
Chapter 9 - Misc. Notes
Chapter 10 - The Hall of Shame
Appendix A - Definitions
Appendix B - Suppliers
Appendix C - Credits
Appendix D - Resources
     Example 1: Casting & Mold FAQ
The New Workshop

PHASE 3: Doing the outside of the house.

     Now that the pad was gone work to the outside of the house could begin. This included, removing and framing in both garage doors and the single entry door as well as cutting the exterior wall to put in some new double entry French doors. A close look at the framed in garage door openings will reveal that they were done twice. The first time was in hopes to get matching brick and brick the holes in. Well, we discovered that the company that made our brick has been out of business for quite some time, and matching was impossible. So my wife and I took another approach, we decided if we could not make it match we would make it look completely different. My wife picked this stone out and I think it looks pretty good. The drawback was that the openings had to be re-framed to within a quarter inch of the brick. But anyway, what follows are some pictures of all that. Remember you can click on an image to get a slightly larger one to look at if you want.