I know the lost wax process, but was wondering if I could have plastic materials casted also?

do you have one plastic flower and it needs to come out perfect the first time or do you have several?
Depending on the type of plastic your plastic could be embedded into the appropriate material like for the lost-wax-casting and the plastic would burn out. The hollow space could be filled with molten sterling silver resulting in a replica of your plastic flower.

The problem is that there are many types of plastic. Some do burn out cleanly, others do not. Trial and error is the only practical way to find out. The only other option would be to make a mold of your flower and use this to make a replica in wax. Which also could be complicated.

You could either try to find a jewelry class which teaches you casting during which you could do it yourself or you need to find a jeweler who does custom fabrication as well and not just sell ready made jewelry. It’s not going to be cheap.

Depending on size and thickness of parts it would need to be cast with either vacuum casting or centrifugal casting, which is equipment a jeweler would have, but not a large scale art foundry.

Have you found a link between him and Mellon or Thomas Cook?

Also the award he claims to have won from Business Britain UK. How much weight does this actually carry?

I phoned the FSA and discovered that Knowledge to Action Ltd is under the umbrella of Direct Share Deal and that Greg Secker personally is not listed with the FSA, though as I said, the umbrella company is, and the FSA don’t necessarily see a problem as long as no direct financial advice is given by an unregistered person.

I’m just being cautious here you understand and not trying to cast aspersions.

Any constructive comments would be most welcome. THX
HELEN DONALD: DO YOUR SCAMVERTISING SOMEWHERE ELSE!!

I attended the Traders Uni seminar in London last month.
Their stuff makes sense but their price tag is too high fr me rt now..
Still, if it is worth it truly I would go for it…
Has anyone here taken the 2 day intensive with them? If so do they really deliver or do they ask you to come on more expensive programs?

Greg Secker was also at the Money masters event but i missed that day’s events, so i do not know if he offered the very same program or a slightly different one.
I wish to trade fr a living and find most of these trainers have a similar price tag..

Yes, a cast iron dutch oven is the PREFERRED pot to use!!! It is what the french cooks have been using for ages and ages….

Man, thanks for the idea! I just got a delivery of Organic meats from a local rancher…and there is a Pot Roast in there that is now designated to be poked with garlic and smothered in wine…

http://hannahmontanacasting.blogsot.com

Here are some examples of what sheets you could buy in silicon bronze:
http://www.atlasmetal.com/silicon-bronze-sheet-plate.php
though you would better look for a local supplier as I doubt you would want to buy a whole sheet. A local supplier might let you have smaller parts. You probably could get fairly small pieces in some arts and crafts stores.

"Internal defects (such as shrinkage porosity and blow holes) are usually discovered at the machining stage in the assembler company, often leading to production bottlenecks. If such defects cannot be eliminated by modifications to process parameters or tooling design, then it becomes necessary to modify the product design, which is prohibitively expensive at this late stage. It is better to predict and prevent potential problems at the product design stage itself."

(I could have asked my expert on this subject, a pattern maker. But he lives in America and must be fast asleep right now.)

Stronger: Casting cannot obtain the strengthening effects of hot and cold working. Forging surpasses casting in predictable strength properties – producing superior strength that is assured, part to part.

Defects refined in preworking : A casting has neither grain flow nor directional strength and the process cannot prevent formation of certain metallurgical defects. Preworking forge stock produces a grain flow oriented in directions requiring maximum strength. Dendritic structures, alloy segregations and like imperfections are refined in forging.

More reliable, less costly. : Casting defects occur in a variety of forms. Because hot working refines grain pattern and imparts high strength, ductility and resistance properties, forged products are more reliable. And they are manufactured without the added costs for tighter process controls and inspection that are required for casting.

Better response to heat treatment. : Castings require close control of melting and cooling processes because alloy segregation may occur. This results in non-uniform heat-treatment response that can affect straightness of finished parts. Forgings respond more predictably to heat treatment and offer better dimensional stability.

Flexible, cost-effective production adapts to demand. : Some castings, such as special performance castings, require expensive materials and process controls, and longer lead times. Open-die and ring rolling are examples of forging processes that adapt to various production run lengths and enable shortened lead times.

Steel when hammer forged, grain structure of the steel is aligned in the same direction, similar to wood fiber, this adds strength to the metal. Cast metal has no grain structure since its formed from molten metal, we were taught in machinist school that for castings to approach forged strength, they would need to be somewhat thicker.With better heat treating forged items may gain strength like that of forged material

Forged steel materials have a much tighter moleculure struture than cast in any application. To Look at a different application here, The Nodular Iron Forged crank shaft is Three times as durable as the standard Cast Iron one. I believe in cast materials they can throw eveything but the Kitchen sink in the make up of the finished product of the steel and forged seems to be top quality iron Products used. I used this comparision to show the vast diference, Even Cast Pistons are not as Durable or true in configuration as a Forged Piston, and I would think the same is true with the wear and durability issues of a firearms slide. Hammering Process closes the molecular structure of the steel to make a more durable steel, in which cast is simply let cool and has an Open Pore steel effect, which in turn is softer and less durable.

In most of the cases, forging definitely gives us much better performance when compared but in many cases forging can’t be easy like when
1. piece is too big.
2. complex shape

The majority of strength of steel comes from the composition (chemistry) and final heat treatment (if the composition is heat-treatable.) Cast vs. forged has a secondary influence on strength. Both, done poorly, can cause problems.