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Probably through the witchcraft of physics. While the edge was dull, there was still an edge.

Thank you for your kind words.

Blessings in your new place!! I hope you do well there.

@@freemanmetalworks1698 thanks you are one of the coolest teacher I met school.

I did this mold quick and dirty on Tinkercad. Had I done proper work I would have put draft along the inside and outside edges.

Thank you.

Will I need to call an exterminator?

You told me this today?

Chatter, I asked my daughter about that before the pour (off camera). She was concerned about contaminating the soap. I do not know the ins and outs of her soap making (all-nature or organic or anything she might have going on there), but with her being a chemist, I deferred to her judgement on using any sort of release. Thanks for the comment, Chatter. I'm sure others were thinking the same way you and I were.

I have learned over the years that my intros are not for everyone.

@@freemanmetalworks1698 but he's right when he says it's a little too long. Most of us viewers really do not care that much for intros. Rather show more steps / talk in depth about what you're doing.

I apologize if I suggested that he was wrong. I did not mean to say that at all. I don't know, though, if I would say it was true that most don't care about intros, but you could be right in that. I will disagree about most rather see more steps/talk in depth about what I'm doing. It does not matter, according to the stats that I am seeing on my videos if I make them short and only show some of what I am doing, or if I show and explain everything I am doing. This is one reason I wanted to try AI. I was hoping I could just send it all of my footage and have it make a video that was half-way decent. It looks like my videos have the same amount of viewed time whether I put in a lot of effort in it, or put in less effort in it. Since my effort didn't seem to make as much of a difference as I would have liked, I decided to make the videos that I was happy with at the time I made them. I do like my intros; however, with my next video, I'll put a note as to where someone can skip to to avoid the intro all together. @@IIIAnchani

Thank you for that feedback!!! I completely agree . . . I thought this video sucked a lot worse than my videos often do. If I try this again, I will cut out all of the "dead" time in each segment, and then let AI do its thing. I was really hoping that AI would have done all of that for me, but it looks like it doesn't.

The handle is wood, sword and pommel are aluminum.

Thank you for your support, Tony!

I add pieces of equipment to my shop/shed bit by bit. A belt sander is on the list.

Yo!

Yo!

Indeed!

Thank you.

Funny you should say that. I was telling Brad the same thing. I am a little more happy with it than I was when I first put it together.

Thank you.

I might have that on the slate to complete by May 5th. 🙂

Thanks, HM! Those will be considerations for that second try!

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And I have 1000+ and 1100+ waiting in the wings! I am a bit behind in my can melting. To answer your question, I get a lot of cans from my co-workers and some from students from the school I teach at.

Chatter, I will look into this. Thank you.

I plan to make this pour this weekend (with the video sechedule for Dec. 13). That's my biggest concern, crucible capacity. I didn't think about it one bit until after I initially cut out the foam pieces. Then, after spending all that time doing that, I had to decide if I was wanted to keep going, or scrap what I had done and retry after resizing the project. I decided to press on, if for no other reason than gained experience. And it will make for an interesting video (I hope). I already have in mind what I will need to do for my secod attempt. I'm also thinking about swtiching to investment/ceramic slurry instead of plaster. Dipping/submerging the foam will probably do a better job of getting into the nooks and crannies of the piece, which include two tunnels. There is only one real problem that I can "see" in my head with what I have in mind if/when I need to make that second attempt . . . it will probably need to be asymmetric. I love symmetry. Ahhhh . . . it's part of the journey.

Hello, Andrew!

JAM, the final assembly comes out on Wednesday. While there was some frustration and fighting with it, I was stunned at the finished product. It's got me thinking about casting parts for a larger whole, rather than the single pieces I typically do.

Have a great weekend, Cameron!

I was certainly surprised.

Thank you. Thank you very much!

Yo, Raiden!

It's always good to acknowledge those that inspire and instruct. 🙂