You could try to fix the vase using a Kintsugi like technique. Using a "slow" setting epoxy and copper powder (instead of gold or silver) which would give the pieces copper colored veins through the brass and zinc :) Could look pretty awsome :D
I remember clickspring using pine resin or something similar to it for coloring a couple of clock faces and for holding delicate parts in place. It seems relatively easy to do and if it was all polished up, it would have a nice contrast
Definitely art. Since the sidewalls are perfectly straight lines when viewed in two dimensional slices on the z axis, it could be draw filed to true them up. It would look *really* cool repaired with black resin and the surfaces meticulously trued and polished clickspring style.
When you are making something artsy, things very rarely go exactly to plan. Just go along with it, and you are likely to end up with something that looks way more interesting than a perfect outcome would have. This is definitely art.
You could consider doing a lamp vs. a vase- that would allow you to LEAVE the ceramic inside as a support layer. Affix the cracks with resin (could even get creative here and give the cracks character) then finish or not depending on a good look. Give it a forced patina or tarnish, then dip the whole thing in clear resin to affix it in time. If you choose the right shapes to begin with, you could draw file it or flap wheel it to polish certain sides. You can definitely take this idea places- you just have to consider the metal a non-structural element. (edit) Oh.. forgot the important part. I really like that and it's cool and weird as sh*t. Well done.
If it was a lamp. it could just be a solid casting and then just light machining to bore a hole large enough for the fittings. Then again with the properties of it it might be difficult since some areas would be very brittle or hard, plus needing much more metal to cast.
Jimmy would know what to do with this. But so did you, it turned out AMAZING!! Thanks so much for sticking with it to the end. Once it didn't solder I said to myself, "I hope he doesn't epoxy it" and I was so glad how wrong I was. The darkened cracks standing out against the shiny metal is so striking and made for an awesome end product.
Thanks! I had much the same feeling about the epoxy myself. As I was working on it, I'm asking myself, "What the h#*! am I wasting my time on this for??" ;-) If I had a TIG welder, that would have been worth a try in patching up those cracks.
Amazing work, your better them Jimmy you really push yourself and try new things. This reminds me of "Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold - built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art."
That turned out really well! I'll be interested to see how it looks once the varying "alloys" with higher copper content start to patina and darken. Should add even more contrast to the slight variations in composition, I'd think.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I've seen stuff imitating a look like this, but it looks cheesy. The real thing, is stunning. It tells a story of it's own.
I like how it turned out, your issue was from the formation of intermetallics. Look up a phase diagram for copper and zinc and you will see the higher zinc % the more phases are possible in a mixture like this. If you mix pure copper and a 70/30 brass you should stay in the same phase and might be able to keep a cool brass copper pattern.
I appreciate the variety. The common theme I see with your videos is you tackle some complex problems. This reminds me of the cannon casting series and all the trials with that. Really enjoy watching the problem solving and creative things you come up with while doing so. I started this video thinking a near perfect casting would be cool but seeing the actual result, I liked that better. 🍻
I think that it cracked was the best thing that could've happened!! It gave it alot character and since you are a character it could not have ended up better! 10/10
Beautiful rescue. Truly a one of a kind masterpiece -huge congrats in order! You really should autograph her - so impressed. I was also hoping soldering would work but google search shows zinc is very tricky to solder requiring a special zinc solder. Not to mention the alloy varies greatly everywhere so epoxy was quite probably the best choice. Always wanted to try slurry investment casting and your video got my juices flowing again - thank you for sharing!
Considering this is your first attempt, with several unknowns (mainly the ceramic being so hard), I think you did a fantastic job. It especially looks great after sanding and polishing the metals. Copper rose looks great in it.
You can mix metal dusts into your resin to create a more seamless appearance however I really like the way the the cracks turned black. It gives it sort of a Japanese Kintsugi look. That's where they repair cherished pieces of pottery that are broken with a golden color. The idea is that you are not trying to hide the crack and recreate the old piece again but you are reforming a new piece that incorporates the story of it's history into it as an integral part an showing that it was loved enough to be rebuilt or something like that. Google says it's "built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art."
It’s really cool to experiment with this technique. I’m imagining the brass beer steins with intricately patterned exteriors or lidded jars with internal partitions you could create this way. More versatile than might be immediately apparent.
I would call that a real success! When I saw the cracks I thought of black epoxy to highlight them, as you said at the end! I'm looking forward to more and hope you will be selling them!
I'm currently experimenting with glassfiber reinforced plaster. Look quite promising at the moment. I'm covering the piece in plaster and laminate a few layers of chopstrand glassfiber ontop. The mold looks quite similar to ceramic shell but is way faster to make and doesn't require any special refractory slurry.
I finally had an idea on the cracking: if you're allowing two metals that can mix to cool, and they cool at different rates and contract differently, then the metal which cools more slowly (possibly driven by its relative thermal conductivity) is likely to be pulled apart by the contraction of the faster cooling metal. Normally, the whole structure would just contract within the mold, but if a portion of liquid metal is held in tension by the part of the structure that has already cooled and contracted, then the liquid part can only come apart as it tries to contract. This may be similar to the process that drives hot cracking in welds (which is solved by using a rod/base metal combination that is near a eutectic point, so that it solidifies uniformly and quickly). If you look up Tom Eager's course for USN officers in summer 2015, he explains the phenomenon in one of the earlier lectures (maybe 2-4).
Good morning, I know that this is a old video but I would like to say how talented you are and think the vase that you made is a beautiful piece of art.👍👍👍 I wish that I had a workshop
A couple of quick things. First, I just wanted to say that is awesome! Thank you. I know that most people are going to like the metal polished, but I have to say that the rough look is really interesting. And finally, just as a matter of curiosity, what would happen if you poured the outside as the lower temperature metal and then did a second pour with the higher temp metal? (Maybe with the mold heated so that the first metal possibly melts and blend. ) As always, thank you for sharing.
Kind of reminds me of the Egyptian tech who was restoring the bust of Nefertiti and each time she touched this priceless 3,000-year-old one of a kind relic she would do more damage to the piece. Great video John thumbs up.
I think that came out awesome... If you ever do something like this again try tinting/coloring the epoxy with mica powder (or something) maybe like a blue color then it would definitely look like rivers in the cracks. Either way great experiment.
If you have a TIG welder, one technique used on bronze castings to fill in imperfections is to TIG weld a small copper or broze filler wire into the crack or hole. Probably much better than trying to add epoxies and solder etc.
just saw the ending and wanted to share two things: whenever i see a farmcraft vid notification i know what ill be watching that night, and the copper rose was too much
I was very skeptical at first but after gluing it up and sanding it actually looks pretty cool. You should totally fill the cracks with copper powder like someone else mentioned.
I like what you did highlighting the cracks and even some of where there were bubbles. That said what others have suggested the thing the Japanese do that I can't spell would be neat. Also nice gray shirt. Kind of goes along with TH-cam not being able to figure your channel out.
As Hank Hill would say, "Bobby, that's a waste of good American Propane." Naw, just kidding, you proved to not give up on polishing that turd. Nice job!
Hey I was watching your videos that vase is find art work. I worked at art center for over 10 years we did lot of bronze pours. if I believe a lot of their molds were made from plaster and then the bronze poured into that and there was some pretty life-size figures made there. But it was interesting to watch. Keep on making those videos. Thanks a lot. From Minnesota
I think one way to take advantage of the cracks would be to use carbon black pigment in the epoxy, I also like the ideas of copper that other suggested. The organic cracks could be treated as a feature in this method of making, it has an added benefit of making it easier to clean out the ceramic from the inside too!
I know this is late but that vase is beautiful ok it didn't work as you wanted but the end product in my humble opinion is actually better looking because it didn't work out. The repair work just made it better looking. It is truly a work of art and probably quite valuable.
You could try to fix the vase using a Kintsugi like technique. Using a "slow" setting epoxy and copper powder (instead of gold or silver) which would give the pieces copper colored veins through the brass and zinc :) Could look pretty awsome :D
Was going to suggest the same.
Was going to say the same thing.
was going to suggest the same.
Really good idea. It’s art if you celebrate the flaws.
I remember clickspring using pine resin or something similar to it for coloring a couple of clock faces and for holding delicate parts in place. It seems relatively easy to do and if it was all polished up, it would have a nice contrast
simply the best channel on YT, and i watch a ton of YT.
I think it turned out quite beautiful, so put me in the Art! column.
I was thinking the same thing, especially after sanding and polishing the metals.
That actually looks really awesome, like it belongs to an art gallery!
Definitely art. Since the sidewalls are perfectly straight lines when viewed in two dimensional slices on the z axis, it could be draw filed to true them up. It would look *really* cool repaired with black resin and the surfaces meticulously trued and polished clickspring style.
I'm gonna go with ART, this looks really cool and your craftsmanship on fixing it was great. Love how the cracks turned out after buffing
Even your "fails" are truly wins because of the knowledge you gain and are willing to share with the world..
that is stunning, the cracks just make it look cooler better, when it came off the polisher and the cracks went black, it really popped!
When you are making something artsy, things very rarely go exactly to plan. Just go along with it, and you are likely to end up with something that looks way more interesting than a perfect outcome would have. This is definitely art.
You could consider doing a lamp vs. a vase- that would allow you to LEAVE the ceramic inside as a support layer. Affix the cracks with resin (could even get creative here and give the cracks character) then finish or not depending on a good look. Give it a forced patina or tarnish, then dip the whole thing in clear resin to affix it in time. If you choose the right shapes to begin with, you could draw file it or flap wheel it to polish certain sides. You can definitely take this idea places- you just have to consider the metal a non-structural element.
(edit) Oh.. forgot the important part. I really like that and it's cool and weird as sh*t. Well done.
If it was a lamp. it could just be a solid casting and then just light machining to bore a hole large enough for the fittings. Then again with the properties of it it might be difficult since some areas would be very brittle or hard, plus needing much more metal to cast.
Jimmy would know what to do with this. But so did you, it turned out AMAZING!! Thanks so much for sticking with it to the end. Once it didn't solder I said to myself, "I hope he doesn't epoxy it" and I was so glad how wrong I was. The darkened cracks standing out against the shiny metal is so striking and made for an awesome end product.
Thanks! I had much the same feeling about the epoxy myself. As I was working on it, I'm asking myself, "What the h#*! am I wasting my time on this for??" ;-) If I had a TIG welder, that would have been worth a try in patching up those cracks.
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade, well done for sure!
Dude I love the fact that you didn't give up. I would have chucked it but you didn't!!!! Came out freaking great. The cracks really added something.
Amazing work, your better them Jimmy you really push yourself and try new things. This reminds me of "Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold - built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art."
I'd have scrapped the project long before, but I'm glad you didn't. The result is stunning and would be a seller from an art store.
That turned out really well! I'll be interested to see how it looks once the varying "alloys" with higher copper content start to patina and darken. Should add even more contrast to the slight variations in composition, I'd think.
I thought you were crazy until half way through polishing it. Very creative and looks great!
Haha! I thought I was crazy too! Constantly shaking my head and mumbling, "What the h#@! am I doing?"
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I've seen stuff imitating a look like this, but it looks cheesy. The real thing, is stunning. It tells a story of it's own.
I really dig that vase. Definitely fine art in my opinion. Glad you didn’t give up easily.
I like how it turned out, your issue was from the formation of intermetallics. Look up a phase diagram for copper and zinc and you will see the higher zinc % the more phases are possible in a mixture like this. If you mix pure copper and a 70/30 brass you should stay in the same phase and might be able to keep a cool brass copper pattern.
I appreciate the variety. The common theme I see with your videos is you tackle some complex problems. This reminds me of the cannon casting series and all the trials with that. Really enjoy watching the problem solving and creative things you come up with while doing so. I started this video thinking a near perfect casting would be cool but seeing the actual result, I liked that better. 🍻
I think that it cracked was the best thing that could've happened!! It gave it alot character and since you are a character it could not have ended up better! 10/10
definitely not a failure... for sure... loved the texture.
My wife would love a flower vase like that... Actually maybe it's me that would like a flower vase like that. That's awesome!
Beautiful rescue. Truly a one of a kind masterpiece -huge congrats in order! You really should autograph her - so impressed.
I was also hoping soldering would work but google search shows zinc is very tricky to solder requiring a special zinc solder. Not to mention the alloy varies greatly everywhere so epoxy was quite probably the best choice. Always wanted to try slurry investment casting and your video got my juices flowing again - thank you for sharing!
Considering this is your first attempt, with several unknowns (mainly the ceramic being so hard), I think you did a fantastic job.
It especially looks great after sanding and polishing the metals. Copper rose looks great in it.
Glad I clicked on this one. Looks lovely, I'd love to do something like this with metals that patina very differently, and just see how they age.
I love how you manage to break out the angle grinder even when you're making a vase
Worlds best rebound. That thing turned out amazing!
Art, pure art. And honestly, I do think the cracks makes it even more interesting. :)
Good presentation.
Even non-anticipated results are a learning experience. Never give up!
You can mix metal dusts into your resin to create a more seamless appearance however I really like the way the the cracks turned black. It gives it sort of a Japanese Kintsugi look. That's where they repair cherished pieces of pottery that are broken with a golden color. The idea is that you are not trying to hide the crack and recreate the old piece again but you are reforming a new piece that incorporates the story of it's history into it as an integral part an showing that it was loved enough to be rebuilt or something like that. Google says it's "built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art."
Good work...you turned a crack wreck into a work of art!
Thanks for sharing!
I think that turned out quite tasteful. Definitely art worthy!
Bruh. . . I was thinking this was a disaster, but you proved me very wrong. That turned out to be Amazing!!
I think it turned out great! It's very interesting to look at and something that hasn't really ever been done before to my knowledge.
I like the look. Looks like an artifact from Roman times that's been restored.
that's actually quite cool, I'd like to see it done with metals that melt at a higher temp so you can solder it.
I absolutely love how that came out!
It’s really cool to experiment with this technique. I’m imagining the brass beer steins with intricately patterned exteriors or lidded jars with internal partitions you could create this way. More versatile than might be immediately apparent.
Looks really cool
You look like a fancy space alien. Perfect for melting metal! Oh and I love it. I love the cracks. I love the color. I love it!!
I think its very beautiful, and even more so for the cracks. Looking forward to more experiments. Thanks for the content.
Turned out really well! Nice save.
That really is pretty cool. Definitely art. For a first try, that’s a good run.
The vase actually looks like you smashed roses and laid them out and made a vase! Well done!
For lost wax, they fire the mold up to the temp of the molten metal before just before pouring. Helps with thinner molds.
I would call that a real success! When I saw the cracks I thought of black epoxy to highlight them, as you said at the end! I'm looking forward to more and hope you will be selling them!
I will possibly sell this soon. Depends on what the boss- er, wife, wants to do with it. ;-) What would a reasonable price be?
Beautiful vase.... One of a kind... Thanks for sharing...
Zinc oxide turns yellow when it's hot, and the vase looks far from a fail, it looks great! It kind of reminds of Japanese Kintsugi pottery
the vase is so freaking cool I would pay good money with the cracks it adds so much character
Very nice, looks awesome! Perhaps you can add copper dust to the epoxy next time to give it a Kintsugi feel.(A japenese art form)
I'm currently experimenting with glassfiber reinforced plaster. Look quite promising at the moment. I'm covering the piece in plaster and laminate a few layers of chopstrand glassfiber ontop. The mold looks quite similar to ceramic shell but is way faster to make and doesn't require any special refractory slurry.
I finally had an idea on the cracking: if you're allowing two metals that can mix to cool, and they cool at different rates and contract differently, then the metal which cools more slowly (possibly driven by its relative thermal conductivity) is likely to be pulled apart by the contraction of the faster cooling metal. Normally, the whole structure would just contract within the mold, but if a portion of liquid metal is held in tension by the part of the structure that has already cooled and contracted, then the liquid part can only come apart as it tries to contract. This may be similar to the process that drives hot cracking in welds (which is solved by using a rod/base metal combination that is near a eutectic point, so that it solidifies uniformly and quickly). If you look up Tom Eager's course for USN officers in summer 2015, he explains the phenomenon in one of the earlier lectures (maybe 2-4).
I wonder if you could grind up or crush some of the reservoir/waste material for metal dust to put in the epoxy? It'd give you that 'kintsugi' look
What I came here to say. Look into kintsugi.
Beautiful end result!
Good morning, I know that this is a old video but I would like to say how talented you are and think the vase that you made is a beautiful piece of art.👍👍👍
I wish that I had a workshop
That's fine. It gives it character. (Later, that same evening) Hey! That thing looks terrific. Great job.
Very cool. 👍
I've wanted to try this for a while now. Please do more experiments with the mixed metal pours.
I think that looks pretty darn awesome
as much as most people would think that this was a fail I think it was brilliant and turned out great
That is a mighty cool looking vase dude.
i see why you made this piece. it is a representation of humans in the present time. genius.
That looks amazing, excellent work!!!
I'd buy that vase! looks awsome and it's so unique!
Pretty cool casting, nice work
A couple of quick things. First, I just wanted to say that is awesome! Thank you.
I know that most people are going to like the metal polished, but I have to say that the rough look is really interesting.
And finally, just as a matter of curiosity, what would happen if you poured the outside as the lower temperature metal and then did a second pour with the higher temp metal? (Maybe with the mold heated so that the first metal possibly melts and blend. )
As always, thank you for sharing.
Kind of reminds me of the Egyptian tech who was restoring the bust of Nefertiti and each time she touched this priceless 3,000-year-old one of a kind relic she would do more damage to the piece. Great video John thumbs up.
I love watching your content John! Keep it coming!
Putting that black paint? in the imperfections made it perfect. That looks awesome.
One word: Kintsugi. It's beautiful because of its flaws and the flaws themselves are the story of the piece.
Lads and lassies, this is the definition of “Do not try at home”!!!
But yes, I call it art!!!
The first vase looks like a shrapnel-grenade after explosion...interesting lookin the first try!!! The final result looks amazing!!!!
Looks like a Bob Ross "Happy Accident"! Bet you'll never replicate it. Utterly Super Cool stuff!
I absolutely love that vase. definatly art
I think that came out awesome... If you ever do something like this again try tinting/coloring the epoxy with mica powder (or something) maybe like a blue color then it would definitely look like rivers in the cracks. Either way great experiment.
It looks awesome well done
That turned out Really good!
I think if you heat the mold to just below the lowest melting point of the metals you use, it might not crack as much.
Cool!
Two separate sprues, top/bottom, might give an interesting effect
That turned out much nicer than I thought it would as you first removed the casting from the mold.
Nicer than I thought it would too! ;-)
@@FarmCraft101 It turns out that YOU are an artist, too!
If you have a TIG welder, one technique used on bronze castings to fill in imperfections is to TIG weld a small copper or broze filler wire into the crack or hole. Probably much better than trying to add epoxies and solder etc.
Gorgeous result, i want it!
just saw the ending and wanted to share two things: whenever i see a farmcraft vid notification i know what ill be watching that night, and the copper rose was too much
with all the cracks gluesd back together it looks 100 better then it would without the cracks! really like it that way
I was very skeptical at first but after gluing it up and sanding it actually looks pretty cool. You should totally fill the cracks with copper powder like someone else mentioned.
I like the “solid gold dancer” outfit! 🎉😂
Hey that turned out pretty nice! Kudos for soldiering on with this one.
I like what you did highlighting the cracks and even some of where there were bubbles.
That said what others have suggested the thing the Japanese do that I can't spell would be neat.
Also nice gray shirt. Kind of goes along with TH-cam not being able to figure your channel out.
Very awesome look!!! You need to clear coat it. Try pre-heating the mold before pouring?
As Hank Hill would say, "Bobby, that's a waste of good American Propane." Naw, just kidding, you proved to not give up on polishing that turd. Nice job!
I love your content man. Keep doing what you're doing! (Also David's idea of Kintsugi could be really interesting!)
Still super curious about corrosion, especially in high humidity. Keep us posted!
Hey I was watching your videos that vase is find art work. I worked at art center for over 10 years we did lot of bronze pours. if I believe a lot of their molds were made from plaster and then the bronze poured into that and there was some pretty life-size figures made there. But it was interesting to watch. Keep on making those videos. Thanks a lot. From Minnesota
Gentlemen: we can rebuild it. Harder, stronger, and more capable of retaining liquid that previously thought possible.
LOL, thanks for 'The 6 Million Dollar Man' reference. I know I am dating myself, but I enjoyed that show when I was a child.
I think one way to take advantage of the cracks would be to use carbon black pigment in the epoxy, I also like the ideas of copper that other suggested. The organic cracks could be treated as a feature in this method of making, it has an added benefit of making it easier to clean out the ceramic from the inside too!
The cracks make it look interesting. I like it
That's a pice of art - love it
turned out sweet in the end!
I know this is late but that vase is beautiful ok it didn't work as you wanted but the end product in my humble opinion is actually better looking because it didn't work out. The repair work just made it better looking. It is truly a work of art and probably quite valuable.
That is a really pretty end result. The original idea would have been really cool too but this wasn't a failure.
that thing is badass looking great job awesome.