I did this in my industrial crafts class, I still need to cut off the sprues and polish it up, but it's basically done.
It's about 30mm x 28mm x 4mm(at the center, 3mm at the wrenches).
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Nice job!

How long did that take to make?

Nice work. Of what did you make the original die used to cast the wax?

Nice. Is it brittle?

I think it took a little over a week (about 40-45 minutes per day) to carve the wax and add the sprues.


I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but after forming the wax I attatched it to a rubber base which want on the flask, I then poured in the plaster, after that died the rubber base was removed and the wax was baked out. The molten metal was then injected my means of centrifuge.


No, it' seems pretty strong, the metal is from old keys that the school had when the locked were changed, and I think copper from a sheet.

Today I filed, sanded, and polished the face of it, which really lightened it up.

Any pics of it "freshened up"?

Yep, my old camera really doesn't take good pictures of it, the first one show the color better, but the second one might show more detail.
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Looking good!

Okay, it's almost finished now, I'm going to finish up everything but the polishing at home.

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Okay, it's as finished as it's going to be right now, I might just end up going with the brushed metal look if it gets too scratched up.
Right now I have it as a zipper put, I used the wire from a twist-tie to attach it.
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PS: Hey, this is my second year resisted on the forums!

Very nice.

you should try to make one where the wrenches are actual usable wrench sizes

I thought about that after I cast it unfortunately. I would have made them spoke wrenches, which is only a little bit smaller than what it is now.
I would worry about the strength of it though if I had kept the design the same otherwise.

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woot.

I would most definitely pay for that. Sweet.