The Project Workbench

I've discovered that it's important to start a blog post out with an attention grabbing photo, as that is the one that will be displ...

Over the past 12 hours, I've run a few more tests using the techniques described by David Pea, which are turning out really well. Overal...

After a blisteringly painful week or two without internet access (Damn those pesky neighbors for finally figuring out how to secure their wi...

Tonight I finished burning through my latest batch of PMC-80, which means it's high time to experiment with a different brand of urethan...

In an attempt to prove that I've gotten my molds and pouring technique perfected, I set out to bang out another chest emblem in one day....

The turkey baister approach worked, and I managed to output a very respectable front half of the chest emblem. After a little bit of trimmin...

For my third pour, I tried a different approach. Previously, I was pouring urethane into the open mold, then closing the top onto it once it...

After I learned a few lessons from my first pull from the mold, I made a few changes. First, I popped another vent into the mold, way up hig...

The mold of the chest emblem front plate is all ready to rock, so I poured one up using my newly perfected urethane techniques. Here's t...

Progress has been made on the mold of the top plate of the chest emblem. Here's how the top half looked when I pulled it out of the box....

Today is Veterans Day, and I took this day off as an opportunity to get a lot of things done around the house, including working on some pro...

Alert the media, film at eleven, it's official: my urethane problems are gone. Today I got a PERFECT pull from the chest emblem back pla...

Before I begin, I should mention that I ordered another wallet tonight from the same place I ordered the last couple. I think I've got t...

I have a whole jumble of little things to report today, but nothing really photo worthy. I ordered some more silicone rubber for mold making...

A very exciting day for me over here at the Project Workbench. This morning, I am pleased to discover that I have found a solution for the o...