Seams in castings?

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Fibonacci

Fibonacci

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How do you deal with seams in things like skins and feathers when you cast?

I have never seen a seam in a posted picture of one of these, but I assume they must be there unless there is some magic method for hiding them.

Suggestions? I have read the tutorials I could find in the library, but none of them appear to address this issue.
 
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It's magic. Well...somewhat. I haven't done feathers so I can't say anything for them. I have done a couple snake skins and the trick with those is to cut it to size with a zig zag cut between the scales and when you roll it on the tube it should come together nicely. It's alot easier said than done, but it is doable. At one point there was a post on here with some pics but I don't remember who posted it.
 
Seams in feathers are "easy" cause its multiple feathers layered (but thats the ONLY part thats easy - JohnU and the others that do feathers blow me away with what they do).

As for skins - thats tougher. The key is how you cut and lay the blank to use natural things overlap so that there is no straight lines.. Not an easy task by any means. I don't think anyone has shown 'exactly' how they do it as its probably more art than science.
 
Hmmm...aren't we allowed to keep just one secret? :biggrin::biggrin: How I hide the seam on snake skin blanks is the one thing I have not shared about snake blank casting.:wink:
Do a good turn daily!
Don


alphageek said:
I don't think anyone has shown 'exactly' how they do it as its probably more art than science.
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its_virgil said:
Hmmm...aren't we allowed to keep just one secret? :biggrin::biggrin: How I hide the seam on snake skin blanks is the one thing I have not shared about snake blank casting.:wink:
Do a good turn daily!
Don


alphageek said:
I don't think anyone has shown 'exactly' how they do it as its probably more art than science.
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No!!! Tell me now! :biggrin::biggrin: (kidding!!!!!)
 
all right !!! here's my secret on snake skin casting's. Take your tube and wrap masking tape around each end, then slice through it the tape. unpeel the tape back then put the tape on skin for each end. Now take a straight edge and make your cut exactly to the edge of tape remove tape now the skin will be exact match on tube when glueing, it works for me every time clean no cut, no over lapping,no marks or seams at times I wonder where the heck the seam is. I also use tie bond glue to applied. Good Luck !!!!
 
its_virgil said:
Hmmm...aren't we allowed to keep just one secret? :biggrin::biggrin: How I hide the seam on snake skin blanks is the one thing I have not shared about snake blank casting.:wink:
Do a good turn daily!
Don


alphageek said:
I don't think anyone has shown 'exactly' how they do it as its probably more art than science.
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Hey come on Don please tell us please.

Lin.
 
:biggrin:I thought you cut the tail end of the snake off, or used a very small snake. cut pieces of snake to length and then hollowed it out and slid it on to the tube. Whallah no seam.:biggrin:
 
Mike -- you related to the guy in Texas who was going to pull oil well holes out of the ground, cut them off to length and sell them as fence post holes???
 
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