Hi, ... Systems in the USA, which was recently bought by a UK company. Do you mean Whitford worldwide? Going from the websites Polymerics systems is a...
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gerhardschellert
gerhardschel...
Nov 2, 2008 5:42 pm
Hi, a few month ago, I posted my new sculpting tool here in the forum. Here“s a picture: http://www.ringert.com/sculpting/sculpting_tool_3_s.jpg Now I“m...
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rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t...
Nov 3, 2008 2:04 pm
... such ... Hi, I see your problem - you've got to balance out the amount of work it takes you to do with the price people can afford. As a student, I could...
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gerhardschellert
gerhardschel...
Nov 3, 2008 2:58 pm
Hi Ross, I didn“t count the time while making this tool, so I can“t say exactly. The process of making it is as follows. For the handle piece you have to get...
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Gene Van Horne
evhorne969
Nov 3, 2008 4:03 pm
Gerhard, I have a little experience making and selling miniature tools for sculpting. Originally I made tool kits to use when teaching classes at GenCon. In...
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Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin
Nov 3, 2008 5:03 pm
Hi if you are going to sell them as they are on the picture (1 kit of 6 tools wit the pen carrier handle) I would buy each set ( fine detail and larger)on 15...
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Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin
Nov 3, 2008 5:46 pm
... classes ... a ... the ... felt ... one ... figuring ... costs ... amount ... between ... MUCH ... )) ... I agree wit Gene on this, you need to first...
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Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin
Nov 3, 2008 5:49 pm
... classes ... a ... the ... felt ... one ... figuring ... costs ... amount ... between ... MUCH ... )) ... I agree wit Gene on this, you need to first...
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Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt
Nov 3, 2008 6:31 pm
Nice Evolution of your tool ! I know that you can manufacture it. I would pay about 20$ for it. Look at my email I sent you in private your will be able to get...
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Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt
Nov 3, 2008 6:34 pm
Gene remember in Gencon 07 ? I was going to make the detailer tool manufactured in india. The tool would have cost me about 7$ each and I would have sold them...
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rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t...
Nov 4, 2008 5:11 pm
Wow, so as a student I've posted the highest price I'm willing to pay? Rounding down about 20 cents on each figure, xe.com gives the exchange today as the...
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Jeff LaMarche
jeff_lamarche
Nov 4, 2008 5:50 pm
... You have to remember that the dollar is weak right now, so $20 probably doesn't seem the same to a lot of us in the US as £12.50 does to you. However, I...
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rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t...
Nov 4, 2008 6:28 pm
... If they're each hand-made though, doesn't that mean that they'd be made and sold on an individual basis anyway?...
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Bob Hopfner
robert_hopfner
Nov 5, 2008 12:26 am
I would expect to see that tool for $25 or so. I don't think even the sizes matter, $25 each. They are extremely functional, nice to look at and appear to be...
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seth.nash
sethnashzero
Nov 5, 2008 12:27 am
If the quality was good then I would have no problem paying twenty pounds not dollars for that micro set. like others have said, work out your labour and...
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Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt
Nov 5, 2008 12:52 am
... That is why I pushed Gerhard toward the manufacturer in India. They will give him a good price and he will be able to sell them a lot cheaper and the...
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Ming-Hua
minimaker3
Nov 5, 2008 1:40 am
Hi, To add a few points. I know the position you're in, since I have this with the putty oven. It's a very specialised tool for a very spread out market in...
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nozeminer
Nov 5, 2008 3:52 am
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of any tutorials for sculpting sharp edges with Green Stuff? And any tips for sculpting ribbed hoses...
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Joseph Markese
crimsonsblood
Nov 5, 2008 4:23 am
Green stuff dosn't hold edges quite as well as other putties, its very good for more organic shapes. Try brown stuff, Kneadatite Brown, Or Apoxie sculpt...
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Andres Villaseca
steeld5
Nov 5, 2008 5:59 am
Procreate or GF9 "Grey Stuff" act very similar to brown stuff if you use more "black". if you use more "white" it works more like green stuff.Andres In the...
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foxcymru
Nov 5, 2008 11:15 am
Hi, If you take a shuftie at the exchange rates on the net you'll find that the US dollar is at it's highest point for 5 years. In the past year alone we have...
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Martin Nordgren
mnordgren
Nov 5, 2008 11:48 am
Another material that works well is magic sculp when mixed with greenstuff or Procreate, very similar to Apoxie (if you live in Europe it's easier to come by) ...
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Gene Van Horne
evhorne969
Nov 5, 2008 2:42 pm
You can sculpt sharp edges in greenstuff, it just takes a little more patience. The thing you have to understand about greenstuff is that it mellows as it...
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CLIFFORD LINTON
gernhead
Nov 5, 2008 3:40 pm
As to the ribbed hoses, one trick pros use - roundwound bass guitar strings. ... From: nozeminer To: 1listSculpting@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 04,...
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Ming-Hua
minimaker3
Nov 5, 2008 9:02 pm
... strings. Or a cast of them if it needs to be made a mould of....
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James Craig
tkkultist_on
Nov 6, 2008 2:45 pm
Dragonforge sells baggies of multiple diameter really reasonably priced ribbed hoses cast in soft metal - these are BEAUTiful to workwith and will save you so...
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gerhardschellert
gerhardschel...
Nov 6, 2008 5:32 pm
Thanks a lot for your interest in my tool and for all the comments on it. Yes, it would be great to see this tool being produced it large amounts, but who...
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Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt
Nov 6, 2008 6:26 pm
Thanks to call me Sylvain ;P They got a 2 head pinvice that are really inexpensive. It's something big but I know you will find buyers. I got about 3 to 5...
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ptsuk@...
ptsuk
Nov 6, 2008 7:46 pm
Just a thought, rather than trying to produce and manufacture an "all in one tool" why no concentrate on making just the sculpting heads/tips and just sell...
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lmshutt@...
a52873
Nov 6, 2008 9:15 pm
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:32:30 -0000, you wrote: . ... Not sure where you are located but in the US there are a lot of small machine shops, machinists with home...
