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39325 Ming-Hua
minimaker3 Send Email
Nov 2, 2008
11:55 am
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...
39326 gerhardschellert
gerhardschel... Send Email
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...
39327 rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t... Send Email
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...
39328 gerhardschellert
gerhardschel... Send Email
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...
39329 Gene Van Horne
evhorne969 Send Email
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...
39330 Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin Send Email
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...
39331 Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin Send Email
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...
39332 Juan Jose Cerda velasco
daisihin Send Email
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...
39333 Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt Send Email
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...
39334 Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt Send Email
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...
39335 rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t... Send Email
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...
39336 Jeff LaMarche
jeff_lamarche Send Email
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...
39337 rodneywell_the_magnif...
rodneywell_t... Send Email
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?...
39338 Bob Hopfner
robert_hopfner Send Email
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...
39339 seth.nash
sethnashzero Send Email
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...
39340 Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt Send Email
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...
39341 Ming-Hua
minimaker3 Send Email
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...
39342 nozeminer Send Email 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...
39343 Joseph Markese
crimsonsblood Send Email
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...
39344 Andres Villaseca
steeld5 Send Email
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...
39345 foxcymru Send Email 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...
39346 Martin Nordgren
mnordgren Send Email
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) ...
39347 Gene Van Horne
evhorne969 Send Email
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...
39348 CLIFFORD LINTON
gernhead Send Email
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,...
39349 Ming-Hua
minimaker3 Send Email
Nov 5, 2008
9:02 pm
... strings. Or a cast of them if it needs to be made a mould of....
39350 James Craig
tkkultist_on Send Email
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...
39351 gerhardschellert
gerhardschel... Send Email
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...
39352 Simon Vaillancourt
simvaillancourt Send Email
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...
39353 ptsuk@...
ptsuk Send Email
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...
39354 lmshutt@...
a52873 Send Email
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...
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