Crimson Custom Guitars | 3 weeks ago
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In this episode, Ben is upping the ante on the Elm Descendant by filling or plugging the weight relief holes with cold cast skull flowers! Sound interesting? Let's see how it turns out...
#luthier #guitarbuilder #coldcasting #resinpour #experimental
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:48 collecting things and skills
4:55 Preparing to sculpt with Plaster of Paris
6:42 Life would be boring with experimentation
8:20 Able to carve the cured plaster shape
12:20 Proving how strong this material is
12:38 Preparing to sculpt a skull
13:50 Carving with a rotary tool or dental tool
15:07 Playing with moulds and duplicates
16:40 Day 2 and a decision to use cold cast aluminium
17:20 Finessing the sculpt using a pitch bowl
18:15 Ben's favourite vintage tools
19:38 Need a reference...find a skull
23:53 Removing the piece from the pitch
24:15 Revealing all the flower skulls
24:40 Fit each one, moulds made and cold cast aluminium poured
25:31 de-moulding & surprise giveaway
29:00 Fitting the polished and buffed flowers to the guitar
33:40 Conclusion
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Ben's camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II
Any music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/
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