How to cut hard microcrystalline wax

Step 3: Charged saw

It worked for a second but didn't get too far. Maybe because the blade surface being too big to send an even charge.

Comments

[mattthegamer463]

The problem here would be that the blade is too big and conducts too well, so the amount of electrical resistance it is offering is low, and resistance is required to convert electrical power into heat energy. The thin wire you used later is small, has a much higher resistance, and gets quite hot as a result. Clever idea with the hot wire cutter.

Do you use this wax for lost wax casting because it is easy to carve without it melting or warping when being worked, or for some other particular reason? Seems like a difficult substance to work with.

[Miss Cabbit]

I use this wax to pour it hot into a silicone mold. Dispite it being hard to cut, it has a low melting point and doesn't hurt the mold so I can make many wax replicas of chicken feet and heads. :0 The soft paraffin is too soft for this but beeswax worked just as well and is easier to cut but its more expensive.