Wood pattern for casting iron flowers #3: Subtracting the inside from the outside yields a flower with just the right wall thickness
That is of course, if your wire-frames layouts are accurate. Here are some closer looks at the plugs. Notice the direction of the grain on the two pieces???I could not decide which direction would be the easiest to work, so I tried both ways.(It’s been so long that I can’t remember which one was the better choice) Anyway,The individual “petals” were roughed to shape on the disc sander. They were finished with a spoke sheave and t...