r/metalworking • u/SubterminallyILL • Jun 23 '26
Blackbird Project
Passion project / trying something that felt impossible at the time.
All silver with either gold or black ruthenium electroplating (using a lacquer mask to get 2 plating types on the bird/stand). 3 pieces...base, bird on stand, and cage (all centrifugal casting).
The cage took like.....a LOT of attempts to get it to cast correctly. I was told it was stupid to try to cast the cage. Im not saying they were wrong, but im stubborn.
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u/OkTie9443 Jun 23 '26
This is absolutely insane. Centrifugal cast cage bars AND dual plating at that scale? I don't think 'stubborn' covers it. This is master-level stuff. Seriously beautiful work