Graphite in the shape of weapons

14 thoughts on “Graphite in the shape of weapons”

1. jim moser says:

   March 16th, 2009 at 7:56 am

   My guess is this is edm electrode material and he’s machining these parts on a CNC machine. Several companies make this material – Poco is one. Check out http://www.poco.com.

   In order to get the best finish in the completed mold, a very fine grain material is used. This will reduce or eliminate the need for polishing.

2. Anonymous says:

   March 16th, 2009 at 9:10 am

   I believe the “proprietary binder” is in fact Chuck Norris’ sweat.

3. Becky Stern says:

   March 16th, 2009 at 8:53 am

   touché!

4. Michael Fusion says:

   March 17th, 2009 at 9:01 am

   “My guess is this is edm electrode material and he’s machining these parts on a CNC machine. Several companies make this material – Poco is one. Check out http://www.poco.com.

   In order to get the best finish in the completed mold, a very fine grain material is used. This will reduce or eliminate the need for polishing.”

   just a question. so which is it? are these cnc’d, or are they cast?

   also polishing has a lot to do with the quality of the mold. a finer mold prevents a lot of finishing work to be needed.

   the website says that they are handheld, so it must be a casting inorder for the final cost to match materials/time/profit. not that those molds for the hands would be a simple matter unless they are using a silicon mold (on further thinking)

   as for the finish, graphite is probably the most fine cheap material i can think of. it comes out of molds that shiny.

   off the top of my head you can read this: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7942sci4.html

   looks like the “proprietary binder” is clay and water. although i bet you could get that shiny finish using elmer’s glue.

5. japroach says:

   March 17th, 2009 at 11:17 pm

   I really doubt those parts are machined, it would take forever.

   Some kind of casting, then they hand carve and polish.

   See video at the bottom, which doesn’t describe a whole lot about the items (but you can see some interesting tools like a soldering iron): http://ifitshipitshere.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/agelio-batles-stunning-cast-graphite-2/

1. s. says:

   March 18th, 2009 at 6:20 am

   or machining, then hand carve and polish.
   Graphite is very easily machinable. A rough shape can be given very fast.

6. japroach says:

   March 19th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

   Its not machined, watch the video. The “rough” form of the hand is already smooth and has no machining marks.

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