Lost Wax Casting of a Cam Cleat S2-E64

In the episode of the Art of Boat Building (S2-E64) bob takes us through the lost wax process of bronze casting as he creates a cam cleat for the Haven 12 1/2.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 Wax Pattern
04:29 Sprue and Gates
05:14 Ceramic Shell Investment
06:35 Casting Bronze
13:07 Bronze Casting Cleanup
22:36 How to Silver Solder
24:26 How to Polish Bronze
26:09 Assembly of a Cam Cleat
30:13 How a Cam Cleat Works


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