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Hi All


I’m new to Ceramics. 


Would like to tap in to your collective knowledge.


Thing is that I’ve developed a light that I would like to make with Bone China. The light has fine details that I suspect won’t work out doing with injection moulding or slip casting.


I’m actually thinking about casting a block of bone china and the putting it through a CNC machine, after putting it to the furnace of corse.


My question is would that process work on bone china? Wondering if the material is to fragile for this process. 


Please share your thoughts.


Thank you


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If you can post a sketch of what your are trying to do, someone on the forum could help.

 

While what you are suggesting may be possible by some large stretch of the imagination, it would certainly, if possible, not be cost effective.

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Getting a block of bone china to dry without cracking would take weeks. Firing a block without issues would take days, if not weeks, in the kiln, but I doubt that it would work even then. I don't think a CNC machine could efficiently carve a block of bone china. It's just too hard. You best bet is to use traditional ceramic processes such as slip casting. If you don't know how to do that, I recommend taking a class.

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You may be interested/amused by:

http://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/topic/5967-ceramic-tape-recipe-like-keraflex/?hl=%2Bthin+%2Bporcelain

 

Don't know the status of 3D ceramic printing, but there is/was at least one firm

selling expensive 1-off 3D printed lamps in nylon:

http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/generativeProduct.php?code=99

 

More expensive 3D printed nylon lamps:

http://www.within4walls.co.uk/view_product.php?product=338&category=52

 

Peter

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IF you could get the block of bone china , not sure how ...  it could be possible but not feasible due to time & cost. 

You will need Diamond bits ... Spindle speed multiplier to 30,000 rps just for starters & would be a very long expensive process

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Wow! That is interesting! So just idly wondering , if the printer is depositing ceramic or clay line by line, why couldn't it deposit glaze right where it needs to be,and that would be self glazing too? Also if they used something for the packing powder that burned away clean, they could put the whole brick in , fire it up to cone 10 and be done w it? I want one!

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