Make a plaster mould for any torus - and slipcast with it

[heidilululu]

this video is really well done, thanks. also, love the music...who is it?

[fog152]

That is so cool

[sanslabel]

Nice job! Glad I can throw a torus on the wheel rather than go through all those processes. I like the way you filmed and edited it and your end result was worth it all.

[greenteagod]

Badass, definitely gonna make one of these. I'm curious, would the "repair" that would need done to a torus out of a two piece version of this mold be more hassle than casting and fitting two separate torus halves? Perhaps the shrinking around the center would also be an issue at that point as well...

Either way, making one of these.

[2tombarnett]

@greenteagod - Two piece mold - Good idea - do you mean making this mold twice, and attaching the two pieces together and then having say a 1 inch hole in one side to pour the slip into? Its probably better than 2 joining 2 separate cast halves. The problem I have found (as you say) is always if you let it dry too long, the clay grips the central core. The trick is to get it out after a while, and then once out it doesn't distort too much. You might need to make 2 or 3 attempts.

[lightdanmo]

have u considered making a torus out of orgonite? if you dont know what that is look up orgone energy and how to make orgonite.

[corvusdaggrium]

still interested

[2tombarnett]

@corvusdaggrium email me at nettbar@hotmail.com

[corvusdaggrium]

can u make me one?! i want one for wrapping a rodin coil i'm planning to ues 1inch copper tape forit so it needs to have a 36inch external circumference and apparently a 12 in circumference for the ring around. so could you, would you and how much would it cost?

[2tombarnett]

@corvusdaggrium I can make you one but as you can see its quite time consuming. Also you live in the states right? So theres more danger of it breaking in the post. However. Time taken: Clay original: 1 hour. Plaster form: 1 hour. Slipcasting finishing, firing and sanding 2hrs therefore Labour = 4 hrs. Then there's materials on top of that - which is actually quite minimal. and postage. If you're still interested let me know. If so estimated production time: 1 month from January.

[jimboot]

That is some amazing work Tom. Thanks so much for taking the time to demo.

[2tombarnett]

@jimboot thanks Jim :D

[mikepowers420]

Fantastic work.

I love it.

Peace.

Mike.

[2tombarnett]

@mikepowers420 Cheers Mike!

[rwg42985]

Tom, wow! what a grate demo and tours, your work as so amazing! Wow. That's was veery cool to watch. Thanks for taking the time to document this! Thank you thank you thank you! So simple the tools you make like the one to form the clay... Still just pondering what goes on in your brain! It is so amazing! Wow! ~Russ

Blown away! Weeeeeee

[2tombarnett]

@rwg42985 Cheers Russ! Going to try to activate it once wrapped properly using one of your schematics. If you get the chance have a look at the other film I have just uploaded about nested Vortices - it would be good to hear your feedback as someone in the know.

[RomeoDLN1]

It will take on some interesting properties once it begins spinning. Thanks again for the great video!

[2tombarnett]

@RomeoDLN1 Not sure about glass, but I would suggest vacuum forming two halves in perspex and resin-gluing them together. Drilling a hole, filling it with the fluid cutting another piece of perspex to fill the hole. Not sure what the properties of plasma are. Regarding glass - I imagine the same process would be used but using a heat resistant casting material instead of plaster like a sand mold.

[RomeoDLN1]

Wow; skillful work indeed! I can't wait for the finished product. You should consider selling those molds; I'm sure many people would spring for one or two... Or three. :-) My questions to you now are: How difficult would it be to make a glass toroid? Also, is a glass toroid even needed to contain the inert gas that would later become plasma? Finally, do you think ferrofluid would find an escape from this containment once it is set into motion. I saw some videos on superfluids and imagine that

[jackscholze]

Tom, Beautiful work! Takes patience and skill, which you appear to have in abundance. That 9x9 Abha Randy Powell "April Wind" coil is going to blast off for remote parts of the galaxy, I feel certain. Where is the cockpit? Aloha

[2tombarnett]

@jackscholze Thanks Jack. Just got to finish it now. Its such a dull process.