The supplier is Adam Beane, who is no mean sculptor:
His website is here:
http://www.adambeaneindustries.com/
This gives a taste of the material:
I can already see some possible applications:
- welds: extrude a length, warm it, fold it into position, use a spatula to shape. The most significant advantage is that it's infinitely reworkable just by applying heat but when cooled, as hard as a dense polymer plastic. I don't yet know what its adhesion properties are like so it may need a few spots of CA to retain in position.
- creating masters for casting: it's easy to join, form, machine, turn, sand, cut. It can be used like a paint to cover surfaces or material, which can then be permanently shaped. It's quite expensive, so I'd still probably cast multiple parts in resin.
- building parts: it can be formed into blocks, cylinders, thin sheets etc. The ability to join with heat and add or subtract material easily would lend itself to making complex parts such as boxes, bins, lights, sight hoods, the applications seem endless.
I'll report once I've had a go. Goodbye Milliput? Thanks Krystii.
Regards
Stephen
