Degating "gust"

Thursday I worked on my series of small bronze castings "gust".  

I use an angle grinder with a metal cutting blade and cut off the stubs of the gates flush to the surface of the hat.  

 

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Here you can see the stubs of the gates.  

 

 

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More gate stubs.  

 

 

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After cutting of the gates.  

 

 Cutting off the gates leaves a shinny smooth surface. I then use various air tools to recreate the felt texture. This process is called chasing. 

 

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The texture is repaired.