{"id":461,"date":"2018-01-29T07:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/?p=461"},"modified":"2018-01-29T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:28:44","slug":"a-view-into-the-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/2018\/01\/29\/a-view-into-the-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"A View into the Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy weekend at <strong>HistoriFigs<\/strong> <strong>HQ<\/strong>. I had wanted two shop days, but only was able to fit in one day (and only because I finished the farm chores on Saturday. Muddy conditions made them take longer, but then Sunday was\u00a0 now a free day).<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was a casting day. A handful of orders to complete. I needed to take some pictures for a couple different people, so thought I&#8217;d capture a few shots of the work in progress and share them with you.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll start off with a quick picture of the Spin Casting machine:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spinner.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of the bench shortly after getting started; shows a, hand written, worksheet and a few castings:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/getting-started.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Insert picture of messy workbench&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-1.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A bit more progress:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-bit-of-progress.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cooling molds:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cooling-molds.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Queue another shot of the messy workbench:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/messy-bench-2.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Lunchtime!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mid-point-lunch-time.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And nearing the end of the casting session:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=700%2C525 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?resize=80%2C60 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/almost-done.jpg?w=1400 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of these days I&#8217;ll get the shop back in order, last year there was too little time and too much to do, so I got <em>extra<\/em> messy. As soon as I get things cleared around the mold racks I&#8217;ll take you for a tour through the mold stash&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy weekend at HistoriFigs HQ. I had wanted two shop days, but only was able to fit in one day (and only because I finished the farm chores on Saturday. Muddy conditions made them take longer, but then Sunday was\u00a0 now a free day). Sunday was a casting day. A handful of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historifigs-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historifigs.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}