wax carving tutorial 2

Here I am cutting out my pattern with an old school jewelers saw, the block of wood that the wax is sitting on is called a bench pin. you saw into the wood while you cut the wax, since the wood is much harder than the wax it acts as a buffer to steady your hand and keeping the blade at a 90 degree angle to produce a much more accurate cut in the wax. Any piece of wood can be clamped or screwed onto a workbench to be used as a bench pin. Hardwoods will work best.