Is it rolling, Bob?

I set up a makeshift lathe, using a flexshaft held in a vice.

I'm turning pieces of wax on a mandrel.

Each little piece is shaped using various files.

I think they look like tiny little chess pieces.

I attached a sprue to the end of each wax piece

and then I combined them all into a tree for casting.

Here they are in silver, after a successful casting. (Finally!)

The white stuff is investment that I haven't cleaned up yet.

The next step is to clean it up and saw apart each little piece of silver.

I'm not really sure what I'm going to use the pieces for yet, but it will be cool.