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Scratching Guide Lines in Wax for Symmetrical Filing

A wax carving tip from @madneeco: scratch lines into the wax so you can file the model symmetrically.

Posted about 3 years ago • 34,068 likes • 34 comments

Here is a wax carving tip from @madneeco - scratch lines in your wax so you can file symmetrically! Really cool to watch this video and see the wax reach it’s final shape 😍 #waxcarving #lostwaxcarving

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