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Casting with Charcoal
You may be familiar with other forms of casting such as lost wax. That is the method of making jewelry from wax models. Basically a plaster investment mold is poured around a wax model which is then melted out Sometimes called by its French name, cire perdue, it produces clean crisp details and is…
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Two Soldering Techniques for Jump RIngs
Earlier this year Rio Grande had a bench tips contest, the winning tip was a speedy way to solder jump rings. Necklaces and chain mail use tons of jump rings, a spectacular look can be obtained by using rings that have been soldered shut. I especially like to hammer them a little flat, something you…