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Unfortunately no extra easy solder to hand :( but yes more stages than is good for my health, feeling it this morning :) I've had two recovery naps...

Well you're battle scarred but much wiser, Sheena. I guess for the very last soldering of the bezels onto the bar, I would have used extra easy...

I also came across this post a few days ago but found it difficult to find again. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCSD-CFUtu/ The ink used here is...

This is where things got messy! I cut a couple of hole in my vermiculite board for the hinge and catch. Sweated some easy solder onto the back of the...

Hi Theresa I tried looking for it but couldn't find it for sale so you did better than me.

The search box is really poor. Best way to search the forum is to go on Google type cooksongold forum and your keywords, you should be able to find...

Interesting point about Rustoleum; I've not seen that so much with Humbrol enamel, which is more readily available in the UK. I have found that the...

Back in the day we used ground ebony dust, more recently I’ve used crushed drawing pastels because it was all I had. I’ve used powdered dyes in the...

There's lots of different ways to apply patina to engraving. I came across a post on Steve Lindsay's engraving forum recently, he was replying to a...

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I use Lamp black powder ( I do not know if it is true Lamp black) because I have it (Inherited from my father a little goes a long way) although any...

Is the book in English? I looked it up and it's only available from Germany

What a good idea! What do you use to dye Araldite please? David. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Enamel, would be the most long lasting I can think of otherwise dyed epoxy e.g. Araldite, same process fill valleys and smooth off the hills

Before I pickled it :)

Quality gas equipment is inherently safe, it is how we treat them that determines how dangerous things are, you could fit a safety cut off valve I...

Thank you Jules, I really appreciate that. I'm sending them to be hallmarked, so hopefully they will be on sale soon.

It's looking beautiful, but why is the flower blue? Is it just a trick of the light? Dennis.

That's sad, but don't give up. To be accepted, the file size needs to be reduced to around 700Kb, or less. My routine way of posting pictures is to...

Your boxes are beautiful Theresa and I'd happily buy one. I like the addition of the stone on the top, which imo makes them even more desirable.

Scored some metal, folded it, put solder in the joins then soldered hinge to brooch back. Drilled a shallow hole in back of brooch and soldered on...

Betts Metals are offering free refining for February, but you need to get your skates on. Give them a ring, you get the best price if they credit it...

If you use Silicone I would suggest that use a neutral variety, (the type use for mirrors is neutral) the standard version may affect the metal.

Hobby/craft shops sell it in small glue sized tubes for this type of application. (I work a lot in mixed media hence my rather off the wall approach...

Certainly a novel idea, but needs testing. An immediate problem I can foresee is that it comes in large tubes and you only use minute amounts at a...

Would clear silicon sealant work? I use it for attaching sea glass (which is heavy) to glass to make translucent sun catchers. The sealant dries...