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I took your good adviced and muffed it up pretty well so not much strategy on my part, just some luck and thickness of the patch maybe. Thank you again for helping me. Definitely hooked on...

Hi all, just wanted to share some pics of my simple delft clay castings of medieval Japanese kakebotoke, or hanging buddha. These were used as temple decorations from the Heian era to the Edo era...

So I followed Dennis’ instructions but skipped on the wire because the patch seemed steady enough. During heating it seemed to go well but I must have overdone it and a gap appeared in the patch. So...

I’ve got matsu yani coming out the beams of the house, could use that ;)
I’ll try the mechanical way first then, if it doesnt go then Dennis’ way

Thank you so much for the detailed tutorial Dennis. It is greatly appreciated. I have to order some extra easy silver solder, have been meaning to order a set of the 3 types of solder. Hopefully I...

I’ll be sure to do that but you’ll be disappointed as I’m quite the amateur. Nothing very fancy in my approach.
But I do have some nice period originals that I work from.

Hi all, first post
I have a 70% silver , remainder bronze, statuette with a 6mm or so hole that needs patching, covering, soldering. What would you call it? I assume to clean the area front and...

Hi PS, yes I do make them and thanks for adding me to the forum, greatly appreciated.

Quick hello to everyone. I’m John, from the U.S. , living in Japan.
Have been casting bronze, silver, and gold on my own for about 2 years.
Hope to ask some questions and make new friends here....