you could etch the letters with a bottle of... oh damn what is it... ferric nitrate silver etchant from here Mega-UK - PCB Chemicals
write on for raised lettering, mask off everything but the...
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you could etch the letters with a bottle of... oh damn what is it... ferric nitrate silver etchant from here Mega-UK - PCB Chemicals
write on for raised lettering, mask off everything but the...
go for one with a ceramic insert because if you use one with a steel iinner everything you make will come out pink, also no iron or steel tongs! ferric metal + pickle = NOOOOOOO
i dunno if this...
is that big enough for it? in the delft demo videos here he's using a nozzle like an inch across? sorry for being such a pain in the bum :(
just addind to this post to let stu know he probably saved my life with that tip, didn't have the handpiece screwed on right at all, eek.
all gastight now! just a bigger torch head needed and then...
yeah i got the cookies kit, hose, handset, neck, needlepoint burner and a big ole regulator, and yes it screws together backwards, i thought i'd suffered a brain injury at first trying to put it...
okay i finally found a gas bottle! (to hell with BP and their new terrible proprietary connectors and "patio gas" augh)
do i need to use PTFE tape when putting this thing together? i would assume...
quoting this for emphasis! one time i forgot to do this and the top half flew off with such a bloody bang, i nearly widdled myself!
and to this day, i have NEVER found that half that blew off,...
the way the scam ones work is that it relies on two presumptions, one from each party.
the buyer presumes that the seller knows nothing of market value.
the seller presumes the buyer is going to...
oh excellent, gonna register for this, doesn't clash with the rock and gem fair at york racecourse either
a meetup in the north would be nice, MK is a wee bit out of my way especially as i can't drive :<
yeah i pointed this out a while back, it's even more apparent now which sections aren't being used if you look at the posts in there but da boss said it was fine so v:)v
oh ace, thanks stu =D just what i was after! what about crucible melting, will the biggest one cooksons do be enough?
i been googling like mad and some of the non-jewellery tips you can get are...
i'm getting a sievert torch for christmas (yay!) and it comes with the needle flame tip but... how big is that? and the other tips you can get ranked in size, how big are the flames actually?
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ooh excellent, should be good for casting masters, i shall definitely try this stuff out. it'll be nice to not have to be quite as paranoid about wastage as you are with silver clay
it's definitely not uncommon, by the end of the course i was doing most of my fellow students were coming to ask me for advice on how to do things and borrow my books, it was pretty good for the ego...
i'm curious as to how one would adapt your hourly rate when you're just starting out and things take you blimmin' ages to do? cause otherwise the better quality your stuff is the cheaper it is and...
go on then, just stuck meself on =)
put an extra bend on the end in the opposite direction to the other ones to indicate argentium =D
not to mention burned fingers =D yeah, human warm not metal warm :Y:
one of my lecturers told me that you can get a really good red on copper by heating it to a dull glow and applying beeswax while it's still warm, but i've never tried it, so caveat emptor
chamilia? sounds a bit like a "social" disease.
on this subject, i dunno if it's just my local one or national, but asda have got a ceramic bowl slow cooker in with a low temperature setting for £7 right now
i built one from scratch (well except the rubber barrel and media which i got from the big C), and honestly, the amount of money it saved me was maybe £30 tops, which was probably eaten by petrol for...
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aaaaargh don't... don't do that :'(
i'm most definitely up for that =D