Hello. I have been making jewelry for years but on a very primitive scale. I love tooling copper and have made some time intensive medallions I would like to transfer some of these designs to some sort of pattern/plate for use with a rolling mill. Is there a liquid or clay type material I could used to make a flat cast of my designs that would hold up to a pass through a rolling mill? From what I read a rolling mill can pick up very fine detail even from fragile items like leaf skeletons or fine fabric weave. Would something like a thin silicon cast be a possibility for making plates of my designs? I know I can order laser cut stencils and use them but I would like an easy way to make plates at home. Something else I have wondered about is using a mill to flatten us coins ... primarily copper pennies and non-silver half dollars and then putting designs on them. Will a rolling mill flaten a half dollar and/or pennies? I am excited to receive the one i've ordered!
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