Your most used doming punches

[Petal]

I use my doming block quite often - the punches not so much
Nic x

A quick question before I go off for a bit of weeding in my veggie patch...


So Nic, what else do you use your doming block for then??

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[MuranoSilver]

I use it for doming fired silver clay disks and drying unfired clay into dome shapes...

[Petal]

I use it for doming fired silver clay disks and drying unfired clay into dome shapes...

Ahhh, so if I ever got into clay, I'd still have a use for the soon to be purchased doming block then

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[Di Sandland]

JUles, you like the same processes as me, don't think you'll take to the clay somehow. (Of course I could be totally wrong and you'll think it the best thing since sliced bread).

And what about your bead caps - you're still gonna do them aren't you?

[Petal]

Clay sounds like a good idea and I used to throw pots and loved it, but the jewellery clay, I don't think I'd get on with it.

Yeah, I can't wait to do the beadcaps and have all sorts of things in my Cookies 'basket'. I'm thinking of getting 12 wooden doming punches to start with, instead of 24, as I'm not sure I'll use them all. Is it a false economy going for the wood, rather than the steel ones?

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[Di Sandland]

Oh, Jules, I'm not the expert am I! As far as I can work out, it goes like this:

Wood doesn't thin the metal so much, neither does it leave so many marks. However, wood doesn't last so long either...

I think its a case of you pays your money and you takes your choice. I suspect a really good wooden set is preferable to an inferior steel set.

I have now dressed my set and they are shining and dingless, so I'm happy.

[Kalorlo]

*takes notes* I actually have a little brass doming block cube now as part of my lampwork kit. So it would be handy if I could get some punches and use it for doming too, at some point

[Petal]

Oh, Jules, I'm not the expert am I! As far as I can work out, it goes like this:

Wood doesn't thin the metal so much, neither does it leave so many marks. However, wood doesn't last so long either...

I think its a case of you pays your money and you takes your choice. I suspect a really good wooden set is preferable to an inferior steel set.

I have now dressed my set and they are shining and dingless, so I'm happy.

That's useful to know the pros and cons of wood and steel I'll be sending back my dinged dome today and getting another one!

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