Creative Casting: Jewelry, Silverware, SculptureCovers the major methods of casting metals that are applicable to crafts including techniques for lost wax, replica, hollow core, sand, cuttlefish bone, and rubber-mold methods. |
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acid added additional allowed alloy applied areas attached base bench bezel block brush buffing casting chamber clean coated color combined completed compound constructed container cool copper core covered crucible cuttlefish desired detail determined diameter dipped drilled edge eliminate enamel excess face filed finishing flame flask flat flow flux frame furnace gemstones glass gold hand heated held hold hole hollow inner investment leaves length Lost wax machine mandrel material melting method minutes mold sections molten metal mounting necessary needed objects opening ounces oxides painted pattern permit pickling piece pins placed plaster plastic plating polishing position possible poured powder prepared pressure prevent produce prongs reducing remaining removed require ring round rubber sand separated shape sheet side silver smooth solder solution sprue sprued steps stone surface temperature thin tion tool usually vents wax model wheels wire wood