Category: Casting
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Jewelry Investment and Casting Safety Lesson
I was doing a little work this morning and it reminded me of an incident that happened a few years back that I still think about often and helps to remind me of a safety lesson I am grateful for. I was investing a flask a while back, and my vacuum machine wasn’t pulling the…
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Day 41 Casting into Silver
Again today I am in the midst of a project, so I will bring you along on my journey, and today we will be casting some pieces into silver. We left off yesterday just after I invested 2 flasks, so let’s put them in the oven and burn out the wax. I have a Neycraft…
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Day 40 Investing (Casting)
Wow, where has the time gone? Today I have been making a blog entry with jewelry tips for 40 days in a row. As you probably know, I kicked off JewelryMonk.com with the goal of writing everyday for 90 days straight. So far, so good. There might be a hiccup for the next week or…
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Day 37 Waxing and Casting Prep
Today we will continue talking about casting and Casting Prep. I know some of you, maybe a lot of you do not do your own casting but bear with me…. I have always known that some of the stuff we talk about is not for everyone, but it IS for someone, Every Day. Today we…