[Jewelry making - Article 00057] - Re: [Orchid] How to alloy copper into Shakudo

[Marilyn M. Smith]

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    I have made soldered mokame and didn't have problems. I coated each
    sheet with the solder before "sweating" them together. I didn't use
    it as a solid piece but I have rolled some of it down quite thin. .
    .maybe 28 gage. I have used it as strips and I have soldered strips
    together to make different patterns. I have also wrapped wire and
    flooded it with solder. This makes some very nice herringbone
    patterns after hammering flat. I think that it's better to hammer
    than to roll. By hammering, the strip can be made wider but with the
    roller, it's too easy to feed the wire in the long way. This is not
    my idea but I can't remember the book that I saw it in. If I do
    remember, I'll let the list know. My only experience with kiln firing
    a stack resulted in a rather nice kiss, the Hershey kind.
    Unfortunately, it was a student who lost the metal. 

Marilyn Smith 

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