[Jewelry making - Article 01144] - Re: [Orchid] Hard wax fixture?

[Epaul Fischer]

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    First Loren, let me say I love your work. This appreciation comes
    from a Welshman by heritage who loves the intricacies of Celtic
    interlace and a marlinespike seaman who as a child was not a Boy
    Scout, but regularly TAUGHT knot-tying courses for Boy Scouts.
    Anyway, to answer your query - I would highly recommend Jet-Set from
    Rio Grande. It is a ceramic thermoplastic. This means that when you
    place it in water that is between 150 and 160 degrees F it becomes a
    flexible clay like material similar to Sculpy clay. After it cools
    it becomes hard. To soften just drop it in the hot water again.
    Truly remarkable technology. It is also one of those tools that you
    are constantly finding new uses for: file handles, holding stones
    for carving, custom mandrels, open backed molds for wax, and custom
    wedges to hold work at just the right angle. I even heard that one
    Orchidian once used it for a temporary crown for her tooth <grin> 

Epaul Fischer
Gryphon Song Creations
http://GryphonSong.com

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