[Jewelry making - Article 00132] - Re: [Orchid] Mold cutting

[LEESSILVER]

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    Hi to all you mold cutters, I may be preaching to the choir.  I
    recently saw a Castaldo poster showing the use of a church key to
    help in the cutting of a mold.  It made me think there may be some
    mold cutters that are not aware of a tool Gesswein sells.  It
    consists of two arms hinged to a base.  The opposite ends of the
    arms have hinged toothed jaws.  One edge of the mold is placed into
    a set of jaws and the jaws are clamped tight against the mold.  The
    other mold edge is clamped in the second set of jaws.  There are
    long screw that are threaded through the arms and fixed to the base.
     Once the mold is clamped the screws are turned which causes the
    jaws to move apart thereby pulling the mold edges in opposite
    direction.  The screws are turned to pull the mold open as it is
    cut.  This tool greatly simplifies the cutting of molds.  You do not
    have to hold the hot mold in your hand or worry about the knife
    slipping and cutting yourself. The tool is shown on page 104 of the
    current Gesswein catalog.  I have no connection to Gesswein or the
    tool manufacturer.  Lee 

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