[Jewelry making - Article 00170] - Re: [Orchid] Re-plating a water pitcher

[David L. Huffman]

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>         And besides, the hydraulic press can only give you shapes and
>     sizes for which you've got specific tooling.  A few raising stakes
>     and hammers give you much more unlimited potential products, once
>     you're willing to spend the time. 


Hi Peter;

    I agree, and being sort of a purist, I guess I just like being with
    the forming process the whole way.  But you could do a good bit of
    the work with the press, at least on a lot of shapes, bringing up the
    form, and then neck in and contour it over stakes.  Feels like
    cheating to me.  And I figured you'd be one of those here on Orchid
    who had probably done his share of raising.  Did you ever see that
    set of raising stakes Richard Thomas designed?  Huge!  And also, for
    those interested, check out this site . . http://www.ecobre.com 
    These guys do some serious raising. 

David L. Huffman



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