[Jewelry making - Article 00119] - Re: [Orchid] Casting sheet silver

[John Donivan]

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    I haven't followed too much of this thread - excuse me if I duplicate
    info- a reply from "Jon" said it best- why not just pick up the phone
    and order some?  There is something else related, too.  If you cast
    sheet metal, you won't really exactly have sheet metal, you'll have a
    cast plate.  Sheet metal is what it is because of the rolling
    process, which packs and elongates the grain structure - plus
    commercial sheet is milled before it's rolled - that's why it's so
    perfect.  Then there's the issues of casting it at all - in order to
    get a 6"x6" sheet, it's going to have to be something like 10 or 12
    ga. at least for the metal to fill, and you'll need a 7" flask, and
    machine, to do it.  And then there's porosity 



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