[Jewelry making - Article 00807] - Re: [Orchid] Using Delrin?

[David L. Huffman]

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Hi Bethany;

    I don't know about the "cuts like butter" bit. If I remember, the
    stuff is pretty stubborn, akin to nylon. I've used mallets made of
    delrin and it's pretty good for that.  It makes good knife handles
    too. On page 154 of Oppi Untracht's book, Metal Techniques for
    Craftsmen is an example of the use of dacron, which I think might be
    a similar plastic. There it was used by heating it, taking care not
    to get it so hot that it burned, then pressing it into a cavity in
    the top of a ring and filing it level.  Next, pieces of metal were
    heated and sunk into the dacron, then everything filed level and
    polished.  It's not a precious material, it's pretty easy to get, so
    why not just experiment with it and find out how it handles, see
    what you can come up with.  No such thing as failure when you don't
    know what you're going to do. 

David L. Huffman


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