[Jewelry making - Article 00842] - Re: [Orchid] Purchasing vacuum wax injector

[Andy Parker]

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Ted

    I can't help on the vacuum wax injector but flat objects maybe. I
    always got a sort of concave effect when injecting flat (say coin
    like) objects and figured it was my clamping pressure deforming the
    mould. I couldn't reduce clampimg pressure to a point that
    eliminated the dishing without horrible flashing of wax out of the
    side of the mould (and the odd hot hand!). 

    As an experiment I applied narrow strips of thick adhesive tape
    around the edge of my mould on both sides (that is top and bottom to
    allow clamping pressure at the edges where I wanted it but not in the
    middle where I didn't) and vastly improved my waxes. 

Got to be cheaper than a new injector!
Cheers
Andy Parker, Agate House Lapidary
Ulverston, Cumbria, England
andy AT agatehouse.co.uk
www.agatehouse.co.uk
Tel: 01229 584023


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