[Jewelry making - Article 00867] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in general

[James Binnion]

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Catherine,

    You have nothing to worry about in so far a PMC being a cheaper or
    faster way to produce work. Its cost is too high and any technique
    that can be done in PMC can be done in traditional metal working
    methods especially via casting. Any stone than can be set and fired
    into PMC can be set in wax and cast in place. Any forming technique
    used on unfired PMC can be done in one of a variety of modeling
    materials that can either be directly burned out or molded, injected
    and burned out. The only "advantage" that I have seen so far in PMC
    is that you do not have to wait for a invest, burnout cast cycle.
    Given a PMC metal price that is three times the silver market price
    I can wait to get my cast piece. 

Jim Binnion

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