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From: James Binnion
Date: Mon Jan 02 04:47:16 2006
 
     
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>     If anyone can explain what evil it is that we are supposed to be
>     avoiding by using different equipment for finishing platinum, I am
>     eager to be enlightened. 

    Say your files and or other tools have for example gold dust on them
    and that gets imbedded in the surface of the platinum. Then you need
    to do a solder or weld joint on the platinum then the gold will burn
    into the surface of the platinum leaving a poor pitted surface. It
    is like the problems of having a little lead on the surface of a gold
    or silver piece and then soldering on it. This is the only reason I
    know of for the separation of tooling. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550

 
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