[Jewelry making - Article 00475] - Re: [Orchid] Ingots for rolling

[John Donivan]

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    I only just mentioned this before. For small amounts of metal, like
    under 8 dwts. or so, I make ingots on a charcoal block with
    self-locking tweezers. I have 3 ingot molds, and crucibles and
    melting dishes, too. If you get those nickel plated tweezers with the
    wider tips, not the skinny, red handled variety, then melt your 
button
    till it's just fluid, and straddle it with the tweezers and close
    them some, the metal will run along the tips, making a long ingot.
    It's difficult to describe, but very simple to do. Dip the tweezers 
in
    water first. Also, any ingot will benefit from fire-polishing, which
    is when you heat enough to melt the surface, but not to melt the core
    of the metal. Makes it nice and smooth. 

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