[Jewelry making - Article 00240] - Re: [Orchid] Silver shoots all over the place

[Margaret Malm]

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Seyed 

>     Everything is well lined up, but i'm not sure what you mean by
>     contact. My crucible and the flask at best are not very close to
>     each other. The sprue hole is at least an inch, perhaps two from
>     the flask when they are closest to each other. 

    They should be much closer, mouth of the crucible should be in the
    sprue hole. This is probably the basic cause of your problem. 

Margaret
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