[Jewelry making - Article 00361] - Re: [Orchid] Casting fine silver

[Daniel Ballard]

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Hi

    The best fine silver caster I ever met was Dave Freda. He literally
    cast eggshell thin eggs! Then supernaturally "natural" color in his
    enamels. The finest enamel work I ever saw. He uses fine silver cast
    from the little Kerr electric furnace that looks a bit like an old
    coffee percolator. He did a paper for the Santa Fe Symposium of
    exactly how he does it. So, I think you will find it an easy
    adaptation to fine silver casting. I suspect the electric furnace is
    a big advantage as the graphite crucible naturally removes oxygen
    from silver, which can hold a lot of it. 

Daniel Ballard
Precious Metals West
National Sales Manager
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