[Jewelry making - Article 00522] - Re: [Orchid] Making your own Charcoal blocks

[coralnut]

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    Wellll,....you can make charcoal blocks quickly and easily using a
    2x2" piece of soft pine board! I use one often when I am
    demonstrating (cheap) steam casting. 

    Simply get the piece of wood, when casting, hollow out a shallow in
    the center and play your torch over the wood. Do not allow it to
    burn...just char. Works great. 

    If not casting, you can do the same thing on a flat surface but,
    again, as you play the broad soft flame over the surface, do not
    allow it to burn...just char. The charred surface is not necessarily
    very deep but deep enough that you can solder on it. 

    Cheers from Don at the Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple
    elegance IS fine jewelry!
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