[Jewelry making - Article 00352] - Re: [Orchid] Mold cutting ponderings

[richard hart]

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>     It is functionally similar to a cube with a hole drilled through
>     all the way one way and halfway through another meeting in the
>     middle forming a T of space inside the piece 

    I have made molds with pieces that had holes, even tubing, they were
    beads, and I used a piece of wire the size of the hole. Make the
    mold, put the wire in shoot the wax. Remove the wire, reinsert the
    wire, shoot another wax If you use vulcanized rubber molds, after you
    make the mold, cut off a little of the wire for it to fit right
    because of shrinkage. Make the wire long enough to easily hold onto 
so
    you can pull it out of the wax. 

Richard Hart
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