[Jewelry making - Article 01007] - Re: [Orchid] Melting dish

[John Donivan]

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    > I've been looking at the UK suppliers for these melting dishes John
    and yourself mentioned but am not 

    Hi, Helen. A melting dish is a form of crucible, just of a certain
    shape so it has it's own name. I use big, cheap lineman's pliers to
    pick it up - cheap because they're getting torched and abused.
    Probably it's not necessary to point out that anything that works is
    fine - I've used casting crucibles, too. And that the process of
    pouring 1/2 ounce is very different from pouring 20 or 50 or 1000
    ounces, and the work needs to reflect that. Here in the states
    there's an "Ov-Glove" (or other names) - Kevlar gloves for the
    kitchen that fit either hand - very handy. Otto Frei calls these
    crucibles on the web site, curiously, but this is the thing: 

    http://www.ottofrei.com/store/product.php?productid=1440 

    Or search for melting dish and you'll see the other kind, which I
    don't like because there's no lip. BTW, platinum crucibles are a
    special bond to handle the heat - some are porcelain. You can also
    use them with other metals and some people do. It's just an unneeded
    expense unless you have some reason to like them. 

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