. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. Fig. 130. fit absolutely close. Lay the pattern,which must not be anywhere undercut,in the space between the pegs, and pressthe two halves of the mold carefully andfirmly, so that you may get a perfectlyclear impression. Take them apart, re- 194 • move the pattern, make a funnel-shaped Castingchannel for the metal, also channels forair-holes, leading radially outward (), and tie the mold up with binding-. FiG. 131, wire (fig. 132). Make a little pit in apiece of charcoal large enough to takethe gold
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. Fig. 130. fit absolutely close. Lay the pattern,which must not be anywhere undercut,in the space between the pegs, and pressthe two halves of the mold carefully andfirmly, so that you may get a perfectlyclear impression. Take them apart, re- 194 • move the pattern, make a funnel-shaped Castingchannel for the metal, also channels forair-holes, leading radially outward (), and tie the mold up with binding-. FiG. 131, wire (fig. 132). Make a little pit in apiece of charcoal large enough to takethe gold or silver you wish to melt, tie ^95 Casting the charcoal to the top of the mold, sothat the pit comes opposite the channelor pour. Make another channel fromthe hollow in the charcoal to the channelin the mold. Now put your gold orsilver in the charcoal, melt it with theblowpipe, adding a little borax to aid thefusion, and when the metal runs into aclear shining molten globe, tilt the mold
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