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Do you make your own frit? And what can one use as a binding agent? Would simple glue and water work?

I'd like to try doing some (successful) glass castings... I am definately looking at doing this long term, and would like to do this right. At this point in time, I'm looking at doing some fairly detailed lost wax creations for jewelry. I assume this means that I'm looking for a mold mix of a very f...

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Also, maybe this has already been suggested, or is in use but I didn't see it... but maybe have the terms link to threads that explain the term in great detail... for an infomaniac like me, dictionary definitions are too terse.

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This thread hs been the most thrilling adventure story I have read for a long time. Can't wait for the next episode -lauri ROFL! I didn't realize I was keeping anyone so amused! Next episode: Emma is reattempting, but ALL in metals this time... Sorry glassies! However, glass is not out of the pictu...

Emma, I just started reading this thread, I hope this doesn't come too late for you. When I read your description and saw your diagram on the Wet Canvas Site, my first thought was (given the thickness of your metal casting, and the shape and thickness of your glass) to keep them separated. The glas...

This thread hs been the most thrilling adventure story I have read for a long time. Can't wait for the next episode -lauri ROFL! I didn't realize I was keeping anyone so amused! Next episode: Emma is reattempting, but ALL in metals this time... Sorry glassies! However, glass is not out of the pictu...

Just to pile on. I still don't understand how the glass goes through, from what direction, and/or what shape the glass wiill be. I could do it hot, but you'd have a pile of fire scale to deal with. the flower petals were facing down, and the glass leaf was above the metal, and there was a sprue att...

Sterling silver, which is 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper, has a melting point of 1640 F. Coin silver, which can contain between 10-20% copper, melts at a lower temp than sterling. Both of these alloys have a melting point that is lower than both of their component metals. I don't know a formula for f...

according to http://www.warmglass.com/COESummary.htm#metal (thanks Brad!), copper has melting point of 1981 and silver has melting point of 1764 (degrees in Farenheit). For a 50/50 alloy, is the melting point then the average of the two, or 1873? not sure that this is right, and not sure I'll get an...

leaf is cast in 50/50 alloy between fine silver and copper... hopefully more compatible than straight silver, but teacher wouldn't cast in straight copper for fear of splatters. Will be casting on Sunday, then will oxidize, and polish vines and leaves and back. picture can be found here: http://www....

Okay, it sounds like (in your added post) that I should make each petal separate? And then inlay them? If I were doing that, then I might as well fuse cabs for the petals.... I need to do something that is distinctly casting, that can't be done another way. I may be able to get away with casting a w...

(This is the reply to before the added post...)hmmm.... that's a really good idea, I'm just not sure if it will meet the requirements... I'll talk to Fitz on Monday though, and see what she has to say... That's sounding like the best idea yet. This picture is my interpretation of your suggestion... ...

Geri - I don't understand how I could get a 3 dimensional object out of enameling though, without forming the flower out of metal first... and the project MUST be cast, in order to meet class requirements. And yes, this is a jewelry/metals class. The teacher has only done very minor things in glass ...

wow... I'm getting really confused... Isn't taking a wax model of something, setting it in investment, burning/steaming it out, then setting it in the kiln and melting glass into it in some way kiln casting? If not, then what is? And let's see if I've got this right.... I attach copper foil to the g...

However, that won't meet the assignment requirements... You have to either make two parts and solder them together (you can't solder glass!) or cast one onto the other. Ah, but you can solder glass! Information on the technique is widely available and people who know how to do it can be found in vi...

What you're trying to do is basically a form of enameling. I can just about 99% guarantee you that it isn't going to work based on my limited knowledge of enameling. I've done enameling before, a little.... it's not enameling, at least if I take the leaf shape off the back... where I'm leaning now ...

I do. http://www.warmglass.com/COESummary.htm#metal And I'll be surprised if it works, also, at least the way it's described. Dramatically different expansion coefficients, the only chance is if the silver is very, very thin, and that doesn't sound like the case here. This is a very tough first cas...

I don't know the melting point of silver or it's expansion coeffecient, but my uneducated guess is that your plan will not work. not if I have anything to do with it... :twisted: You can make a plaster and various other materials investment from a wax positive and cast glass in to it. You might be ...

You're going to have to be really careful about annealing times and metal vs. glass expansion. In other words, if this is for a quick deadline, don't count on getting perfect results right away. In my college jewelry & metals classes we had to make models of everything before we did a "rea...