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Although I plan on using the molten #Shibuichi in a #sandcasting, I'm also considering making sheets of it with my rolling mill for earrings. I once bought a small sheet from Rio Grande, my jewelry supplier, and it was cheaper than Sterling, but now sheets of Shibuichi are twice the price of Sterling. There are some neat patina effects possible. (3/3)

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Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎3d ago

Because I suspected there might be more to it than simply combining the metals in a crucible and melting them down with a torch, I did a search on #YouTube for #Shibuichi. I found a bunch of videos, but two of them were especially good.

One was short and focused on water casting an ingot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ_6C0Cmq_E&feature=youtu.be

The other was very long but provided a great deal of technical info before casting into a bar. https://youtu.be/5Qi-zCtLycw (first half) (2/3)

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Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎3d ago

I really need to stress what an incredible learning tool #YouTube can be. If you recall, I have a new interest in #sandcasting to make #jewelry. Because silver is so expensive and because I have a lot of scrap copper and silver, I've decided I want to cast pieces in #Shibuichi, a Japanese alloy of 75% copper +25% silver. (Or 80%/20%, depending on your source.) That means measuring out my scrap metal properly and melting it down together. (1/3)