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SWEAT SOLDER

MELTING SCRAP METAL

INGOT BAR

ROLLING WIRE

ANNEALING WIRE

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TECHNICAL SKILLS VIDEOS

PREPARE CRUCIBLE FOR MELTING

SCRAP INTO INGOT

INGOT TO WIRE

ROLLING DOWN WIRE - SQUARE TO ROUND

SILVER TO INGOT TO WIRE

INSTRUCTION

• PREPARE THE CRUCIBLE (coat the surface with flux and heat until everything is shiny)
• MELT METAL TO LIQUID STAGE (wear orange or green lens glasses to help with brightness of fire, keep molten metal hot throughout the pour, and pour quickly)
• CLEAN THE METAL (clean any residue off the metal in the pickle or at the sink)
• ROLL THE INGOT IN THE MILL (use the largest opening and start with the rollers far enough that the metal rolls through easily - turn a quarter turn and run the metal through - KEEP THE METAL ENTERING THE MILL IN THE SAME DIRECTION)
• ANNEAL THE METAL (Every five passes through the mill, stop and heat up all of your metal to the red-hot anneal stage before using the mill again)
• ROLL & ANNEAL (Repeat 5 passes through the mill and annealing until the wire is the desired gauge)

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ADVANCED IDEAS

• SHEET METAL INSTEAD OF WIRE
• PULLING SQUARE WIRE INTO ROUND
• MAKING NEW ALLOYS BY MIXING METALS