Theres so many machines I forgot what they are. Theres a jewellery station, a welding station. Everywhere there are p.p.e signs saying what safety equipment you should be wearing.
To practice with the equipment and metals i made...this faaaabulous ring!!I am actually quite proud of it!
To make this-
-first i found a spare piece of copper that looked like it would be the right sort of width for a ring. Then I found my ring size by using the proper ring sizers and cut the piece of metal accordingly with some cutters that look like pliers.
-Next i had to heat up the metal to make it more pliable. here is becky doing this
You have to use a blow torch to heat it until it starts glowing red. The flames that come off the copper turn green its really cool!
-You put the hot copper into water using pliers NOT HANDS and then take it out and its now pliable.
-Then you put it in acid to clean it
- then i put a pattern on it using the emboss roller thingy where you roll the metal through.
-then put the two ends together using pliers- it doesn't matter about its shape right now
-you use a white cone shape and add water and move it about like pestle and mortar. This creates a white paste that you paint over the gap. this helps the silver stick or something
- then you put the tiny piece of silver on the gap.
-next you use a smaller blow torch not too close up to melt the silver and bind the two ends together
- the ring will be hot at the stage so dip it in the water again.
-next put it in the acid because it will be all dirty
-then get the tool that looks like the ring sizer and put your ring on it and gently hammer the sides with a paper hammer until it is round.
- next you buff it to make it all shiny and pretty!
-voila a lovely ring.
-he said to wash it with water and fairy liquid to get rid of the black but i actually quite like the black though I'm sure it will wear off over time.
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