Making mokume gane, Part I
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Mokume gane, an old Japanese metal-working technique, involves laminating various types of metals together into a block of billet. A key to a successful mokume gane is cleanliness. All the metals that will be used should be clean especially the solder sheet.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1998
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Roller printing metal
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Directions for metal printing metal are described. The process involves 13 steps which begins with choosing and preparing the metal sheet to be printed. The next steps include preparing the design and feeding the sheet into the mill.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1996
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Coloring metal
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The design, safety rules, surface preparation, and techniques of chemical metal coloring, electroplating, heat coloring, and other coloring methods, are analyzed.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 2001
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