Nick DV
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I know, it's sad but oh for the joy of getting old(er)Yet.
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Yer out current two cats were from a cat re homing charity, our previous one was we took in as a very manky looking stray, only to find out it had 'left home' several years earlier, the owners were contacted and did not want him back
So we took him on and kept him for five years until he was seriously ill and sadly we had to have him put down. As an ex stray he was super affectionate and an excellent mouser, all that would be left of his kills would be a tail and or the guts but despite been castrated he was still a fighter and cost me a small fortune in vets bills to keep having him patched up. I miss that cat a lot.
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Yer out current two cats were from a cat re homing charity, our previous one was we took in as a very manky looking stray, only to find out it had 'left home' several years earlier, the owners were contacted and did not want him back
Our last cat was much like that, mellowed in his later years though both dogs were scared of him.
Tangledfeet
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Cleared out yet another cupboard and found the remnants of the jewellery course that a young, headstrong, conceited and cocky young female teacher here* ran. Amongst the stuff was a ring mandrel and some bits of silver .
* She had her comeuppance and left under a dark cloud when things caught up with her - what goes around comes around, eh...
Plan on melting it down, may have to make something at home!
* She had her comeuppance and left under a dark cloud when things caught up with her - what goes around comes around, eh...
Plan on melting it down, may have to make something at home!
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A good quality cast iron Jeweller's bench anvil arrived today from G & M Tools. Couldn't pass it up for the price. 
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Arc Tourist
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Don't make the mistake I did,
and melt it in a cast iron ladle used for pouring lead. Many years ago I did this with some scrap silver, and although the ladle was given a wire brush treatment to remove some rust, there were still traces of lead in the porous cast iron which mixed with the silver. When The pendant came out of the mould I couldn't get it to shine. 
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that was because you had to lug the new one upstairs takeway the old one and lack of sleep the night before
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Kram
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I bought more paint stuffs, 5L of clearcoat and a GF3. I can confirm the tips are interchangeable with the R150/R160. The GF3 tip will be enlarged to 1.5mm and used for epoxy primer. I tried spraying clear with the 1.2mm and it was better than my ability
DAPPH
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Cut along the flat length and fine sanded cuttle fish bone is a great impression mould material for poured silver .
Tangledfeet
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Superb - many thanks for that; just got to work out how to melt it now!
DAPPH
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Cheap graphite crucible off eBay ? Don't know if this would work ... a new stainless steel ladle something like this eBay number 183653526400 or a ceramic melting dish again eBay 224085044654
If your not in a hurry the Chinese Jewelery stuff appears to be OK .
Tangledfeet
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Thanks again @DAPPH one of the wee ceramic dishes looks just the ticket. As much as I don't like buying from China it does seem more and more inevitable these days if you want cheap stuff for one-off projects!
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You can get the same stiffness, flattness and weight bearing capability to the top if you use this stuff then put a much thinner sheet on top. You won't need a crane to lift it either.Just 9 months after building the frame I’ve finally got a top for my welding table.
A 531kg one at that!
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The piece I used on my bench was dead flat but I don't know if they all are.
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Not for long....they have just announced a very restricted version now as the free offering.Acquired the other day but now up and running is my new to me dual screen pooter, lots of things that byte and other pooter type things going on in there. Means I can crack on with ease learning Fusion 360.
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1st stage after that is 300 dollars for a year.
