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5439 Ray Brandes
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Aug 1, 2001
11:28 am
Jon, I have experience with enamal and I would make my buckle from copper and do the design in cloisonne. -Ray...
5440 Ray Brandes
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Aug 1, 2001
11:28 am
Cloisonne is french for wall or partition. The enamal is actualy glass, finely ground and then fused to the substrate in a kiln. You can do it on a stove top...
5441 Ray Brandes
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Aug 1, 2001
11:29 am
Right you are Dale! If you don't have a bp rifle, try some sulpher (match heads) disolved in water with a drop of dish detergent. - Ray...
5442 John Grant
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Aug 1, 2001
4:28 pm
Go to any hobby store that has copper enamling supplies. It comes as a fine powder that you sprinkel onto the buckle. You then fire it at around 1000 degrees...
5443 John Grant
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Aug 1, 2001
6:23 pm
... I do not used a back coat. John Grant...
5444 Keith Baird
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Aug 1, 2001
9:29 pm
... .. engraved brass belt buckle & am wanting to paint the machined out sections (Letters & Logo). Has anyone suggestions for paint/clear coat combinations? ...
5445 LLandstrom
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Aug 1, 2001
11:08 pm
IASCO used to have a "powder" which you would bake and it would flow into a glossy surface. I was called some sort of low temperature enamel. I've never used...
5446 Geoff
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Aug 2, 2001
1:29 pm
Hi, i mailed you, that is, i tried to mail you but somehow i received and 'error' code and the mails did not appear in my sent box. my e-mail is: ...
5447 Dale Smith
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Aug 2, 2001
4:47 pm
I am getting way too far behind on reading the various group mailings and have had no luck in finding anything to convert Outlook Express .eml files to .txt or...
5448 Ray Brandes
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Aug 2, 2001
4:53 pm
Dale, Can you cut and past into notepad? -Ray...
5449 Dale Smith
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Aug 2, 2001
6:00 pm
Ray, Yep but I was looking for something for bulk conversion so I can search and delete the redundant stuff (about 90% of the bulk) so I don't have such an ...
5450 Ray Brandes
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Aug 2, 2001
10:30 pm
Dale, I don't have outlook otherwise I would poke around at it. Does it have a "save as" option where you could save as text? -Ray...
5451 duwayne@... Send Email Aug 2, 2001
11:43 pm
If the e-mail message is a text message you can use save as and select .txt as the file type. If the message was html then you can save it as an html message....
5452 dhl@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
1:32 am
There seems to be some confusion about the purpose of refractory vs. insulation. (My recollection is that ITC-200 is refractory.) Adding more refractory will...
5453 info.host@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
2:53 am
... Refractory is the amount of heat an object, the brick / cement, will bounce off before it melts. When buying refractory they refer to the heat it will work...
5454 info.host@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
3:03 am
Hello all, We have an air rifle and after a while I started picking up the pellets that I could see on the yard were it's shot. I melted them down and my ...
5455 Dale Smith
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Aug 3, 2001
5:02 am
Yes it does but you have to save messages individually. As I said, I want to export an entire folder as a text file and do a "blind edit" by searching for...
5456 cmckeown@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
6:23 am
My latest furnace has been built using K23 insulating bricks. They are cut to shape very easily with a hacksaw blade or a sharp knife. These bricks are an...
5457 richard@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
6:24 am
Like everything, lead will vaporize if hot enough. I'm no expert, but if casting lead was that toxic, it would be as expensive as cast plutonium... Don't...
5458 Ehkerr@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
8:51 am
In a message dated 8/2/2001 11:06:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Lead only produces toxic fumes when in direct contact with a flame. Ernie Kerr [Non-text...
5459 Ray Brandes
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Aug 3, 2001
10:17 am
Dale, Have the best of both worlds. Make yourself a new Yahoo ID and subscribe with the digest choice. You will still get individual messages through your...
5460 Ray Brandes
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Aug 3, 2001
10:19 am
Was the solder you melted solid or rosin core? If it had a flux core that would make a lot of smoke. BTW, aluminum melts much lower than iron. -Ray...
5461 Ray Brandes
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Aug 3, 2001
10:49 am
... Ernie, That may be true, but lead particles are hazardous. I got a video from the lead manufacturer's assn. and they point out these precautions: 1. When...
5462 neymetals@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
2:13 pm
... flame. ... from the lead manufacturer's assn. ... particulates of 3 micron or smaller. Any kind ... produces airborne fines (3 micron) and ... you home....
5463 Ken Retallick
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Aug 3, 2001
3:30 pm
Hi all, I will be visiting a place in town here that amongst other things does investment castings. It is actually an art centre. I have organised to talk to...
5464 info.host@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
5:04 pm
Lead paint was stopped in the 70's or something like that wasn't it? I am very worried now as a while back when I was bored I would chew things like pellets...
5465 mercdogxx@... Send Email Aug 3, 2001
9:09 pm
Try this site: www.host33.com/casting -Terry...
5466 LLandstrom
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Aug 4, 2001
2:37 pm
Ronald, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. Your message was burined in my email about 6 pages back as your clock is screwed up. anyways, here's the link to...
5467 Ken Retallick
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Aug 4, 2001
6:00 pm
...and be happy I don't live near by or I'd have to kill you for owning a TIG set. : ) hehehe, your not wrong there mate! argon is about $85 Aus for the size...
5468 duwayne@... Send Email Aug 4, 2001
10:32 pm
I just uploaded a short video clip in windows media 7 format to another yahoo-group. It shows me pouring the base for my junior version of the metalmaster...
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