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Sheet metal/dapping questions

Postby DollyKim » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:32 am

I have scraps and left overs cut from jewelry making sheet metal, I'm guessing 20-24 gauge? It's thin and flexible like soda cans. The stuff you can get at the craft store for dapping.

I'm looking for a way to reuse the bits, can this metal be heated up a bit to soften and hammer several small pieces together or will it melt? This would definitely be an outside project with precautions and tools.
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Re: Sheet metal/dapping questions

Postby zirconmermaid » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:07 pm

Without significant heat, I don't think it would melt. It depends on what the metal content is. http://www.kitco.com/jewelry/meltingpoints.html This is a link to melting points.
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Re: Sheet metal/dapping questions

Postby E-Beth » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:36 pm

It could become brittle with heating and cooling.
You could use something like JB Weld (2 part epoxy for metals).
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Re: Sheet metal/dapping questions

Postby DollyKim » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:38 am

Mkay, thanks. I don't have the packaging any more so I'm not entirely sure what it is, just the thin sheets you can get at the craft store. And I've heard of JB Weld, I'll look in to that too.

Maybe putting the bits in clear resin to make OOAK jewelry bits might be better.
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