{"id":2619,"date":"2010-03-24T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T22:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:32","slug":"improving-your-torch-firing-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/24\/improving-your-torch-firing-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Your Torch-firing Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is in response to comments by Dragonlady and Jenny on my previous posting. <\/p>\n

Whether working in silver or copper, I myself am not a big fan of torch-firing for anything that might have a structural role in a jewelry piece. However, here is another suggestion for improving your results.<\/p>\n

When we fire with a torch, we waste most of the heat on heating the air. You can build a “mini kiln” out of a firing surface and kiln posts.<\/p>\n

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The posts can be 2-3 inches tall, and, as you can see from the photo, they are arranged in a circular structure, leaving just one opening for the torch. <\/p>\n

You can cover this structure with another firing surface, a tile, or a piece of fiber blanket.<\/p>\n

\"t-02\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I guess that lining the firing surface with carbon is even better, if you can manage to keep it in place.<\/p>\n

Fiber blanket is an excelent heat insulator. Actually, you can replace this whole structure with a cylinder made out of fiber blanket. <\/p>\n

\"t-03\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The blanket is stitched with nickel-chromium wire, which resists very high temperatures. In fact, I use it to stitch my fiber blanket boxes, and make eyelets of it to insert into steel clay. Just Google “nichrome” or “nickel-chromium wire.”<\/p>\n

Then seal the top of the cylinder with another piece of fiber blanket, and cut a hole for inserting the torch.<\/p>\n

\"t-04\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Again, lining the bottom with carbon can’t hurt. I’ll be glad to hear about your results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is in response to comments by Dragonlady and Jenny on my previous posting. Whether working in silver or copper, I myself am not a big fan of torch-firing for anything that might have a structural role in a jewelry piece. However, here is another suggestion for improving your results. When we fire with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9228,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/9228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}