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I like this one a lot more! It's the stone I was going to use on the last one before I screwed it up and I remembered to put antenna on it this time! Still need to glue the pin backs on (they're not solderable, at some point I'll make some out of brass or copper) and clear coat it but all the cosmetic stuff is done! Kinda hesitant to post so soon after the last one cause I don't want to spam but figured people might be interested

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[-] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yep, acetylene. I used thinner than usual sheet for it (26 gauge) which because of the lower mass heats up faster. It's something you mostly have to worry about with bezels, because they're done with thin wire. The torch gets hot enough you can ise it to melt silver in a crucible for casting!

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Lol ok, that makes more sense to me now. The only time I've used acetylene was cutting rusted bolts and for silver spin casting to completely liquify little strips.

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