[TheForge] Jewelry Finishes

Mon Nov 18 19:49:01 2002

Bruce, I tried putting glass on a forged piece a while back. It looked great until it
started to cool. Glass splinters flying about the shop. If you had an annealing oven,
and could bring the piece down slowly it might work.

John C.

Bruce Freeman wrote:

> Same subject came up about a year or two ago, so might be findable in the archives.
>
> My suggestion was clear glass � apply it to hot metal like a flux.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> [email protected] 11/15/02 07:30PM >>>
> Hi guys -
>
>     I have never before done anything that  could be condsidered "jewelry",
> and am therefore totally lost on what type of finish should be put onto a
> ring I made for my wife out of hot rolled steel.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
> Home of Rick's Forge & LEM the Wonder Mule
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