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For jump rings,just wood dowels. For other shapes maybe one like this ... https://www.catfish1.com/threads/diy-wire-bending-tool.247085/ Do you have photos of what you want to make?
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Maybe fabricate it from sheet metal.
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If you have live roses,you might try this process. https://www.ganoksin.com/article/casting-orchid-flower/
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Maybe you could get the same type of texture with a course wood rasp.
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Flush or raised inlay?
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People have been using it for jewelry for at least 30+years. https://www.google.com/search?q=fordite+jewelry&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtvJiUqaX0AhVHlWoFHa9ZB8cQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1250&bih=617&dpr=1.3
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Jeweler's hand vise..... https://www.penntoolco.com/grobet-usa-hand-vises/
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Have you tried boric acid as a substitute? https://orchid.ganoksin.com/t/adding-boric-acid-to-molten-metal/17426
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Looks like a standard rolling mill used for jewelry manufacture and other non ferrous uses.
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What are the objects you are trying to cast?The sprue is very wrong and it does need "vents". The base for the pour appears flat and should have a large "funnel" shape.....see example.
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melting/casting Aluminum Bronze is it fubar?
DanM replied to J.Leon_Szesny's topic in Non-Ferrous: fittings, alloys, patinas
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I glued the pattern onto brass sheet and pierced the piece with a jeweler's saw. A little file work to even things up and then was clamped into my mini unimat. The knife side was milled for the buffalo horn insert.
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At one time I made a number of brass handled cartouche knives.Photo of a dug original and my reproduction.
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There is a bit of information about Kris blades on this antiques forum, https://www.google.com/search?q=site:antiquers.com+kris&source=lmns&bih=617&biw=1238&client=firefox-b-1-d&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTvPb1we3yAhUITVMKHUe_AI0Q_AUoAHoECAEQAA
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Did you look at the link I posted in Joshua's tutorial? The book will tell you nearly everything about mokume.