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15/01/2019 - Nexgen Castings

Disappointed with my in-house castings, I decided to try out a commercial caster in the Jewellery quarter.
I have been meaning to for ages as I’ll need to find somewhere to use after I graduate.
So I picked Nexgen, which I had identified during some research, and Jo has also recommended.
I believe my in-house mold is ok, but I also took along the master pattern which I have reinforced with milliput, just in case they wanted to make another.
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One week later and I have 6 new castings.  So much better.  No flashing and much less distorted.
They cost about twice as much as the in-house castings, but they need much less cleaning up.  Each works out at about £7.30 which at £20/hour is about 20minutes work.  I couldn't cut this out in that amount of time, so definitely economically worthwhile.
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