Tools and Raw Materials

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Metal Casting and Silver Embossing

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Prof. Bibhudutta Baral,Dinesh Kumar Dandapat, Tushar Barman and Aruna Kumari Y

Tools and Raw Materials

The tools and raw materials used in metal casting and sheet metal embossing are:

• Metals: Silver, Copper, Brass, Bronze and Gold are the 5 main raw materials used for making products.

• Clay: Clay is used to creating a rough model of the product to be made, and also to coat over the wax model.

• Wax: Bee wax is used to create the wax model. The wax is coated on the earlier prepared rough clay model of the product to be made. Lathe machine: It is used to turn the object while making wax model and carving process.

• Wooden Mallet: It is used for beating during the carving process.

• Compass: It is used for scaling as well as to determine the dimensions of the face of the idol.

• Chisels: Different sizes of chisels are used in the casting process.

• Scissors: A pair of scissors used to cut the metal sheets.

• Fuel: Charcoal is used as fuel to produce heat.

• Sandpaper: It is used to smoothen the rough surface of the metal image after casting.

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Metal Casting and Silver Embossing