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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 14469, member: 67"]Please note that the edges are cut flush, like the edges of a cardboard box, and not beveled like the opening for a mat. Beveled edges are made by filing, a time consuming process that can actually warp light weight copper, or the weight typically used for jewelry and copper art. The edge of the piece you show actually has a gap, if you will, a dark line around the edge. This is made by coating the very edge with wax. The reason is to try to keep the enameling from running off the edges, off the plate and possibly into the kiln. There are special waxes and compounds made for just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>A beveled edge would prove to be counter productive to making copper enamel work, because it would facilitate the enamel to run off the piece and drip/burn on the floor of the kiln. Only a novice or a fool would do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 14469, member: 67"]Please note that the edges are cut flush, like the edges of a cardboard box, and not beveled like the opening for a mat. Beveled edges are made by filing, a time consuming process that can actually warp light weight copper, or the weight typically used for jewelry and copper art. The edge of the piece you show actually has a gap, if you will, a dark line around the edge. This is made by coating the very edge with wax. The reason is to try to keep the enameling from running off the edges, off the plate and possibly into the kiln. There are special waxes and compounds made for just that. A beveled edge would prove to be counter productive to making copper enamel work, because it would facilitate the enamel to run off the piece and drip/burn on the floor of the kiln. Only a novice or a fool would do that.[/QUOTE]
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