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Each stage
takes great care and detail. The end product will
take on the exact identical form of the wax model.
There is no room for error. Here a gemstone is
being tested for fit into a setting formed on top of the
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This is a
rubber mould. A wax model is carved for a unique
one of a kind piece. The wax model can only be
used once. To make many of the same item, a rubber
mould of an item is made from which more identical waxes
can be produced. Waxes are needed to make the
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A rubber
mould is made by sandwiching a metal item between sheets
of rubber. The rubber is vulcanized. The rubber
mould is cut open, the metal item removed and an exact
impression of the item is left. Now wax can then
be injected into the mould to make more wax models of the
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