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Gold Sheet: Fine Gold Cast Flat, Rolled and Annealed, Gee
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Gold Sheet: Fine Gold Cast Flat, Rolled and Annealed, Gee

Fine gold stretches further under the rolls than any other metal (Gee, The Goldsmith's Handbook). Cast it as a broad, thin bar, file the edges clean, and roll it, closing the rolls a little each pass. When it hardens, anneal it and roll on, down to 0.005 inch. The picture: a piece of ancient gold sheet (Portable Antiquities Scheme, Harriet Louth, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Imiyalelo

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Cast a broad, thin bar

Melt the fine gold in a crucible and pour it into the ingot mould as a broad, thin bar: the bigger the surface, the less waste at the edges.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

IgolideIgolide31 g

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Imbiza YokuncibilikisaImbiza Yokuncibilikisa
Isibani Se-propaneIsibani Se-propane
Udlawu Lwesitsha SokuncibilikisaUdlawu Lwesitsha Sokuncibilikisa
Isikhunta sokuthela insimbiIsikhunta sokuthela insimbi
2

Weigh and file

Weigh the bar to see what was lost in melting. File the edges and corners clean: loose bits would be lost in the rolling.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isikali sesilinganisoIsikali sesilinganiso
Isethi Yamafayela AmancaneIsethi Yamafayela Amancane
3

Roll, closing a little each pass

Pass the bar through the rolls again and again, closing them a little each time.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Umshini wokugingqa insimbiUmshini wokugingqa insimbi
4

Anneal when it hardens

When the gold turns hard, anneal it: lay it on an iron sheet in the kiln and heat it to soften it.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IsithandoIsithando
Ishidi lensimbi (elikhandiwe)Ishidi lensimbi (elikhandiwe)
Udlawu Lwesitsha SokuncibilikisaUdlawu Lwesitsha Sokuncibilikisa
5

Roll down to 0.005 inch

Roll and anneal in turn until the sheet measures 0.005 inch, then weigh it again.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Umshini wokugingqa insimbiUmshini wokugingqa insimbi
I-MicrometerI-Micrometer
Isikali sesilinganisoIsikali sesilinganiso

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