I won’t say it’s a frequent question, but it’s one that comes up often enough, “What torch do you use for annealing your vessels?” Answering it often involves composing some long emails, with lots of research time to hunt down links and such. So I thought I’d put together this post to provide a convenient place to refer people to for all the information. Those blog readers who aren’t much interested in metalsmithing stuff may want to skip this. Today’s post is another instance of the Studio Snippet taking over! (Jargon tip for non-metalsmiths, annealing is a fancy way of saying “heating up the metal to the appropriate temperature in order to soften it, allowing it to be worked further without breaking.”)
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