Simon Azzopardi

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Solder fabricated mild steel exploration. 

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1oz Gold Bars

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cake

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stakes on stakes on stakes...

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The Schaublin milling machine in action

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Somehow I managed to get jewellers saw blade embedded deep into my thumb.

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Mild steel soldered fabricated exploration

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Wax on wax off. Chrome plated rollers.

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Fine silver swarf

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Look after your machinery and tools and they'll look after you. Polishing the 3 tonne monster rollers.

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Hand melting some granules into a one ounce bar

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The deep red indicates high purity gold within the Aqua Regia process.

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A hand poured 1kg bar. One of the most difficult things that I have had to learn. There are only a handful who have mastered this ancient process.

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Melting metal with an electric current.