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First contact—melting bronze at home. Struggling with getting enough heat into the piece, but it kinda works. I think I need to go hotter with the flame generally, bigger on the flame, direct the flame down into the piece, and hold it a bit further back. I’m realizing that this may be a particularly tricky joint to heat because of all the surface contact between the pieces, but hoping I can save it with another pass. 

Seemed like how things attached to the table played a pretty big role in heat distribution

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Ok, that helps! This was the best pooling I was able to get. Most bronze I added just balled up on top. 

Excited to get more practice in today. Gotta cut some more metal

It looks like you came up to temperature and then didn't keep it hot enough. You can finesse the bronze a little and get it to melt into place by heating precisely, flicking the torch on and off the work as needed.

So fun.