[Jewelry making - Article 00058] - Re: [Orchid] Tumbling serpentine and herringbone chains

[MillsGem]

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    Ray, I appreciate your comments about building a tumbling rack for
    chains. Nonetheless, my feelings about herringbone and serpentine
    chains remain the same. They are absolutely gorgeous chains.....which
    are unfit for human consumption.! People have been bringing me their
    mangled chains for many years and I have repaired literally thousands
    of them, but I feel the same way about herringbone chains as I do
    about most Casio watches ( both have fatal design errors). In a
    perfect world people would know how to treat their toys.
    Unfortunately way too many people will put on their chains and NEVER
    take them off or they will use a delicate chain to suspend a big
    bauble. I could easily clean up a herringbone chain in my vibratory
    tumbler using the method of draping them around the centerpost. I
    choose not to do them because they are such a pain in the rear and I
    don't take unnecessary chances. When I do a repair on one I take care
    to flux it and then suspend the repaired area in the ultrasonic. Get
    thee away from me herringbone! ( I have always maintained that full
    service jewelers ought to organize to police the industry so that
    products which bilk and /or deceive the consumer can be "cut off at
    the pass". It is pure and simple enlightened self interest!!!!!!!!)
    Ron at Mills Gem Los Osos CA  

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