[Jewelry making - Article 00166] - Re: [Orchid] hammer handpiecs

[Cathy Wheless]

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Dear Dave,

    I am responding to your post about using a hammer handpiece to push
    down hard as heck 14k bezels onto stones. May I make a suggestion,
    use 22k bezel the stuff is like butter. The 22k gold is just as easy
    to work as fine silver bezel. The 22k must be fused, not soldered. A
    good way to fuse it is to roll down a small amount of 22k bezel strip
    (until it just like foil) then you use the 22k foil in clip form at
    the seam and it will act similar to solder. 

Happy Smithing.

Cathy Wheless
www.cathywheless.com
jeweler AT cathywheless.com 

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