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Re: [Orchid] Lay-out for pave setting
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Ricky Low Thursday, July 12, 2001
   
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    Hello cyber- Gerry Yes, it is a time comsuming method using wax so
    another way I use is I get an erasing shield like they sell at any art
    or drafting supply for about 15 cents. It is a small, thin rectangle
    of metal with holes in it used to cover areas of drawings to
    selectively use an eraser. What I do is add a few holes in it the size
    of the stones to set and then use it like a stencil with a sharpie
    marker and mark little dots the size of my stones on the piece and lay
    it out optically that way and punch into the center of the black
    circle left from this stencil. If it has to be really clean work, you
    can take another slightly larger circle that would represent the bead
    circle or space between the stones and mark it with a pencil, so that
    I have a line circle with a solid circle inside it, this way insuring
    that the spaces between the stones are also the same size and you get
    an even and uniform look.   I don't have time to set pave' anymore
    anyway. HTH 

Rick



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