[Jewelry making - Article 00368] - Re: [Orchid] Byzantine Blues

[Karen Goeller]

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    Ron, My sympathies on having to deal with a hysterical customer who
    also sounds like he has a few screws loose. 

    A colleague of mine is a nut for handmaking chains and loves making
    byzantines, in particular.  They are lovely and intricate, and can
    take a lot of time to make by hand.  The downside of those chains is
    that you CANNOT solder closed all the jump rings that comprise the
    chain.  This leaves a vulnerability to those rings getting pried open
    during a process like tumbling.  That's likely the source of your
    problem. 

    You don't say whether the chain was silver or gold or mixed, so it's
    hard to say what might have been happening from a work-hardening
    perspective in the process of tumbling, as well.  When you mention
    that they "won't go back in place," though, what do you mean?  They
    wouldn't bend back into round shapes? Or were they caught on other
    pieces? Or what? 

    At this point, I'm guessing the customer wouldn't just accept a
    replacement chain, eh? 

Good luck!
Karen Goeller
kgoeller AT nolimitations.com

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