[Jewelry making - Article 00461] - Re: [Orchid] Engraving problem

[M. Clodius]

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    Several people have asked me to expand  on the  *fake* diamond cut
    procedure , Like many of the things I have learned it came out of
    "bench play" do not ever hesitate to goof around with scrap and see
    the different ways you can make your tools & processes work . Take a
    bur , any shape , and lower it while spinning to your metal surface ,
    do not move it around , just make a cut  in one place . Look at the
    mark or cut it made , it will reflect light  in a manner consistant
    with the  reverse of the burs shape . If you are using a hart or 45
    bur you will have a shape similar to a narrow diamond flywheel , if
    you use a 90 degree bur it will be similar to a wider shape  diamond
    cut . Because you are using a  bur instead of a polished diamond the
    cut you made will be somewhat rough . I will take a silicone [ rubber
    ] abrasive wheel and shape the edge  of that wheel to match the 
    shape and size of the cut I made and then lower it to that cut in the
    same position  as it was originally cut in order to smooth out the
    roughness . Then you can polish that now smoothed out cut using a
    small felt wheel shaped in a similar way , or use a worn out bristle
    wheel with some Zam or fabulustre , you want to avoid overpolishing
    as you will loose the "crisp" look that would be desired to emulate
    the diamond cut. As I said before Play  - Practice - Goof around you
    will learn to do amazing things and maybe something  that no one else
    has seen ! Other than material [physical] saftey issues , there
    really is no right or wrong way if it is an effect controlable by you
    and you can repeate it and you like it [ and better if some one would
    like to buy it!!!] 

Peace

Mark Clodius
Clodius&Co. Jewelers



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