[Jewelry making - Article 00001] - Re: [Orchid] Broken pin inside pearl

[Eileen Kelleher]

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    Mary Anne, did you mention what the "pin" was?  The only pins I have
    ever seen broken off inside a pearl are drill bits (high speed
    steel). Anything you do with a burr or drill will just break off
    another piece as soon as you touch the one in there. 

    I did this once, this is the way I handled it:  I gave up and
    plugged the hole with a nicely shaped head pin, drilled the opposite
    end for the pearl post and it looked pretty neat, just like if it had
    a full drill with a gold wire running all the way through. 

    Good luck, Eileen from Sunny Phoenix where the days are bright and 
    beautiful now, in the 70s


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