[Jewelry making - Article 00231] - Re: [Orchid] Re-plating a water pitcher

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>     And I figured you'd be one of those here on Orchid who had probably
>     done his share of raising.  Did you ever see that set of raising
>     stakes Richard Thomas designed?  Huge! 

    I studied at Cranbrook for several semesters in the mid '70s with
    Richard, though I left after only three semesters..  At one point, he
    placed orders for the rough castings for those stakes for students,
    who'd then finish them out themselves.  For reasons I'm still not
    sure of, I never did actually order a set before I left, and later,
    when I thought to enquire, Richard had discontinued having them made,
    or so goes my recollection..  I think it was perhaps that I didn't
    right away have the money.   Sigh.  Compared to what they're
    actually worth, the two or three hundred bucks he was getting the
    sets for is dirt cheap. Whatever the reason, I've been kicking myself
    ever since.  Though those stakes were huge,  they worked beautifully
    for even small stuff.  Their size gave them a rigidity that made work
    on them a LOT more efficient than working with smaller stakes that
    can move or vibrate with the hammer blows, thus wasting energy.  And
    though they were large, the dimensions of the things nevertheless
    are just fine for small work too.   It's just too bad they're not
    still being made.  Or are they?  Somewhere, I'm sure, those patterns
    must still exist.  And I know there are still foundries who can sand
    cast things like that if you bring them the patterns... 

Peter



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