[Jewelry making - Article 00020] - Re: [Orchid] Brooch back attaching mechanism

[Noël]

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    One mechanism I've seen and used for holding a large brooch (besides
    two scatter-pin sets, which are less bulky, but also uglier than
    tie-tack sets) is to make a double pin. Imagine a rectangle (the
    brooch). Now put a piece of small tubing close to the top edge,
    almost all the way across (like a normal pin back). Run a piece of
    18 or 20 guage wire through it. Bend the wire at right angles on
    both sides just where it emerges. You now have, in essence, an
    oversized staple, held against the piece by tubing. Cut the ends to
    length so that they reach almost to the bottom of the piece, put
    hooks or catches to hold these (sharpened) wires. Clear as mud? One
    additional thing-- you can put a little detour (a bumb outwards) in
    the wire at the top. This may make it easier to insert, and allows
    the whole thing to be fastened easily over a chain for duty as a
    pendant.                    

    I hope this is intelligible. If not, I'll draw something and post
    it. 

--Noël


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