[Jewelry making - Article 00560] - [Orchid] New setting bur

[Douglas Zaruba]

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    Fellow Orchidites, For years, I have struggled with the simple
    problem of inserting a standard tapered head, be it a bezel or prong
    setting, into a standard shank. You can drill a straight hole, but
    you must then file or bur the opening to a 17 degree taper. Not
    necessarily difficult, but a bit of a pain. I always wondered why no
    one made a cone bur with a 17 degree taper. 

    So, I asked John Frei, of the Otto Frei brothers, this question. Two
    weeks ago, I got a package in the mail from John with a note: "Try
    these..." 

    Life is now much better. All you need to do to install a tapered
    head is to simply drill a hole, insert the cone bur, and "Presto!"
    The head fits perfectly. To adjust the height, simply bur a little
    deeper. 

    You won't find these in the catalog (yet), but they can be obtained
    if you simply call and ask for the "new 17 degree cone bur." I had
    some of my students try these at the last workshop, and everyone
    felt the same way I did: What took so long? 

    No affiliation here with Otto Frei, just wanted my friends on Orchid
    to be the first to grab these. 

Douglas Zaruba


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