[Jewelry making - Article 00086] - Re: [Orchid] Working with reticulated sheet

[Lee Lyssimachou]

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Hey David,

    I tackled this headache a few years back. One solution is to do it
    the other way round. Hehehehehe......... 

    What on earth do you mean? You'll ask. Well, depending on how thick
    your reticulated sheet is, you could use a thin layer of silver and
    solder it underneath your reticulated piece (since reticulated
    pieces do not have even surfaces on the back either). Before you
    solder the thin layer (about 50ì=half a milimetre) make your bezel
    to fit your stone. After you do that and the bezel is the closest
    possible shape to your stone take a pencil and draw the shape of the
    bezel, using the bezel itself, on the back of the reticulated piece.
    Cut inside of the shape you draw and then measure and file according
    to the fit. After that sand the back of the reticulated piece so it
    becomes flat and voila! 

    You'll have a bezel for your cabouchon stone(s) hopefully without
    too much trouble. Solder your "base" on to the reticulated piece
    (you'll probably have to cut your"base" the exact shape as the rest
    of the piece. There are other solutions though.) Bear in mind when
    measuring to cut the height of the bezel to leave a bit of "slack"
    so you can actually have room to work on your bezel to set the
    stone. Hope that helps. 

Lee Lyssimachou
Lee Feenix Art Workshop
Greece


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