[Jewelry making - Article 00265] - Re: [Orchid] Using arrow heads in jewellery

[Byzantia]

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    Alternately: 

    1. Roll out a thin piece of modeling clay, push the arrowhead
    gently, (level) into the clay until the lowest point almost touches
    the table surface. Level the arrowhead. 

    2.Trim away the excess clay around the edges so the arrowhead sits
    level on a thin, arrowhead shaped pad. 

    3. Fit the bezel around the level arrowhead. 

    4. Solder the bezel as per the usual....you did remove it from the
    arrowhead first...right?...lol 

    5. Recheck fitting around arrowhead after soldering bezel. 

    6. Solder the bezel to the belt buckle and finish. 

    7. Clean the clay from the arrowhead. 

    8. Now do it the old fashioned Native American way...fill in the
    bezel with fine sawdust.  Fit in the arowhead level, removing excess
    sawdust as needed, compacting as you go, and set as usual. Careful
    around those edges. 

    Can't tell you how many old pieces I have fixed that used sawdust as
    a backing. It cushioned the delicate unstablized turquoise, made
    smaller stones look thicker to match other stones around it, filled
    in under uneven stones, etc....every time I open up a bezel and find
    that, I crack up. Pretty ingenious. oh...in case you were wondering,
    ninety percent of the time, I was opening up the bezel because
    someone squeezed in their bracelet one too many times and cracked
    the siver, or broke the shank of the ring for some reason. Almost
    never because of a stone problem. Good luck... 

    Lisa, (Off to Philly and ACC, just when the weather is getting nice 
    around here...figures...sigh) Topanga, CA USA



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