[Jewelry making - Article 01137] - Re: [Orchid] Bail-Jump Ring Positioning

[Douglas Zaruba]

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    Richard, 	There is a very easy way to do this. Take a pair of
    tweezers with a sharp point, and bend the tips (just the very tips)
    at 90 degrees to the inside. The tips now point towards and touch
    each other. Pick up the piece of jewelry with the tweezers. It should
    hang free, just like it was hanging from a jump ring. Voila! When you
    find the balance point, or get it to hang at the angle that you wish,
    just squeeze the tweezers and they will leave a small scratch at the
    point where you will want to attach the jump ring. 

    	For larger or heavier work, I use a pair of "outside calipers."
    These look like dividers, but arch toward the center. They are
    normally used to measure the outside diameter of an object, like a
    cylinder. I have sharpened the tips so they will leave a scratch when
    I pull them from the piece I am marking. 

Doug Zaruba


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