[Jewelry making - Article 00423] - Re: [Orchid] Keum Bo nightmare

[kgoeller]

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Hi Jenn,

    I'm not an expert in Keum Bo but will share what I know. 

    1.  It's the last thing you do (except stone setting).  You do it
    after everything is soldered together and all of your main polishing
    is done. 

    2.  I do it with a thin steel plate that lays directly on my
    hot-plate burner element.  In the case of a piece that needs to "hang
    off" to lay flat, it's a fairly simple matter of hanging it off the
    edge of the plate -- the plate conducts the heat to the piece evenly
    and keeps the overhang from touching the heating element.  I also
    have a couple of smaller pieces of metal plate that I can stack
    underneath a piece (like shims) to transmit the heat if necessary. 

    3.  The burnishing part doesn't require much pressure -- not like
    burnishing a bezel.  You're basically just pressing out bubbles and
    making sure that there are no gaps between the gold and the silver
    that would impair fusing. 

    I hope some of these help point you in the right direction.  It
    might help if we saw a photo of the piece if you can toss one up on a
    website somewhere... 

Karen Goeller

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