[Jewelry making - Article 00941] - Re: [Orchid] Re-flatten warped sheet silver

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>     warped so badly the bezel will never lay flat on it. ... Is there
>     any way to save it or do I have to cut out a new one. 

sharron -

    i had good results when i used the same method on a warped silver
    backing that i used on warped lapidary saw blades: start hammering
    in the middle of the sheet & work your way out in circles. when you
    hammer/texture you displace - push out - material with every hammer
    strike and this reshapes - warps - the flat surface because it is no
    longer the same thickness & the displaced material has no place to
    go so it more or less 'bunches up' into a warped surface, by
    rehammering in circles from the center you even out the surface
    since you are pushing the displaced material out to the edge, which
    then gets hammered - well, you get the idea. 

    i know this is probably too simplistic & not technically accurate
    but it is what i arrived at on my own & the concentric hammering
    works for me; life usually  goes around in circles so why not make
    it work for you. 

ive
if life came with a warranty we'd all be in the factory on recall.

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