[Jewelry making - Article 00972] - Re: [Orchid] Re-flatten warped sheet silver

[Silverspotstudio]

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Sharron,

    It's always hard to give decent advice without being able to see
    your design (wish there were an easy way of posting images here),
    but it sounds to me like the best solution would be to solder your
    bezel onto flat sheet and cut it out (making it a separate bezel
    cup). Get your textured shape as flat as possible, place your bezel
    cup where you want it to go, and scribe a line up tight to the edge.
    Cut out the area defined by the scribe (along the inside of the
    scribe line) and check to see that the bezel fits well into the
    cutout shape. Solder it in from the back to prevent solder flow on
    the textured area. 

    A similar issue was covered in a recent project in Lapidary Journal:
    something like "Mystic Turquoise Pendant" or "Mystic Turquoise
    Bezel". Definitely mystic, anyway. It was a good step-by-step that
    described several such handy techniques. 

Good luck with your piece!

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com

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