[Jewelry making - Article 00003] - Re: [Orchid] Casting with stones

[Bruce Holmgrain]

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>        DO NOT RAPID-COOL AFTER CASTING, let the hot flask cool on
>     cement floor, or put it immediately back into the cooling
>     furnace...I have seen so many stones break and once 

    I have only cast with diamonds in place a couple of times. A huge
    error that I made one time was to set stones so close in a channel
    that they actually touched. Slow cooling didn't help them in this
    case. I suggest that one leave a gap .1mm wide between the stones
    for better results 

bruce

Bruce Holmgrain
http://www.goldwerx.com

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