[Jewelry making - Article 00677] - Re: [Orchid] Model making for pave setting

[David L. Huffman]

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>         What are the advantages and disadvantages of these two
>     methods? 

Hello N;

    I would bet that the first person was a good fabricator, but didn't
    have much skill in wax carving.  Likewise, the second person was a
    good wax modeler, but wasn't too handy with pave.  Just a guess,
    maybe not.  If you asked me to do that piece, and assuming it was a
    production piece, and I was going to produce it, here's the way I'd
    go about it.  I'd shoot for something in the middle.  I'd have the
    holes drilled in the wax (provided they weren't too small, in which
    case I'd drill a dent but not all the way through), and I'd have all
    the initial cut lines that would be done before pushing beads and
    opening the lines, but they wouldn't be to the complete depth.  I
    would not do any millgrain in the model.  Here's the logic:  You save
    a little gold, and lots of time if you have the holes drilled, not
    to speak of the time saved not having to layout each piece with
    stones.  You'd only have to deepend the lines, push the beads, finish
    the cutting and then add the millgrain (done after the tripoli
    pre-polish and before final polishing).  Doing all the cutting on the
    castings gives a much tighter look than doing it all in the wax, but
    you can still achieve that look and save a lot of work by doing the
    drilling and beginning the cutting in the original model and then
    going over all the cutting in the cast copies.  Clear as mud, right? 

David L. Huffman

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