[Jewelry making - Article 00512] - Re: [Orchid] Primitive methods for cutting jade

[Ron Charlotte]

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    I can't speak much for Aboriginal techniques, but the primitive
    methods don't change much. 

    You use loose abrasives and a variety of tools to carry them.  I've
    gotten surprisingly fast results with bamboo skewers, copper and
    brass wire, and other such items.  Try _On Divers Arts_ (ISBN
    0-486-23784-2) for a good description of 12th century European
    lapidary work. (Just ignore the bit about the goat blood).  You
    would be amazed at how much material can be removed with a leather
    thong charged with a fairly coarse grit. 

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    On Divers Arts: The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting,
    Glassmaking, and Metalwork 

    By Called Also Rugerus. Theophilus 

    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/0486237842.htm
    Price: $10.17 

    Media: Paperback
    Manufacturer : Dover Publications
    Release data : 01 June, 1979

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Ron Charlotte -- Gainesville, FL
ronch2 AT bellsouth.net OR afn03234 AT afn.org

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