[Jewelry making - Article 00725] - Re: [Orchid] Chasing tools and tree stump

[Warren Townsend]

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    I have been following this a little and I am trying to figure out
    why you want or need a tree stump.  If all you are doing is chasing
    and repouse' you can get buy with a sturdy kitchen table. A nice
    wooden one will work fine.  I do not know what you plan on using for
    the pitch and pitch bowl but the cast iron ones that you can buy
    have a rubber ring the bowl sits on. The ring will help dampen most
    of the noise, if any transmitted through the pitch. For a larger
    bowl a piece of carpet or layers of cardboard will work. Heck your
    hammer you will use is very light and all you will make is a lot of
    tap tap tap noise. Now if you are going to mount a stake in the
    stump and do some raising then you will have a noise factor. I would
    worry more about how I am going to anneal and pickle the metal in
    between the rounds of chasing, which I figure will be more of a
    challenge in an apartment. 

Warren Townsend 
http://www.geocities.com/copper1002000/photos.html 
Trenton, MI 48183

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