[Jewelry making - Article 00942] - Re: [Orchid] Indian Stone setting methods

[Pam Chott]

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>         from which i was taught you use wood saw dust (very fine) fill
>     the bezel  then wet (soak) Press the stone in tight roll bezel
>     around the stone to hold in  place. 

    I learned silversmithing (or silver soldering or brazing or . . . .
    choose your term) from fellow rockhounds in St. Louis, MO, it was
    the American Indian style that was demonstrated.  That included the
    sawdust bezel-fill. 

    After seeing two stones force themselves out of the bezels thanks to
    the sawdust reabsorbing much moisture (St. Louis is much more HUMID
    than the desert southwest), I decided to forego THAT exercise.  I'm
    not advocating that the practice be outlawed; perhaps I have been
    lucky that none of the more fragile stones that I've mounted without
    a cushion have broken.  At least none that I am aware of.  

    From Mesa, AZ where the weather is beyond perfect right now, the
    desert is bursting with wildflowers and greenery from the recent
    abundant rains and I still don't use sawdust beneath my stones.  

Pam Chott
www.songofthephoenix.com

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