[Jewelry making - Article 00692] - Re: [Orchid] Wax templets

[mhg]

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    for many years I have tried to figure out the fastest and cleanest
    way to transfer the shape of a stone to wax or metal, but mostly wax.
    I don't know if this has been done before, but I just stumbled on it
    last week. 

    I was at a drafting store and they had these tiny red line grids
    papers that are made of plastic. I probably looked at these for ten
    minutes thinking how can I use these. the joke was they are only
    $1.50 a sheet. for anyone that carves wax they know once you loose
    your lines it is very hard to do a symmetrical wax. I bought one
    sheet and took it back to my studio. that day I have to carve a
    pendent with a burnish set trilliant. as I was scribing the cross
    lines it hit me. drill a hole were the grid lines intersect that is
    approximately 3/4 the size of the stone and scribe around the shape
    of the stone. then cut it out with a scalpel.  now you may say this
    is double the work but it wasn't. it went five time faster, because I
    had exact grid lines, and I did not have to worry about the stone
    moving around on the wax as I scribed it because I was working with a
    flat sheet. also I normally scribe the intersection lines, now I just
    line up the grid lines with the intersection lines and now wow it
    works great. also you now have a stone template that is one inch in
    size. this is very useful. 

    I don't know how to post this on the site but if you want photos of
    the steps email me and I will send it to you. 

    im sure somebody is reading this and saying "I have been doing that
    for years" well sorry to waist your time, im sure somebody will
    appreciate this info. 

Matthew
mhg AT mhgjewelry.com

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