[Jewelry making - Article 01235] - Re: [Orchid] 14KY Gold Cold Connection

[Dale Porter]

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    So you're sweating (melting) a ball at the end of some 14ct wire
    that's first fed through some drilled stones? The stones you have
    mentioned do not like this sort of heat in the slightest, and will
    at the very least discolour, and at worst shatter. 

    If you're melting the ball first then feeding through the stones,
    are you having to force the wire through (ie: is the wire slightly
    too thick)?

Dale Porter

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