[Jewelry making - Article 00970] - Re: [Orchid] Old English

[Tom Arnold]

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    Hello Gerry, In 1950 I was eight and finally allowed to spend
    afternoons in my dad"s shop. I swept, cleaned out filings, played
    with tools and listened to all the jewelers swapping lies about the
    great pieces they had built. It was a magic time. A diamond setter
    from Paris, France worked there. He was sixty years older than I and
    very dignified. He made all of his own gravers from broken fencing
    tips his brother (a fencing master) sent him from France. He also
    made spade drills to cut the seats for diamonds, using a bow drill.
    The best thing was his lighting: a candle was placed behind a large
    fish bowl that was filled daily with water. The bowl was used to
    amplify and focus the light on his bench pin. One of my best times
    was, upon advise from smiling platinumsmiths, I placed a goldfish in
    the bowl.When a huge shadow sped across the piece he was setting, I
    developed a great respect for setters. It turns out that they can
    both run very fast and spank very hard. Have fun.

Tom Arnold

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