[Jewelry making - Article 00562] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond Setting Prices

[diamondeddy2]

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>     but dropping them on the floor had having them take that bounce
>     into the fourth dimension.

    A few years ago, I dropped an aprox 2.5 carat diamond with a value of
    around $15,000, with it ending its bounce into a heat vent into a
    concrete floor. The opening was only about 2 inches wide, and
    totally inaccessible to my large hand and arm. I could see it with a
    small mirror fragment glued to a stick. It was about 6 inches past a
    bend in the pipe and no way to reach it, other than to start busting
    up the concrete floor. It definitly would have been worth the cost.
    Heres where it really took a twist. My wifes hand could make it
    further into the opening but not far enough. Finally, she realized
    she had a better chance if she laid down flat on the floor for the
    right angle. But, that day she had worn a cream white 2 piece suit
    to work, and if she had laid down on that floor in my workshop area,
    it would have been ruined. So, off came the clothes, and here she
    was, laying on her stomach, almost totally naked, on the floor of my
    work area, shoving her arm down into a spider infested heat vent,
    while I held the flash light and mirror stick for her to see. The
    diamond was eventually recovered, using a piece of rodico putty
    attached to the end of a stick.The clothes made it back on after she
    cleaned off the red buffing compound from her stomach and legs, that
    manages to find its way everywhere in my busy shop. She wasn't too
    happy about sticking her hand down in there, but knew she had to do
    it. Fortunately, this took place at about 10PM, with the shop closed
    and the blinds drawn shut, so noone ever saw this weird event taking
    place. 

Ed in Kokomo

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