[Jewelry making - Article 00601] - Re: [Orchid] Etching Vs. Using a Jewelers Saw

[Terry Ogden]

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Sami

    Can't offer you much on the etching idea, but if you have pets, the
    chemicals could kill them if they step in a spot and then lick their
    paw. Maggie has been in the tub twice over stuff like that and both
    times I bled well. (Maggie is a cat who had a bad experience with a
    toilet as a child) 

    I know this is expensive but it works really great. 

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001VNRGC/theganoksinpr-20 

    This was my answer to short time and long sawing projects. I
    currently have a 4/0 blade in the saw and believe it will work with
    6/0 and the speed is adjustable from about what I do with a hand saw
    to holly cow. I have used it for copper, brass, silver and nickel
    silver, it really cut down my sawing time. You still have to
    drill/pierce to get it going but the ability to follow detail in a
    timely manner is excellent. Sandwiching metals together for overlay
    and insets also works well even the boo boo's match. The saw works
    with pin-less blades (jewelry blades are pin-less blades so you
    won't have to buy new ones) and comes with a very good blade clamp
    system which is adjustable and the tension on the blade is fully
    adjustable. You will have to find a piece of Plexiglas or something
    to replace the stock insert covering the blade hole, there is a
    considerable gap around the blade and step between the insert and the
    table work surface, this is one modification I would make first,
    small pieces drop through the hole and on thin stock it catches on
    the lip. The cover on the bottom that pulls out is very good for
    catching the sawdust (?). However the saw comes well oiled and so is
    the cup, I didn't clean that part on first use and wound up with a
    greasy silver paste that I have found no use for. The work holder
    downer thing may have to be touched up, mine had a little burr on it
    the first time I used it and it scratched my work, but a file, some
    600 grit followed by a good buffing cleaned it up pretty well. 

    As the cup is plastic it cleans well in the top tray of the
    dishwasher and you can put your freshly cut rock slabs on the bottom,
    but don't let my wife catch you at it, I am pretty well band from the
    kitchen except to eat and get coffee. I think she is still holding a
    grudge for burning up dinner when she put it in the oven to defrost,
    how did I know, I had silver to bake, it is amazing how badly a steak
    and plastic wrapper can smell at 500 degrees in as little as 30
    minutes. :-) 

    I think you would really like this, it greatly speeds cutting things
    out and there are no chemicals to worry about. The only negatives are
    the burr on the backside of your work, which you have from normal
    sawing anyway, and replacing the stock table insert with a piece of
    Plexiglas or aluminum. I really do recommend this saw, its nearest
    competitor is the DeWalt at $565.00 all the others I looked at
    required pinned blades. And NO I do not work for Delta, Amazon or
    anybody else who peddles tools, just a happy user. 

Terry
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