[Jewelry making - Article 00138] - Re: [Orchid] Flush setting stones

[John Donivan]

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    I just read a most excellent description of this project by David
    Huffman - I would add one thing, though, and that is Mother's Little
    Helper, otherwise known around here as Opal Tightening Agent, known
    to most as 5 minute Epoxy. Before you cringe in horror, let's lay
    out a scenario: You have a $35,000 black opal, set in a bezel. Or a
    $150,000 emerald (I have) You set the stone, it's gorgeous, and you
    put it to your ear and touch it, and it goes "click, click click",
    just a tiny bit. Now, you could bear down on that $35,000 eggshell
    to get the tiniest little tap out, split it in half, force your
    children to skip college and all, or you can run a bead of epoxy
    around the seam, wipe it off with acetone, and it will not rattle,
    and it won't come back in a month because it loosened up in wear,
    either. Flush setting a large citrine is a candidate, also - getting
    that last, tiny perfect tightness is 50/50 for a chipped stone, which
    means not just a new stone, but a new ring. Understand that I'm not
    talking about "Glueing in stones" - I'm talking about risk-evasion
    for something that is 99% perfect - it's that last bit that squeezes
    pressure points and stuff.
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