[Jewelry making - Article 00246] - Re: [Orchid] Set of Burs

[John Donivan]

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>     So what am I missing here? Cuz I gotta say, on the surface this
>     idea of doing everything with a ball bur 

    Noel, you're not showing ignorance, you're showing intelligence. I
    don't know where you got the idea of using ball burs for everything -
    I hope it wasn't me. I said that they are the workhorse, but that
    doesn't mean to use them for everything. For a tube setting they are
    good for opening up the basic opening to size, but yes, you need to
    cut a bearing with something else. But if the stone has a really fat
    girdle that just might be a small ball bur. They're also good for
    digging in where the points of marquis, pears and square stones go.
    And they're faster and better than a hart for relieving where a fat
    pavilion needs some clearance. They're just really, really useful, 
and
    as someone else said, fast and cheap. 

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