[Jewelry making - Article 00338] - Re: [Orchid] Replacing silver ring shank

[judymw]

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Hello Ingrid,

    If the antlers are truely gold it should bend away without breaking.
    See if you can pull one branch out to release the tooth. If it
    breaks, you will proceed with your re-shanking and solder the branch
    back on before replacing the tooth. 

    That said, I would alert you to the likelihood that when you solder
    the new silver shank in place, you may have some trouble at the
    point where the gold antlers meet the silver. There tends to be a
    melting of the two metals. I'm not sure how effective this would be,
    but I'd use ochre or white-out to protect those points. Re-soldering
    the gold antler shouldn't be a problem as gold doesn't conduct the
    heat like silver does. 

Let's see what others have to say,
Judy in Kansas
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