[Jewelry making - Article 00669] - Re: [Orchid] Retro-fitting earwire to thick earring

[lin]

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Thanks for the suggestions.

    She said the posts were way too thick, so it would take more than a
    little sanding. I already suggested filing down the posts, she has
    decided that she no longer wants them as posts anyway. I have filed
    down posts before and it is tricky to not inadvertently create a
    thin spot setting the stage for breaking later. I don't know anyone
    with a laser welder. 

    Jeanette, that's a good idea: I'm not quite sure if I am imagining
    what you suggest correctly but it's giving me some ideas for
    approaching this. 

    M'lou, attaching a Sparkie earwire is ideally what I would like to
    do. I have the earwires but have never been able to get them to
    work. I have not had any luck with any Sparkie findings but earposts
    or tie-tac posts. I have all the collets. I have no idea why the
    earwire findings won't attach: in theory it should just be a longer
    post. (I could really, really, use these for lots of things if I
    could only make them work.) 

    Maybe you could tell me: do you do anything different with your
    earwires, as opposed to a post? For posts I pretty much use the
    voltage settings in the manual. For the other findings I've tried
    moving up and down with voltage, just no luck: they fail to attach.
    Thanks! 

Lin
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