[Jewelry making - Article 00132] - Re: [Orchid] Setting gap between metal and stone

[Jim Zimmerman]

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Hi Helen,

>     Thanks for the tips on a technique I'd like to try soon. I am,
>     however, worried about not being able to move any metal onto the
>     stone when setting though. 

    I think I would change the tool geometry then. There is more than on
    one way to burnish set a stone, you can even use power assist if you
    wish. 

    If your using the pencil type burnisher or a beading tool. I would
    change over to a modified graver type burnisher with a round end. 
This
    type of burnisher is favored by Blain Lewis. It allows you to put 
more
    pressure with less leverage require. 

    The same type burnisher can be chucked up is either a Lindsay
    Palmcontrol graver, or a GRS Magnum handpiece. This will allow you to
    do work without needing huge forearms. 

    As far as the gap goes. I remove the stone and fix the seat. Then
    start again. All that business of soldering around the stone is risky
    and un-necessary. 

    A good setter can take them out as easily as he puts them in. 

Talk to ya later,
Jim

Jim Zimmerman
Alpine Custom Jewellers & Repair
http://www.handengravingcanada.com
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