[Jewelry making - Article 00580] - Re: [Orchid] Tension settings

[Nancy B. Widmer]

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    Evidently many people are/have used this 'technique' to set
    stones which was developed originally in Germany by Friedrich
    Becker in the 1970's.  However Steven Kretchmer, in fact, applied
    for and owns the patent rights and is *extremely* protective of
    them.  Before you start making these, search the web on "tension
    set rings".  Many pages are listed by the search engines,  but
    many of these links will return a 404 because the pages have been
    removed on pain of legal action by Mr. Kretchmer. 

Nancy Bernardine-Widmer
Bernardine Art Jewelry
http://www.bernardine.com



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