[Jewelry making - Article 00640] - Re: [Orchid] Sizing ring with bezel-set stone

[Marc Williams]

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    To Bruce, and all No seam lines, no pit marks, no thin shanks,
    and most of all no returns for shoddy worksmanship.. THAT is what
    I am all about.. And once again I firmly believe that holding a
    ring in your fingers while you size it is a bit ridiculous..
    yes.. stupid and dangerous.. My work speaks for itself. 

    On holding rings in your fingers you wrote. 

>      " It was a disipline that allowd the jeweler to experience
>     better what was happening while working on the job. While
>     holding the ring I knew when I was overheating the ring. I
>     didn't need to wonder if the spit wad, drywall mud, wet cotton
>     or commercial heatsink was drying out. I knew personally when I
>     was spending too much time heating the shank and when was a
>     good time to quench it before overheating the stone." 

    I never had to hold a piece of metal to know what was happening
    to it as I heated.. All I have to do is look at it.. The trick is
    to train your eyes to know when something is at the point you
    need it to be for the solder to flow.. I would prefer to not burn
    my fingers, I will need to work with them for the rest of the
    day..And I find it extremely hard to believe that you never fried
    a stone after quenching a hot ring.. Oh and by the way I don't use
    "spit wads, drywall mud or wet cotton" I have used Heat shield on
    rare occasions and if you don't use a flame thrower on your work
    the heat sink works fine.. The most sensible and easiest method I
    firmly belive is the sand and water method.. 

Marc Williams  http://marcco-jewelry.hypermart.net/ 

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