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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jun 15, 2015 11:25:33 GMT -5
Well, I've been working on this on again after procrastinating a whole bunch because I guess I got kinda lost as to what to do with it. So I picked it up day before yesterday & just started doing something with it. Better than nothing at all, right???!!! It needs better refining but I don't know where or what, at this point. The name is only ok, the m is messed up. I know now that the scallop bezel wire is NOT a good choice for something that small because I can't close up the gaps anymore. At least I don't think I can. Tried some patina, it helped some, I think. The pictures suck because the sun was refusing to shine & playing peek a boo with me but they give you a pretty good idea of things. Any suggestions, hints, tips are more than appreciated & I thank you in advance for whatever ya got for me!! By the way, that is the 3 attempt at this. The other 2 pieces of sterling are going to be recycled into something else and yes, I did experiment on copper first.
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The Dad_Ohs
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jul 3, 2015 16:08:01 GMT -5
you've done so many of these that you shouldn't be making these rookie mistakes!!!!!! What!! you have not done a lot of these? ? Well in that case...... Bravo, it came out really good... takes time, patience & practice to become as proficient as you want to be, and even then, we ARE, our own worst critics. Honestly, I think its great Donnie, way beyond what I can do!! I'd wear that any day... if my name was Autumn. If you have a fine tip 3 sided file, you can use the edge to cut lines into the pieces that stick out and ten fold them over onto the stone to flatten out the setting more, or....... you can file small v - notches into the raised parts and fold the rest down so it doesn't overlap and will close up the setting more.
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