Hi Guys, Just getting back to you. I changed from 0.3 fine silver to 0.4 mm for the bezel, and what a big difference it made. Absolutely no trouble setting the stone. Everything just seemed so much...
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Hi Guys, Just getting back to you. I changed from 0.3 fine silver to 0.4 mm for the bezel, and what a big difference it made. Absolutely no trouble setting the stone. Everything just seemed so much...
Hi Kwant and Theresa, Thanks for your advice, i'll give it a try, Anne
I know Julian, I have never worked with a stone that is that soft before.
Hi Peter That idea is really interesting. Many Thanks, Anne
Hi Dennis Many thanks for your reply. I use the 0.3 bezel strip that cooksons sell. Could it be that the bezel strip is too thin?
I already have a light box that might come in handy. I've got...
I am wondering if you have any tips on bezel setting a stone. I have set a number of stones, usually quite big irregularly shaped cabochons, with no problem. The last few days have been giving me...
Hello
Can I ask is there anybody from Scotland out there? In particular the central belt? I think I am ready to start attending fairs but am unsure where would be the best venues or the best way...
Hi Jo Etsy is a good idea. I've started putting a few things on etsy - it seems quite good and very cheap to
list. Briadha
Hi Thanks Dennis, I'll try to get to at least one of those shows this year I've had a look at www.designercabochons.co.uk,
and some lovely stones - quite reasonably priced also. Thanks George. ...
Hello, I am currently setting quite unusual shaped cabochons (ie stones that are pointed, oblong or freeform
etc), but the place that I get them from (a store on ebay.com) has a limited range of...
Well, I managed to get a piece of silver nearly flat. I am sure with the advice you all have given I'll have it
completely flat in no time (with practise). Many Thanks, briadha :)
Thanks James - Thanks for all your help, I'll try again and let you know how I get on Briadha
Hi Joe, My curving is in the up and down direction. I think that I may have had the rollers too tight possibly.
I haven't really had much of an education in using a roller mill, so your help is...
Hi Andrew, I don't know what make these are, I bought them from ebay. Believe me it wasn't much of a saving! I'll try to find out if it's possible to realign the rollers. Thanks, Briadha ( They...
Thanks Dennis - It seems so commonsensical the way that you have put it. Many Thanks. Briadha
I have just received a rolling mill and am wondering what is the best way to flatten out the silver after it has
been through the mill, as at the moment the silver i am using is coming out quite...
Many thanks mizgeorge, i'll keep that in mind.
Many thanks Dennis. Thanks for the tips - very useful.
Many thanks mizgeorge. That finish is what I am looking for! Would you take it all the way through to a high shine finish then take it back to satin using the scotch brite wheel or just sand and...
Hi I have just bought a scotch brite mop which says that it leaves a satin finish, although somebody has commented it actually leaves a matt finish on silver. I am wondering what kind of finish it...
Hi Got my new bigger seivert head today ( model no 3939) - it turned out that I didn't have enough heat directed at the piece. Now I'm happily soldering away. Many thanks you guys - your advice...
Hi again
Many thanks for advice - very interesting! I've ordered a bigger sievert head and am waiting for it as I did suspect that it wasn't delivering enough heat. I read the link that Dennis...
Hi Everyone
I'm a complete newby to soldering - did some in a class and that went ok.Now i'm doing it out of class and am not doing very well ( at the moment i'm trying to solder a strip of...