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  1. Dani Girl

    still kicking

    I've been told I'll need an ultrasonic too to clean polishing compound away before plating, using nickel for sure on coloured metals like copper but I believe it's also recommended with silver to prevent merging but you can do without too. I think. does anyone know or want to sell an...
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  4. Dani Girl

    troubles joining the cafe

    another friend rslt would like to join the Cafe. I sent his email to you Sam via instragram chat. I think he got past the question but received no email to confirm.
  5. Dani Girl

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    I can agree there, they weren't over the stone far enough she fell out as I engraved the ring. inserted another and pushed them further over the stone
  6. Dani Girl

    Owl

    press fit twisted wire inlay. very cool. is it just a square channel or some undercutting or teeth? The owl is amazing but I'm stunned by the intricate beauty of your cutting all round
  7. Dani Girl

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    ok. might make some 60 degree v gravers. I'm using a Lindsay palm control and artisan with the foot control. I'm finding the foot control better for soft metals and extremely fine work as it allows you to use it as a hand push graver without assisting unless you ask it to. I thought I'd...
  8. Dani Girl

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    I did this extremely hard stainless ring a couple of days ago. I set the sapphire in. I broke 4 116 gravers trying to push beads up and over and severely mushed a beading tool, which I can repair. any pro tips for setting into hard metals? should one make ones own beading tools out of...
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  10. Dani Girl

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    I've been trying both an onglette and a 90 degree v for the cutting around the stones. I see the onglette mostly in youtube stone setter videos, actually I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything else. For some reason I loathe cutting with the onglette but I'm giving it more of a go. I've also...
  11. Dani Girl

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    so far they're stuck. I had to go to the busch carbide round 1mm and bury it entirely. then there was just enough space to deform a shared bead. but the next one I'll make sure the holes fit the stones before I cut the border lines and I prefer pushing a flat down to cutting accross with the...
  12. Dani Girl

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    attempt 2. bronze. I expect I've cut my border lines too close to the holes this time.
  13. Dani Girl

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    I felt like the beading tool was forming the beads into round shapes but not deforming the metal over the stones. perhaps I needed a larger beading tool? perhaps the stones needed to be deeper to allow enough metal to deform. I'll try again after I get out of the house and eat some cheesecake...
  14. Dani Girl

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    fail. superglue.
  15. Dani Girl

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    I found a 1.1mm bur is needed to be able to force 1mm stones in, does that sound right?
  16. Dani Girl

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    silver is too thin. in thermoloc it deforms and falls out. trying pitch
  17. Dani Girl

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    how would you hold this to set the stones? still having trouble getting stones seating nicely.
  18. Dani Girl

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    I broke 3 stones trying to move them or not realising the beading tool was in contact. broke 3 drills and a blade off a ball bur. I decided it's nicer to oneself to clean out deformed metal formed when cutting the relieving cuts around the prongs out with a setting bur. thanks for that tip, I...
  19. Dani Girl

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    I got it done, I'm planning to plate it two tone, I think rose border and background
  20. Dani Girl

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    stone setting and work holding? grs black pitch cup? is it petrol or diesel to dissolve that? I imagine there would be lots of stones that wouldn't like being soaked in fuel. what about the red pitch jewellers use? how does one get that off? I don't fancy the idea of trying to pick...

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