Beladran
Elite Cafe Member
I took in a order to reproduce a Navy tie tack in 14k and a ring to engrave a sort of Maltese Cross on. Gents nugget ring. I knew it was a cast item due to some casting flaws still present. I took the job in at a good price for a little wiggle room in case I needed to laser weld some pits where the cross was going. After about an hour lasering and stone'ing the top down i engraved the cross... Things went to crap. Several cavities opened up that under my microscope looked like a bottomless pit!! to make it worse the gold was flaking away in some of the areas I was cutting on. I'm guessing the gold was not fluxed very good befor casting but I had to back up and punt the ball! Ground a few thousands off the top and cut a new plate for it.
here is a couple after pics
What is yals opinion on cast rings? I bid the job at $350 an I feel like I am still ok since the customer had some scrap gold with us that I used for the plate.
here is a couple after pics
What is yals opinion on cast rings? I bid the job at $350 an I feel like I am still ok since the customer had some scrap gold with us that I used for the plate.