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Post by chris1956 on Feb 1, 2024 17:04:21 GMT -5
Wow! That looks great to me. It looks like it is backlit in the photos. Is that because the backing reflects light back through the stone? The effect is stunning. Great job.
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Feb 1, 2024 18:23:09 GMT -5
Wow! That looks great to me. It looks like it is backlit in the photos. Is that because the backing reflects light back through the stone? The effect is stunning. Great job. Yes, I polished the backing plate on the inside just so it would do this very thing. I surprised how well it worked. I appreciate your kind words starts with a good stone you know. |
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Post by MsAli on Feb 1, 2024 19:39:30 GMT -5
That is beautiful piece
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Feb 1, 2024 20:21:41 GMT -5
I use fine silver (.999) rather than sterling for bezels. It is much softer than sterling and easier to get tight to the stone. I also fuse the fine silver bezels so there is never a grey solder line on them. Stone is nice, bail way too large for the piece, just my opinion.
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Feb 1, 2024 20:24:54 GMT -5
I use fine silver (.999) rather than sterling for bezels. It is much softer than sterling and easier to get tight to the stone. I also fuse the fine silver bezels so there is never a grey solder line on them. Stone is nice, bail way too large for the piece, just my opinion. I often polish my inside backing plate also but I leave the wax of the rouge bar on the silver rather than washing it out. The wax prevents tarnish to the back plate so it reflects longer. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 1, 2024 20:32:35 GMT -5
Nice! The stone is gorgeous! How many pieces have you done? This looks great for a newbie.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 1, 2024 22:44:34 GMT -5
I agree - it looks great for a newb and I'm also assuming you are teaching yourself.  Just take a little more time sanding and finishing, making sure you get all the tool marks out and every nice, smooth and polished before you set the stone. Then all you have to do is give it a quick little finish polish if you need to. The more you do, the better you'll get at it and you'll see improvements with every piece you finish. You're on the right track. Soldier (or solder) on my friend! |
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 3, 2024 1:17:12 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by khara on Feb 3, 2024 6:16:25 GMT -5
This is really nice Johnny.👍 I also noticed right away the nice reflection through to the back. I was surprised to see you had a bezel setting done as I thought you were mainly learning wire wrap. Did you get yourself just a small butane torch or a full big setup? I’m a bit intimidated yet of the big ones and everything I’ve done has been with the small torches.
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Feb 4, 2024 16:29:42 GMT -5
This is really nice Johnny.👍 I also noticed right away the nice reflection through to the back. I was surprised to see you had a bezel setting done as I thought you were mainly learning wire wrap. Did you get yourself just a small butane torch or a full big setup? I’m a bit intimidated yet of the big ones and everything I’ve done has been with the small torches. Hello! So I was gifted a smith jewlers acetylene and atmosphere torch and a whole mess of stuff and I decided to jump right into torch work. I'm a welder by trade and I just kinda like torches. Ifni can find the scratch I'll be buying a kiln and casting some because I am sitting on a centrifugal machine I just don't have a way to remove the wax efficiently. Still doing wirework too! All the best. |
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