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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2019 11:13:09 GMT -5
This went through several design phases until I was able to get it to hang right.
First there was this. I made the piece for it and even got it spot on, but I couldn't get it to hang right no matter how I did it. Then I tried different lengths of jumprings and finally settled on the finished design.
The top is hammered 16g, so it's plenty strong.
The end product. It hangs perfectly. This took way too long to do. And, let's not even talk about the pile of waste silver.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 20, 2019 11:35:22 GMT -5
It looks fabulous!
Angles like that on stones when you wire wrap them are a royal pain in the butt to figure out. You did a great job working around the problem. I feel your pain on the scrap silver. Keep your first design and use it in another piece when you can. I have a whole bag of scrap silver from projects that I messed up that I intend to someday use for doing some casting or maybe melting into ingots to roll down if I can afford to get a rolling mill.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 20, 2019 11:43:57 GMT -5
End result looks like it was worth the hassle. Beautiful finished product.
Chuck
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Post by Tommy on Oct 20, 2019 11:47:57 GMT -5
Gorgeous! I love how it hangs in balance like that.
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Post by Pat on Oct 20, 2019 11:53:55 GMT -5
Nice!!
Hanging odd shapes is also tricky with bezel set stones.
I bent the ends of long tweezers at right angles , so the tips touched each other—- kind of pigeon toed. Place the stone between the tweezer points, hold up to see how it dangles. Move slightly until you find the sweet spot.
Hope this makes sense!
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Post by MsAli on Oct 20, 2019 13:36:04 GMT -5
Love how that turned out.
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Post by miket on Oct 20, 2019 14:00:52 GMT -5
Very cool, it looks great.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 20, 2019 14:07:08 GMT -5
Nice!! Hanging odd shapes is also tricky with bezel set stones. I bent the ends of long tweezers at right angles , so the tips touched each other—- kind of pigeon toed. Place the stone between the tweezer points, hold up to see how it dangles. Move slightly until you find the sweet spot. Hope this makes sense! This is a great tip Pat! I'm going to swipe this idea. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2019 19:37:03 GMT -5
It looks fabulous!
Angles like that on stones when you wire wrap them are a royal pain in the butt to figure out. You did a great job working around the problem. I feel your pain on the scrap silver. Keep your first design and use it in another piece when you can. I have a whole bag of scrap silver from projects that I messed up that I intend to someday use for doing some casting or maybe melting into ingots to roll down if I can afford to get a rolling mill.
Oh yeah, I save scrap. But, I also keep random pieces and handmade findings for use in other projects, too. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 20, 2019 19:38:17 GMT -5
Nice!! Hanging odd shapes is also tricky with bezel set stones. I bent the ends of long tweezers at right angles , so the tips touched each other—- kind of pigeon toed. Place the stone between the tweezer points, hold up to see how it dangles. Move slightly until you find the sweet spot. Hope this makes sense! Had to read it a few times, but I think I got it. Thanks! |
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Post by Pat on Oct 20, 2019 23:32:59 GMT -5
rockjunquie. I should have been more specific. Tweezers need to be long and thin—- pearl knotting tweezers or the like., so you can bend the feet to be pigeon toed. Not ordinary plucking type tweezers. Hope this helps.
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Post by fernwood on Oct 21, 2019 5:46:10 GMT -5
That turned out great.
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Post by Tommy on Jun 8, 2022 10:57:59 GMT -5
bump - this is a great mini-tutorial  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2022 22:46:26 GMT -5
I know it’s an old thread, but since Tommy bumped it I’ll comment! That is really awesome! Your very talented Tela! rockjunquie Do you sell anymore? Your website says shop closed. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 10, 2022 6:02:46 GMT -5
I know it’s an old thread, but since Tommy bumped it I’ll comment! That is really awesome! Your very talented Tela! rockjunquie Do you sell anymore? You website says shop closed. Thank you! No, I am not currently selling anywhere. |
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 3, 2022 21:10:05 GMT -5
Excellent work my friend 😊
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