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Post by fernwood on Mar 29, 2021 7:59:56 GMT -5
Looking for advice. I have tried to wrap this 2.25” long cab twice, with no luck. Used half round sterling wire each time. The back is very flat. It is only a little under 1/8” thick at the girdle. Low dome. Photos do not show all of the colors of flash. Am now considering just gluing a bail on the upper, back side. Would prefer to wrap, but do not want to cover much of the flash. What do you think? Thanks.     |
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Post by fernwood on Mar 29, 2021 8:01:17 GMT -5
Photos look much different here than they did on my lap top. They are washed out here. Do not show any of peach flash.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 29, 2021 8:39:47 GMT -5
That should be doable. Did you mean to say that you are wrapping with half round? That should be for your bindings. Try using a square middle wire to ride along the narrow girdle and 2 round outside wires. Try 20 gauge or add 2 more for a 22 g bundle.
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Post by fernwood on Mar 29, 2021 11:53:50 GMT -5
Thanks. I have round and half round 22 gauge.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 29, 2021 12:13:44 GMT -5
Thanks. I have round and half round 22 gauge. You should be able to do it with round 22. Make a bundle of 4 and try that. The square wire just helps to hug the girdle and keeps the bundle neater. |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Apr 9, 2021 12:54:24 GMT -5
Honestly, if I had the stone then I would wrap it as shown in Picture #2, only upside down. I would turn it in to a "shield" of sorts, and try to get the wire to accent that idea. The shield idea. I would probably use beads on one of the lower angled sides too, so that I could add texture to it. I wrap almost nothing this large, but can tell you that I would use a 20 gauge on it myself. But then again, if I were you, then I wouldn't pay any attention to anything that I wrote anyway. Hehe. I hope it goes well.
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