Description
A finely sparkling gem and a shimmering metallic disk add up to a piece that seems to glow in the moonlight.
Skills: Sawing, soldering, filing, measuring
Materials:
- Drusy cloud shaped cabochon
- 20-gauge sterling back plate, large enough for the stone
- 2x4mm flat wire
- 16-gauge wire
- Hard and easy solder
- Small piece of reticulated scrap silver
- 1 curved sterling tube
Tools:
- HAND:
- Rolling mill
- Flex shaft or Dremel texture paper
- Jeweler’s saw
- Center punch
- Mallet
- #55 drill bit
- Bench block
- Wire snips
- 2/0 sawblades
- #2, #4, and #6 hand files
- Small oval needle file
- Fretz #1 hammer
- Ring clamp
- Lasco cylinder diamond bur #CL44; 400 grit
- Quality and hallmarking stamps
- Curved metal burnisher
- Prong pusher
- LAYOUT:
- Sketch paper
- Ultra-thin Sharpie
- Glue stick or rubber cement
- Large circle-to-oval template
- Small circle template
- Scissors
- SOLDERING:
- Soldering surface
- Torch w/large head
- Flux and brush
- Pickle and pot
- Copper tongs
- AA tweezers
- Quench water
- Solder pick
- FINISHING:
- 100 micron 3M finishing film
- 9 micron 3M finishing film
- 4 3M peach radial bristle discs on a mandrel ultra-fine buffing nail file
- Dawn detergent
- Ammonia
- Very soft brass brush
- Rouge and chamois buff (optional)
- Gold ink (optional)
Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, July 2017
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