A few weeks ago I started three silver pendants. Why three? I have no idea but it certainly bit me in the butt.
I have always been a project “singleton”. That in the sewing world means “one project at one time” and it even implies that you don’t buy fabric or patterns en-mass with the decision to put it on the list. The list just gets bigger and bigger and you never seem to get to that project as a new purchase takes priority.
Thus doing THREE projects at once was a bit daring for me and I guess I will not do that for a while.
Any-who-ha, after I finished the silver mounts, they were put away, because I had promised to do some sewing for a friend. During this sewing time, the mounts were put into the vibratory tumbler and were made nice and sparkly.
A week or so ago, I set up the “workshop” again. I then pulled the cabs and silver out of the storage box and got down to setting the stones. On one, the bezel had shifted (take that to mean, I bent it out of shape) during soldering and now the cab would not fit. Back to the flat lap to correct that issue. I then ground it a bit too small and now have a nice dimple in the bezel.
For the second cab, I discovered that part of the bezel was not even soldered! Back to the torch, pickle and virbra-ora-tory-ium for that one!
The third fit, thank goodness.
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