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Setting Stones In Wood
I'm doing some experimenting with setting stones into wood. I drilled the
smallest possible hole they would fit into and used Liquid Nails, and it seemed to work pretty well for a couple small garnets, one eighth inch diameter, and a couple quartz crystals, one quarter inch wide and three quarters of an inch long. Is there a better way to do this? Thank you, Mark |
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mrkndne may have written:
I'm doing some experimenting with setting stones into wood. I drilled the smallest possible hole they would fit into and used Liquid Nails, and it seemed to work pretty well for a couple small garnets, one eighth inch diameter, and a couple quartz crystals, one quarter inch wide and three quarters of an inch long. Is there a better way to do this? You take a thin slice from the larger piece of wood. Drill a small hole in the thin slice where the stone goes. With a jeweler's saw, you enlarge the setting hole in the thin slice, angling the walls to hold in the stone. Re-glue the thin slice to the larger piece with the stone in place. Don't flip the slice! No glue need touch the stone, although it may if you don't want it to move at all. Clamp. Amazingly, the joints formed when you cut apart and re-glue slices of wood are almost invisible. Plain white glue will do. I have just described a modification of what is actually known as bandsaw box technique. I suggest you google up as much on this as possible. Books on the subject of bandsaw boxes are also available. They make _great_ jewelry boxes, too. -- Cheers, m http://www.mbstevens.com |
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