Reason 32

[jimzim75]

Hi Guys,
I thought you might like to see this.









Feel free to coment on what you see. This might not be exactly your idea of
engraving but I certainly have fun doing it. Not mention make a few bucks
also.

Talk to ya later,
Jim:banana_party:

[jack]

I too make my bread and butter setting dia's and color. The palm control gives you great control in doing this type of work. The nice thing is this little tool will just go on giveing you the same control for a very long time. I have had mine for 7 years and love just the way it helps me in brightcutting day in and day out. Jack

[Zernike Au]

Steve's tool is not expensive to you! The No. 32 is very attractive

Thanks for showing your beautiful works.

Zernike

[jimzim75]

Hi Zernike,
Compared to lazar welder it's cheap. Compared to saw blade it's outrageous.
I think the test of how expensive it is, how fast do you pay for itself, in the
business you do to recover the cost. Making yourself better able to do the
job is an investment. Then telling everyone that you can do these amazing
things is also an investment. I'm making myself into a brand of service not
easily matched by the competition.

With great expertise, goes a high dollar per hour rate. With the new hourly rate,
tools like Steve's are not really that expensive. I realize that apartments in
Hong Kong are going a million plus dollars. Zernilke, from I've seen of
your work and what you do for a day job. You are a rather smart guy.
If you really want one of Steve's Palms, I sure you'll find a way of getting one. Your shop fairly impressive now. You won't be happy till get a Palm.
I bet in three months you'll showing it to everyone here.

By the way are there not more millionaires are walking around China than anywhere else in the world? You should show them your engraving.
Then come up with an estimate. Then triple it. Then you can get one in
a week.
Talk to you later,

Jim

[Dave London]

Jim
Thanks for showing your excellent work

[pkasnes]

Excellent work. Very nice to see step-by-step pictures.

Mayby you can tell us how you polish your gravers to get that nice bright-cut.

How many carats per stone?

[jimzim75]

Hi Pal,
I use a 600 diamond wheel to do general cutting then go right to a lapp with one quarter
micron diamond. I strop the finish blade on leather charged with one quarter micron
also. I polish both the heal and the face.

"32" is set with all ten pointers and there is a total of five carats and ten points or 51 stones.
"DDN" is just over three and half carats of varying sizes.
Talk to ya later,
Jim

[jlseymour]

Jim you do very nice work...
See you in Reno next year...
Jerry

[Haraga]

Nice work Jim. Would you have been more satisfied if your stones were a couple of points more each to take up some of the distance between the stones and the bead line?

[jimzim75]

Hi Haraga,
Not really. The sign of a good setter is he or she can make a lay out look
balanced and beautiful with the stone provided. It should also suite the
person it's being sold to. 32 has to have a lot of flash because it's going to
young man that will probable be in the NBA, his father was a NBA star.

So the piece has to scream I have confidence, look at me. While DDN
has to make the statement, I am someone important and refined.
My family has wealth and power. It sort of a playful piece of jewellery.

Most setting done for stock work is conservative. Mass produce setting
is just to get the stone in as fast as possible and look good. It's rather
soul less. Being able to combine engraving and diamond setting is mark
of a great setter. Which is what I'm going for.

Most setters are overwhelmed with work load and don't have time to think
about getting to fancy with the engraving. I make the time.

Jim

[Haraga]

Hi Jim. What were you cutting your bead lines before you received the Airgraver? When it comes to cutting the line what kind of feel does the new tool have compared to the old one? Thanks

[jimzim75]

Hi Higara, The major difference between the
two is smooth acceleration and deceleration of the Palmcontrol. The Palm is a
low pressure tool when idle. Also the power application like
wise starts small then becomes larger on demand. It backs off with less forward pressure.

GRS equipment does this in a different way. It is a high pressure tool that uses modifiers to control the power of the pulse. The tool tend to over cut for me.

For now, leave it at this. The Palm works better for me on bright cutting.

[Haraga]

Thanks Jim.