22K Gold
heat the gold on a metallic cotton
then make the gold little longer in the rolling machine
cut it into half so that one half portion used to make wires and another to cut gold pieces
this is gold press dies cutting machine which cut gold pieces
change the dies and we can have different gold pieces
now it time to make gold wires
22 gauge wire to make pendant holder
24 gauge wire for designing and solid small gold spheres
31 gauge wire to make twisted wire
31 gauge wire to make twisted wire
the twisted wire can not be made at once so heat it up again then twist it again
another wire for designing
use 22 gauge wire to make the frame
the frame is almost ready
solder all the edges
this is plasticine type clay
the surface of the clay should be uniform
so use two iron plate to make the surface uniform
place all the frame part on the clay
press the frame little inside the clay
lets start designing
the solder I use is the mixture of 93% pure gold and 7% zinc
use wire 25 or 23 to make this solid spheres
the base is metallic cotton
final touch to the design
plaster
cover the design with plaster and then wait till it dry
usually, it takes 20-30 minutes to dry
heat the plaster for few seconds so that it would be easy to separate plaster and clay
now dry the plaster as much as possible
if the plaster is dry then it will be easy to solder all the pieces
heat the design with diluted acid
this magnetic polishing machine I use polish gold jewelry
the final design
and the weight of this pendant is 9.480 grams
