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1. scrap metal and iolite stone
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2. iolite stone close up
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3. scrap on a charcoal block
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4. heating the scrap so it melts into a blob
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5. cooling blob
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7. flattened blob
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6. plannishing hammer used to flatten the blob on a steel block
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8. centerpunch and drill through center.
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9. clean it up a bit
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10. blob next to ring band
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12. cut band
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11. mark width of blob onto the ring band and cut out that chunk of metal
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13. assembled, fluxed, ready to solder
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14. soldered
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16. matching up stone and burr sizes using a brass caliper
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15. into the pickle pot to clean off the flux and oxides
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17. making the seat
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18. seat is made, the stone is in it
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19. flush setting tool
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20. stone is now set
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23. finished!
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21. set stone, needs cleanup
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22. buffing machine