Repairing a gold earring from India

Hello Orchidians,

I’ve been otherwise occupied or would have responded sooner. One
quick question about the earring; is the problem that the post is
too thick? I’ve encountered posts as thick as 16 ga on earrings from
that part of Asia. Wouldn’t fit through my ear lobes without drawing
blood!

The solution took some time, but did not involve anything more than
carving down the post to about 20 ga. It took some time and the post
wasn’t perfectly round, but it did work. BTW, if this is the problem
and you reduce the post diameter, you’ll need to change the tension
nuts.

Glad to be back in the loop, but what a plethora of postings. This
is a gregarious group!

Judy in Kansas, where the rains have finally come. Such a blessing -
especially for the weeds and rogue plants.