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Help Request: setting small 3mm heart stones
Hi, all. This is my first post to this group and was referred here by
another silversmith. I have a number of 3mm topaz and want to either make silver setting for them or, failing that, find a source for silver heads. I do lapidary and silver work, but my setting have been limited to bezels on cabochons. I also buy heads from Tripp's and Rio and then incorporate faceted stones into the stuff I do. I recently purchased a parcel of topaz and part of it was a bunch of 3mm hearts. They wouold be great as accents to larger stones, but I have to find a way to set them. Making a handmade prong setting that small would be tough I think and before I attempt it, I thought I would seek help. I haven't worked with PMC, but was considering it using a torch. I doubt that topaz would hold up while firing like corundum does(does it?) Anyway, I will definitely appreciate any help on this. Otherwise, I just have a bunch of loose stones with nowhere to go ) |
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Help Request: setting small 3mm heart stones
First of all, blue topaz will turn white during heating. It is also why it
tends to fade when it has been in the sun awhile and warmed up. If you had to do it in PMC, what you can do is use the same size in cz's, fire the piece, then break the cz's out which sometimes is very easy to do, other times not. Then just replace the stones with the topaz. Simpler way for a newbie at setting faceted stones: Make your mounting first. Then line up how you want the faceted stone to sit and place the tiny-est amount of crazy glue with a pin point between the stone and mounting to hold it there in its seat. With pliers, then carefully bend the prongs over the stone a little at a time and do one prong, go opposite prong, then next prong, opposite prong, etc. Then do final tightening. A few minutes soak in acetone will remove the crazy glue. Wash well, rinse very well. Then set your cabs. Just note that many cabs are color treated and the acetone will remove some or all of the color as well. Nor is it safe for stones such as turquoise or coral. Judy Shaw Grad. Jeweler-Gemologist "So Ida, Adios" wrote in message news Hi, all. This is my first post to this group and was referred here by another silversmith. I have a number of 3mm topaz and want to either make silver setting for them or, failing that, find a source for silver heads. I do lapidary and silver work, but my setting have been limited to bezels on cabochons. I also buy heads from Tripp's and Rio and then incorporate faceted stones into the stuff I do. I recently purchased a parcel of topaz and part of it was a bunch of 3mm hearts. They wouold be great as accents to larger stones, but I have to find a way to set them. Making a handmade prong setting that small would be tough I think and before I attempt it, I thought I would seek help. I haven't worked with PMC, but was considering it using a torch. I doubt that topaz would hold up while firing like corundum does(does it?) Anyway, I will definitely appreciate any help on this. Otherwise, I just have a bunch of loose stones with nowhere to go ) |
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