Category: Stone Setting
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How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting
How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting On the last post, I soldered a 4 prong head onto a shank I made and I mentioned…. ok, I promised I would demonstrate how to set the 2mm stone in a 4 prong setting. In past blog entries I have set stones in…
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How to Set Stones in a Shared Prong Setting
I ran across a strip of shared prong settings the other day and soldered a bail on it to make a cute little pendant setting. I haven’t done much prong settings on the JewelryMonk Blog lately, so I thought I would share how I set this. The setting was actually a 1/2 circular earring for…
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How to Flush Set a Stone Into a Bead
Most time, I can’t leave well enough alone. I did this silver and copper ring quite a while back, and it was sitting in my peripheral vision just begging for a little something special. I had an extra created ruby laying around as well, so the next thing I know, I am drilling and setting.…
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How to Bead Set or Flush Set a Stone
One of the great things about working in silver is the fact it is so malleable, and the way you can move and manipulate it, it is almost like putty at times. I finished a little recycled silver nugget pendant yesterday, and if you tried to replicate what I did, you see what I am…