Post by 1dave on Aug 27, 2020 5:59:11 GMT -7
Some people have clean orderly work areas...not me!!!
The design.
The square wire probably 14ga?
Cutting out the back from silver sheet, 26ga. I think most people use a saw.
The wire soldered onto the sheet w/hard solder and hole drilled to cut out w/saw.
Needle files to clean up cutouts.
choice for stones...thought better than angelite.
Stones in gallery wire bezels.
Thick wall tubing for faceted stones.
setting bur to make the seats for the stones. This one is larger for viewing pleasure.
Medium solder on tubes to sweat solder onto sheet.
tubes and bezels ready to solder. Before this step I soldered 14K gold solder onto the sheet.
Bail made from round wire soldered jump ring, both w/easy solder.
Turquoise set and sapphires going into the tubes which can be set w/a bezel pusher or
my new favorite tool.The only problem is that I'll have to wait till later to post the finished pic as the new pendant has walked out the door being worn for the after noon. As soon as possible I'll post it at the very top. Thanks for looking and hope this answered a few ?s.
