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Kwant
09-09-2012, 06:07 PM
One of the stones our black fingered friend sent me was a kind of briolette, fully round on two faces but with a definite edge, well briolettes in general I find very hard to set but ....... though I am sure it is not a new technique it came to me that by soldering two wires together thus creating a channel, soldering them to two sides of a rod I might be able to set the stone this way. Well having got it all soldered up and easing one side of the stone and pushing hard there was a satisfying snap and the stone went in (no damage) never to come out I hope:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7964069516_039d02532a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12340604@N02/7964069516/)
Briolette type thing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12340604@N02/7964069516/) by kwant (http://www.flickr.com/people/12340604@N02/), on Flickr

I think this method would work for a fully round briolette too, so will try it when I have some that are larger than the tiny rubies that defeated me, and no glue or carving of the stone :0)

Wallace
09-09-2012, 06:14 PM
One of the stones our black fingered friend sent me was a kind of briolette, fully round on two faces but with a definite edge, well briolettes in general I find very hard to set but ....... though I am sure it is not a new technique it came to me that by soldering two wires together thus creating a channel, soldering them to two sides of a rod I might be able to set the stone this way. Well having got it all soldered up and easing one side of the stone and pushing hard there was a satisfying snap and the stone went in (no damage) never to come out I hope:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7964069516_039d02532a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12340604@N02/7964069516/)
Briolette type thing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12340604@N02/7964069516/) by kwant (http://www.flickr.com/people/12340604@N02/), on Flickr

I think this method would work for a fully round briolette too, so will try it when I have some that are larger than the tiny rubies that defeated me, and no glue or carving of the stone :0)

brilliant - is that fine silver? It has a lovely glow.

Kwant
09-09-2012, 06:20 PM
Nope just unfinished sterling was too excited at how it came out to finish it off properly :0)

eirish
09-09-2012, 06:24 PM
That's a very interesting idea...must remember so I can nick it sometime. Is the briolette drilled?

Kwant
09-09-2012, 06:49 PM
No the drilled ones I can manage :0)

Di Sandland
09-09-2012, 07:15 PM
very clever - impressed!