I have tried several times to create a claw setting for faceted stones and I'm not doing very well!
for this attempt I have created a tapered collet to which I have soldered four claws. I haven't done a great job and my question is how should I solder the claws onto the collet? How do you support them?
I did them one by one with the collet laid on its side and both collet and claw held by tweezers / clamps. One of the claws moved when I soldering on the next one...
I've now set the stone and it looks OK, but I've cut one of the prongs too short
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