A few more bits

[Mila Jewellery]

Been working on these over the past few days...I'll be ok when it gets to valentine's day lol









Also did this ring today - just took a quick picture but if I wanted to set stones in the holes drilled, think it's called invisible set (IIRC) how do I go about doing that?

[bustagasket]

Nice stuff Mila, cant offer any words of wisdom i am afraid tho as i havent flush set myself........yet :P

[Mila Jewellery]

Hi Mila,

I presume you are talking about flush setting faceted stones. You need to drill guide holes in the ring no bigger than 1mm wide, then open the hole up a little with a bud burr then finally a setting bur which matches the size of the stone.

So for instance if you are planning to put 3mm gems in, use a 3mm setting burr. Take into consideration that you need to set in metal that is deeper than the stones depth aswell, so if the stone is 3mm across and 2mm deep you will need atleast 2.5mm thick silver.

That is only the beginning, then you need to learn how to actually flush set the stones once sat in their seat.

Hope this helps.

Ah I get it - thank you My next technical milestone is setting - I'll have to research some good books to get me started.

[snow_imp]

Hi Mila - I love the hearts.

[MuranoSilver]

Mila those hearts are so pretty

[Ominicci]

I LOVE the dangly heart earrings!

[AlexandraBuckle]

I agree, the hearts are lovely!

[Tigerlily]

Me too!! The hearts are lovely! xx

[mizgeorge]

I'm a sucker for hearts too, so I love these

[Di Sandland]

a big from me too.