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  1. #61
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    Oh I can believe that!

    I felt spoiled and cheated by the zircons I set first of all. I picked them cos they were cheap but was lulled into a false sense of security by their perfect girdles. For example I bought the best quality amethysts I could find and they all have girdles that vary in thickness all the way around! It's like the worlds tinyest shoe fitting exercise for each claw notch.

    Okay then concensus is to stick with the trusty pen

    Ta again,
    Faith

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    Hi all,

    Prompted by Dennis, I should update I'm now finished (for this project anyway) and have photos!

    This is my last practice pair of studs, morganite and silver:
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    These were the first where I marked a position on the stone to ensure I cut each claw correctly for a specific position on the girdle. It made a big difference but i did get over confident with a cup burr and marked the stone slightly. You can't see it apart from under a loupe - but i consider myself learned on that point!

    And finally the main event, for my friends mom in amethyst and gold:
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    I had run out of time to practice but given the improvement so far felt confident enough not to abandon the idea and tell my friend to buy a spa weekend instead!

    Not perfect i'm sure, but i'm very pleased. What do folks think?

    So many thanks again for all the help getting me from mangled claws to this far

    Faith
    Last edited by Faith; 08-02-2017 at 12:12 AM.

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    Next project- making your own claws, lots of fun in that one

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    Thanks Sarah

    Thank you for the advice you gave me ages ago too about learning claw setting with bought settings. If I'd tried to make the settings, and in gold, and then had the trouble I did actually learning how to set... it would have been a nightmare beyond the telling of it, and I'd never have got it done in time.

    I am so glad I learned though. I never really liked claw settings for me, but this project has made me much more fond of them and I am inclined to come up with some designs for settings I could learn to make. Perhaps for a dress ring with a biggish stone, something like that

    Faith

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    They look great, nice job

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    Fine result and a credit to you Faith. Dennis.

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    Thanks Josef and Dennis

    Faith

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