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TIME IT TOOK

About an hour

SKILLS

Soldering

Stone setting

Fabrication

MATERIALS

• 1 beautiful stone with
  dramatic angles


• 20 gauge sterling sheet


• 28 gauge sterling bezel wire


• 16 gauge sterling round wire


• Hard, medium, easy wire
  solder, rolled through the mill

TOOLS

General: Glue stick; jeweler’s

saw and 3/ 0 blades; fl at nose

pliers; round nose pliers; #0,

#2, and #4 half round hand or

barrett fi les; riffl er barrett fi les,

#2 and #4 (optional); 3M sanding

sponges, medium and ultrafi ne;

black Sharpie; small 2mm Lasco

diamond ball bur; planishing

hammer (optional);

fl ex shaft; acrylic nail emery

board, medium and fi ne grit;

wooden dowel, between ¼ and

½ inch; hallmark stamp and

quality stamp (optional)

Soldering: Torch , fl ux, pickle,

charcoal block, fi re brick, pickle

pot, solder pick

Finishing:4 3M radial bristle

discs on a small mandrel (light

green or peach), Dawn detergent;

ammonia; liver of sulfur;

toothbrush; thin burnisher;

safety glasses or Craft Optics

SOURCES

Sterling silver from Santa Fe

Jewelry Supply, http://www.sfjs.net;

riffl er fi les from Allcraft Tools,

800-645-7124 or 212-279-7077;

blue opal petrifi ed wood

cabochon from theclamshell.net;

and Lasco Diamond Burs from

Lascodiamond.com. Most tools

and materials for this project

are available from well-stocked

jewelry supply vendors, many

of whom can be found in our

Advertiser’s Index, page 93.

What

You Need

Jewelry Project

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