Hi everyone,
I would be interested in learning how to set stones myself, as a hobby and also a way to make some fun silver pieces (maybe gold later on) for cheap. I really haven't found a jeweler nearby that would do a decent job setting stones for a decent price, and I'm usually pretty handy. So far I'm thinking using calibrated stones and the corresponding settings - such as the silver ones from tripps. Those need to be polished as well.
The only piece of equipment that I have that may be useful is a binocular dissection scope (10x - 40x I think, really useful to look at stones).
Any of you have pointers on where to start? What equipment to get? What is a good source of cheap settings to start with? How feasible is it?
From my research so far there are settings where you can just snap-in the stone but they looked so flimsy I don't know if I would use them.
Thanks!
-VSC
I would be interested in learning how to set stones myself, as a hobby and also a way to make some fun silver pieces (maybe gold later on) for cheap. I really haven't found a jeweler nearby that would do a decent job setting stones for a decent price, and I'm usually pretty handy. So far I'm thinking using calibrated stones and the corresponding settings - such as the silver ones from tripps. Those need to be polished as well.
The only piece of equipment that I have that may be useful is a binocular dissection scope (10x - 40x I think, really useful to look at stones).
Any of you have pointers on where to start? What equipment to get? What is a good source of cheap settings to start with? How feasible is it?
From my research so far there are settings where you can just snap-in the stone but they looked so flimsy I don't know if I would use them.
Thanks!
-VSC