Secret Sapphire and Sterling Ring Project Download

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Practice your stone setting skills with this project featuring secretly set colorful gemstones that pop!

Description

Advance your stone setting technique with this gypsy setting design. Simple clean lines of the ring are beautiful accented with colorful gemstones Gypsy set into the side. Advance your faceting skills with this sleek ring project.

HAND:
Jeweler’s saw, setting punch, chasing hammer, hand
files, needle files, sanding sticks, millimeter gauge, ring mandrel, nylon mallet, dividers, digital caliper, engraving block or other device to hold band during setting

SOLDERING:
Torch, tank, tips, pickle, quench, annealing pan, soldering block, solder pick, flux, brass brush

FINISHING:
Moore’s sanding discs: fine and medium, 3M radial bristle discs, hard felt wheel tips for Tripoli and rouge, toothbrush and dish liquid, #68 drill bit, setting burs sized to fit
chosen stones

OTHER:
Flex shaft, rolling mill

Technique: Metalsmithing

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist January/February 2013

Additional information

Craft

Jewelry

Author/Designer

Helen I. Driggs

Project

Ring

Concentration

Advanced/Expert

Brand

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Primary Subject

Jewelry

Product Type

Project Download

File Type

PDF

Required Tools / Equipment

Basic Bench

Power Tools/Equipment

Soldering Setup

Materials

Silver

Technique

Metalsmithing

Technique-2

Stone Setting

Technique-3

Soldering

Technique-4

Forming

Technique-5

Flush/Gypsy

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