You make it look easy, but I can tell there's a lot of finessing and fine tuning. I'm going to give it a try, but I'm not sure I've got that kind of patience. Definitely a Stunner!!! Thank you for sharing with us!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to create such a detailed video!! Just what I was looking for!!! I may have to watch a few more times to make sure I get it but can't wait to try this!!!
A beautiful design and excellent tutorial. I must however, point out that you are using the wrong part of your calipers to measure your gemstone. That recess is to make sure the calipers close all the way if you get dirt or build up on the sliding components. The correct part is the longer flats from the middle to the end. I know this as I have a metalworking trade. Keep up the good work, love your stuff.
Thanks Pia! I just got these and they are so much more fancy than I'm used to. I've had the manual little Gold calipers forever... I guess I should read the owners manual on this thing! 😄🤣🙃 thanks for pointing it out, I kinda figured I wasn't doing it right as gemstones didn't measure up. 🤣🤣🤣 I appreciate your comment, we all learn somewhere.
I cnt believe i missed this video, its exactly what i was needing for this Fat teardrop i just asked you about on the Elton ring! Im sry, thank you so now im sure there are more videos ive missed🎉😂❤
Yes... I have a ton of videos, you might recheck all the Playlists, both Members and Free public videos, you might have missed a few! I didn't know this is what you were asking for, I'm so happy you found this! Much love!
I really enjoyed this tutorial! The mellow music and your gentle flowing movement has relaxed me so much I feel like I can do this too! You are a very good teacher and designer! Look forward to more! Thank you so much!
Thanks for that input! This ring design is a very simple and basic prong design, not intended for high value stones, but I do like your idea for a bend! Thanks again.
Half hard works too, but I've never had a stone fall out of my prongs. When the soft wire is compressed, it work hardens, in addition, if you burnish the prongs, they harden further. Starting with half hard might be faster for a simple prong ring without curls. Thanks for your comment!
Beautiful design, I'm just wondering if you are using the copper as a "teaching wire", a sample design. I am concerned that copper wire will not be strong enough to maintain tension on a stone for if one of those prongs were to snag on clothing .......
Copper can be used for practice but the metal makes a gorgeous ring as well as other jewelry. The hardness of the wire has to do with it's tensile strength and not necessarily it's type. Also, when you start with soft metal (like this copper is Dead Soft Copper, rather than Half Hard or Hard Copper).... and you work it into tight turns and pinches like prongs, the metal 'work hardens'... so while they can snag and can pull out of form, they might not, depending on how you work them and the wire. This is a simple ring with no curls, so you could also start with Half Hard or Hard wire if you have it or feel more comfortable with that... same would be true if working Sterling... start with a harder wire, but it will work the hands a bit more for sure. These would not be the setting or the wire I'd use to set a very fine gemstone, no... I would do the setting in a more secure or harder wire if the gemstone were very valuable. It's a great question you asked! Thanks again, Carla!
Vous faites un travail magnifique, un sertis en fil ça n'est pas simple du tout. j'avais acheté des chatons en plaqué or sur un site je n'avais plus qu'à insérer la pierre et refermer les griffes, mais bien sur après j'agrémentais, j'avais trouvé des zirconias sur un site également et je dois dire que les bagues de fiançailles étaient jolies avant d'avoir les fonds pour en acheter une. Votre matériel est différent de ceux achetés en ligne vous avez une enseigne particulière ? Et le fil est de quelle grosseur, gauge ? merci d'avance félictations pour ce remarquable travail Nadine
You can use Round Nose pliers too, but honestly, it will be harder for you. You can use the Round Nose to make the valley between the prongs but then you still have to use something like a Chain Nose plier to flatten them. I hope that helps! You can find flat pliers at the hobby stores probably and also online Marketplaces. Thanks for watching!
Is there a formula for the number of prongs to make for gemstone size? For instance, you made 6 prongs for an 8mm stone. Would you use 4 prongs for a 6 mm stone?
The video shows someone measuring the stone with calipers but they did not use the proper surfaces on the calipers so the stone measured smaller than it actually is in size.
so I am still trying to figure out the golden ratio of stone length and width and height as to too how far to space the prongs and what relationship they should represent as to overall dimensions as a general rule, I've not seen anyone accurately describe it, can you?
... Hi Bill... while I think I give a pretty good way to measure for prongs in the first part of Oly!... there is no formula that I know of. Thanks and best of luck, Hope this helps. th-cam.com/video/Tbng77fbnl0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=kSevunQD-hI6y29q
This was so helpful to see how to do a prong setting. I’ve never attempted one yet, but hope to try soon.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
You make it look easy, but I can tell there's a lot of finessing and fine tuning. I'm going to give it a try, but I'm not sure I've got that kind of patience. Definitely a Stunner!!! Thank you for sharing with us!!!
Thank you so much! Have fun with it!🙏🌷
I have been looking for a good tutorial on prong setting a ring. This is by far the best. Thank you so much!!!
What a lovely comment, Jessica! Thank you! Enjoy it!
I totally agree the best ring tutorial. Thank you
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing 😍❤️ I'm going to do a practice round in copper then make myself one in gold fill, can't wait.
Sounds great! Thank you Bambie!🙏💐
That is stunning! TFS!
Thank you, Eve, enjoy!🙏💕
Thank you so much for taking the time to create such a detailed video!! Just what I was looking for!!! I may have to watch a few more times to make sure I get it but can't wait to try this!!!
I'm so glad! Thank you too, Doreen! 🙏 🫶
Gorgeous!
Beautiful! Can't wait to try!😍
Yay! Thank you!🙏💕
Gorgeous. Thank you
Thank you! Cheers!💐🙏
Very nice the ring. You have put in lot of work. Beautiful it’s look.🤍🤍🤍
Thank you so much 😊
So impressed! Thank you. 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!🙏💐
Thank you for sharing. This is so lovely!
Thanks so much! Enjoy making them!🌷🙏
A beautiful design and excellent tutorial. I must however, point out that you are using the wrong part of your calipers to measure your gemstone. That recess is to make sure the calipers close all the way if you get dirt or build up on the sliding components. The correct part is the longer flats from the middle to the end. I know this as I have a metalworking trade. Keep up the good work, love your stuff.
Thanks Pia! I just got these and they are so much more fancy than I'm used to. I've had the manual little Gold calipers forever... I guess I should read the owners manual on this thing! 😄🤣🙃 thanks for pointing it out, I kinda figured I wasn't doing it right as gemstones didn't measure up. 🤣🤣🤣 I appreciate your comment, we all learn somewhere.
Wow! Beautiful work.
Thanks Connie!🙏⚘️
Te quedó PRECIOSO CHECK ✔️
Muy bien hecha
Beautiful design! ❤
Thank you for your teaching
My pleasure 😊 thank you too, enjoy!
It looks great
Thanks for watching!🙏❤️
This was really nice. Thanks for sharing the prongs. 😊
My pleasure, sandmaker, thank you for watching. :D
WOW what a beautiful ring and great tutorial.🥰💕👍👍🐶🐶🇬🇧
Thanks so much 😊I hope you enjoy making one!
Very nice
Very nice.
Thank you!!
I cnt believe i missed this video, its exactly what i was needing for this Fat teardrop i just asked you about on the Elton ring! Im sry, thank you so now im sure there are more videos ive missed🎉😂❤
Yes... I have a ton of videos, you might recheck all the Playlists, both Members and Free public videos, you might have missed a few! I didn't know this is what you were asking for, I'm so happy you found this! Much love!
I really enjoyed this tutorial! The mellow music and your gentle flowing movement has relaxed me so much I feel like I can do this too!
You are a very good teacher and designer! Look forward to more! Thank you so much!
Wonderful! Thank you! 🌷 🙏
You need a bend for the girdle of the stone it would make it so much more secure
Thanks for that input! This ring design is a very simple and basic prong design, not intended for high value stones, but I do like your idea for a bend! Thanks again.
Mis originales ideas de prons
Thank you, many artists use this prong method, it's been around for a very long time. Thanks again!
Also half hard wire make such a difference when securing stones with dead soft if you bump the ring or the stone it will come loose and fall out
Half hard works too, but I've never had a stone fall out of my prongs. When the soft wire is compressed, it work hardens, in addition, if you burnish the prongs, they harden further. Starting with half hard might be faster for a simple prong ring without curls. Thanks for your comment!
Beautiful design, I'm just wondering if you are using the copper as a "teaching wire", a sample design. I am concerned that copper wire will not be strong enough to maintain tension on a stone for if one of those prongs were to snag on clothing .......
Copper can be used for practice but the metal makes a gorgeous ring as well as other jewelry. The hardness of the wire has to do with it's tensile strength and not necessarily it's type. Also, when you start with soft metal (like this copper is Dead Soft Copper, rather than Half Hard or Hard Copper).... and you work it into tight turns and pinches like prongs, the metal 'work hardens'... so while they can snag and can pull out of form, they might not, depending on how you work them and the wire. This is a simple ring with no curls, so you could also start with Half Hard or Hard wire if you have it or feel more comfortable with that... same would be true if working Sterling... start with a harder wire, but it will work the hands a bit more for sure. These would not be the setting or the wire I'd use to set a very fine gemstone, no... I would do the setting in a more secure or harder wire if the gemstone were very valuable. It's a great question you asked! Thanks again, Carla!
So beautiful can you do it with multiple stones with different sizes?
Thank you! The setting is really for one stone at a time, but I would think you could prong several different sizes... give it a try! Have fun!
Vous faites un travail magnifique, un sertis en fil ça n'est pas simple du tout. j'avais acheté des chatons en plaqué or sur un site je n'avais plus qu'à insérer la pierre et refermer les griffes, mais bien sur après j'agrémentais, j'avais trouvé des zirconias sur un site également et je dois dire que les bagues de fiançailles étaient jolies avant d'avoir les fonds pour en acheter une. Votre matériel est différent de ceux achetés en ligne vous avez une enseigne particulière ? Et le fil est de quelle grosseur, gauge ? merci d'avance félictations pour ce remarquable travail Nadine
Thanks so much! This is a wire prong ring, the wire is 20 gauge, round, soft copper. I hope that helps! Thanks for this lovely comment!
thankyou for sharing. but can i ask you, what if i dont have flat head pliers? is there any tips to replace it?
You can use Round Nose pliers too, but honestly, it will be harder for you. You can use the Round Nose to make the valley between the prongs but then you still have to use something like a Chain Nose plier to flatten them. I hope that helps! You can find flat pliers at the hobby stores probably and also online Marketplaces. Thanks for watching!
Is there a formula for the number of prongs to make for gemstone size? For instance, you made 6 prongs for an 8mm stone. Would you use 4 prongs for a 6 mm stone?
There is not really a formula that I know of it's more Due to the size of the plier or my stone. 4 prongs on 6mm works great.
She's a cutie ❤
So glad you like it, Mandi, thanks for watching!
The video shows someone measuring the stone with calipers but they did not use the proper surfaces on the calipers so the stone measured smaller than it actually is in size.
I know, I say that in my description, I was using them wrong, I had just gotten them. Thanks for your comment! 🙏
so I am still trying to figure out the golden ratio of stone length and width and height as to too how far to space the prongs and what relationship they should represent as to overall dimensions as a general rule, I've not seen anyone accurately describe it, can you?
... Hi Bill... while I think I give a pretty good way to measure for prongs in the first part of Oly!... there is no formula that I know of. Thanks and best of luck, Hope this helps. th-cam.com/video/Tbng77fbnl0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=kSevunQD-hI6y29q
Calculations that detailed... you might check out Diamond setters
it does, gives me enough to figure it out, thanks
Thank you ！nice！-` ̗ 💍 ̖ ´-
Thank you too!
Just saying, I really missed the verbal explanation of what you were doing and why. I do love your tutorials though, and thank you for sharing!
I started doing 'talkies' in October of 2022, so most of the recent ones, I speak. Thanks for watching!