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Square Shaped Solitaire Ring Making

Making Modern Square Solitaire Ring Instruction  - US$25

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Square Shaped Solitaire Ring Making

This instruction comes with easy to follow pictorials and detailed illustrations which shows you:

  • - Rolling shank to a taper
  • - Filing the stone collet holder 
  • - Shaping square in shank
  • - Setting method is discussed 
  • This tutorial can be made in a standard smithing workshop. You will need:
  •  - Metal : silver or gold or other
  •  - 5.5 mm Round Gemstone

You will receive :

  • -- 24 Pictures and illustrations
  • -- 12 Pages of detailed instructions
  • -- Personalized tips on tools and techniques
Square Shaped Solitaire Ring Making - Metal rolled to a taper
Rolling metal to a taper
Square Shaped Solitaire Ring Making Gemstone Fitiing
Fit the gemstone to check filing distance

With this square shaped solitaire ring the collet is shaped within the ring shank. The u-shape reflects the sparkle of the gemstone.

The metal is rolled to a taper which forms the basis for the collet. Care must be taken with filing so as not to over-file the collet. Setting method is discussed.

Square Shaped Solitaire Ring Making

Gemstone reflections in the square shaped ring shank

Suggested Follow-up Projects

or select other jewelry making projects from Jewelry Making Class List

Recommended Tool Tips / Videos for this project

This video shows how to roll metal into a taper.

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