[Jewelry making - Article 00418] - Re: [Orchid] Experience with H&S's new precut setting

[David Keeling]

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Hi All,

>     I was interested to read in a advertisement by Hoover and Strong
>     with it's new precut heads there is no need to pay a setter
>     between 35000 to 40000 per year. To get a 1 carat Princess cut
>     Diamond set you could let a one year bench Jeweller with little or
>     no experience do the Job. I would like to know, how it going with
>     setting these heads 

    Call me cynical, but I can't see it working. 

    Oh, sure, if all princess diamonds were calibrated, there might be a
    chance that they could be securely set by a minimally-trained
    benchperson, but the percentage of loss due to chipping/crushing of
    corners would increase significantly over the percentage that a shop
    employing a well-trained setter would suffer. 

    Haven't seen the ad, but if your description is accurate, I'm
    actually embarrassed for H&S on this one. Whom might they be
    serving? 

David Keeling
www.davidkeelingjewellery.com

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