[Jewelry making - Article 00057] - Re: [Orchid] Stone order in cluster setting

[Neilthejeweler]

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    What works in any individual case is what works. Of course there are
    considerations with any job so its dangerous to make broad
    generalities. 

    One good reason to set the outside first is that it enables you to
    properly center the main stone. You can mush it one way or the other
    to compensate for slight irregularities in the satellite stone
    outline. You can view the alignment of the accents without the
    distraction of the center. Also. if you're using a hart bur for the
    outsides, you most likely will need the clearance to tip the bur from
    the inside, if the center was there it might restrict your movement.
    I can visualize this better than I can describe it, sorry. 

    I don't believe girdles should ever touch but sometimes it happens
    because they are maybe not quite the ideal size for the mounting, so
    you may have to shoehorn them in. When I was contracting, retailers
    would supply stones that were too big and just say, "Oh you can do
    it". Well, they're paying and they're supplying so I would do it
    their way. I hated it but I did it. 

    The example you gave with the center set below the sides...how did
    that look? Sounds awkward on the face of it, but maybe its a
    different concept?
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