[Jewelry making - Article 00262] - Re: [Orchid] Benefits of ready made tube settings

[Neilthejeweler]

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    If you're planning on a setting a lot of 3mm stones the tubing makes
    $ense, although more labor intensive. If its a sometimes thing then
    findings are more cost effective. 

    Something to consider is the type of stone and pardon the way this
    may sound, your acuity at cutting seats. At 3mm you really need the
    seat to be concentric with the tube. If your center is off by as
    little as .1mm your opposite sides will double the difference...one
    side might be .2mm thicker than the opposite. That's .008" for those
    like me who can better visualize in inches. That's a lot in a 3mm
    setting. You can get it in there but if you have to polish a lot you
    may break thru, but at the least your bezel may look lop sided.
    Generally, I find tube findings a harder metal than tubing, for the
    point of rolling the metal over, I guess because they are die
    struck. 

    If you're dealing with deep bellied stones, or stones that are not
    exactly calibrated to the finding, or real thin girdles, then tubing
    is the way to go. imho. I'd rather cut away what I don't need than
    wish I had some more meat under the stone. 

    That being said I have the opposite dilemma...I can't get tubing in
    the size I want, drawing down is too wasteful for this job, so I may
    be forced to use tube findings and whittle away the bezel wall which
    I don't need anyway.
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