https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-can-i-attach-a-fairly-large-undrilled-stone-to-a-wire-bracelet/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-can-i-attach-a-fairly-large-undrilled-stone-to-a-wire-bracelet/#comment-614012 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:54:14 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=60506#comment-614012 Go to you tube. Type in search bar “how to make prongs for any undrilled Stone”. CSL designs and many others have you tube instructions on how to do this.

]]> https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-can-i-attach-a-fairly-large-undrilled-stone-to-a-wire-bracelet/#comment-614006 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:37:08 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=60506#comment-614006 If you solder, you can make a wire frame from 16 gauge wire, mimicking the shape of the stone back, solder on prongs, then you can solder it to the bracelet wire, or wire it, if you prefer.

]]> https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/how-can-i-attach-a-fairly-large-undrilled-stone-to-a-wire-bracelet/#comment-613999 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:07:05 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=60506#comment-613999 Margie, you could try making a sheet metal “bezel,” larger than the stone, to go under the stone, then saw prongs up from it, to keep the stone in place. You could then drill holes in various places near the outer edge of the “bezel” in order to run the 14 ga wire through them, to attach the “bezel” to the wire of the bracelet. It’s easier to see this in a picture than to describe it in words!

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