Necklace with centerstone advanced poject
step by step

Training of soldering skills, precise assembling. Time 30 to 40 hours depending your skills, work speed and organization. Weight in gold 49 grams. Gold plate 2.0 mm Setting for centerstone 0.7 mm 20 diamonds 0.49 ct This design is not in the public domain. Take this as an inspiration, do not copy 1:1 Photos, necklace and design of the educational project by Hubert Heldner.

	01	The original design.		02	Trace the parts and try to fit them on your 2 mm plate. You are looking at 80 gramms of gold.
	03	Cut out all pieces. Drill the holes for the diamonds.		04	File the lines, round the surfaces, sand and dome the pieces. This step will take a couple of hours.
	05	Solder the connecting rings. Allow enough space for the parts to move.		06
	07	Centerpiece form the back.		08	Front.
	09	Lay out all pieces and verify the length of the necklace.		10	Adapt the last piece to reach the right size.
	11	Test how the necklace sits on the necklace mandrel		12	Verify the symmetry
	13	from all sides.		14	Prepare a 0.7 mm plate for the centerstone setting.
	15	Always handle gemstones with care. Abrasive corundum dust settles on your workbench.		16	Prepare the angular prongs by filing a V shaped groove.
	17	Bend		18	and solder.
	19	Trace some fine lines to verify the symmetry.		20	Cut out to fit the stone nicely.
	21	Note the inside preparation of the bezel.		22	Fit the angular prongs, test with the stone before soldering.
	23	Fit the centerstone setting into the necklace.		24	The two center diamonds are preset before you assemble. It is difficult to set them afterwards.
	25	Polish the necklace.		26	This is how it will look. The diamonds are still missing.
	27	The back.		28	Does the design look like the necklace. The final question.
	29	My workbench.		30	Scapolite 11.39 ct from Madagascar cut by Katerina Kestemont (Cleopatra's eye)