Pendant Standards
- Have approved design (no copy righted images)
- Have 10 alternate designs
- Pendant surface must be smooth and uniform or have an intentional textural pattern
- Pendant must have a high mirror Polish
- Inside edges must be filed smooth and accurately
- Outside edge must be filed round, or smooth and accurately if outside edge is not circular
- Pendant must have a soldered jump ring
- Pendant must have a cabochon stone set in a bezel
- Pendant and bezel should not be melted
- All solder joints need to be complete and cleaned up (excess solder removed)
- Bezel must be smooth and even
- Stone needs to be set tightly and securely
Pendant Process
- Draw 10 designs around the stone
- Get a design approved
- Get your metal
- Roll out bezel wire to correct gauge
- Anneal bezel and pull straight
- Form Bezel around Bezel Mandrel
- Cut Bezel to size and solder it shut with medium solder
- Solder the bezel to the pendant base plate
- Glue design on metal and trace with a pointy needle file
- Solder the bezel to the pendant base plate
- Set stone
- Center punch coin where drilling is required
- Drill holes
- Cut our design using Jeweler's Saw
- File inside edges of the cutout
- File outside edges of medallion
- Sand medallion till the surface is smooth and uniform (DO NOT SAND YOUR STONE)
- Polish medallion with Tripoli and Red Rouge buffers
- Solder jump ring on medallion
- Put medallion in zip lock bag with 9 remaining designs
- Give to Mr. Steadman