1.7ct Hearts and Arrow Platinum make.

Beauty of a stone to make up today.. in a rush, as usual ;)

Video on top, step by step imagery below.

Forge a bezel

fit stone and divide to prongs 

file prongs

file base 

add undersupport and polish 

 time to make the shank 

roll down and taper the beam 

 platinum wants good annealing!

bend anneal bend anneal bend anneal 

 sweat solder (aka fuse)

fusing gets hot! 

ring is hammered up 4 sizes

with a BIG hammer and lots fo noise 

then time to file it 

which is sweaty work..  

best done with a Bastard file, 

then once in range lets fixture 

 grind a hole for the collet to seat in

and polish all parts prior to soldering 

time to set 

 initial tightening

set and polished 

flashy pics :)