Gem Mountings, Gem Setting, Jewelry Making Components, Findings

Jewelry Making Findings and Components

In this section, you'll find descriptive and ordering information for the various components and findings that can complement your jewelry making efforts. Please know that you may, if you wish, combine the s/h fee for jewelry making kits by adding CD-ROM tutorials in the same shipment at no additional s/h cost Minimum Order: $25.00

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3/32" Square Nickel-Silver Wire

The 3/32" nickel-silve square wire represents the heart of the Square Wire Forming jewelry making system. Called "German Silver" by the jewelry trade, this metal wire is easy to work with, bend and polish. It takes a nickel or chrome plating very well. Be a bit careful, though, because like all soft metals it tends to ding rather easyily. It will be shipped to you in 6" lengths - unless you specify otherwise up to 1'.
3/32" Nickel-Silver Square Wire - $1.50/per ft. (Minimum Order-10 ft.).

14-Gauge Brass Square Wire

When you're looking for a slightly daintier or refined look (especially for ring shanks), the 14-gauge brass wire should be used. It's soft rolled, easy to bend and work with - and takes a terrific polish. Because the wire is brass it will need to be gold leafed or plated - and polishing can be effective even with an ordinary jeweler's polishing cloth. The wire comes to you in 6" lengths unless you specify otherwise.
14-Gauge Brass Square Wire - $1.50/per ft.(10-ft minimum order)

BezelBar

BezelBars are 145x1x4mm (about 6" long) brass strips finished with 14K GF. (Email if you'd like the bar to be 11.5" long)The bars represent the basic building component for the system because all the various parts are fastened to and/or attached to the bar which is shaped around the gemstone. A bar will make about four average sized cages.
BezelBars - $5/Ea.

P Bail

The P (for platform) Bail is useful when you create butted ends on a pendant or similar type of Cage. It's usually temporarily glued over the ends' intersection and then conventionally wire wrapped or soldered. This greatly strengthens the attachment while producing a pleasing, disciplined appearance.
$2.00/Ea.

3P Bail

This platform bail which allows the installation of three 3mm faceted accent gems in their own 4-prong mountings lends elegance to any pendant design. The bail is temporarily glued to a butted end Cage (or soldered) and can then be conventionally wire wrapped for strength and appearance. It's a simple installation, but powerful in its contribution.
3PBail - $2.00/Ea.

T Bail

The T (for tunnel) Bail allows you to utilize a jump ring or wire attachment for pendant installation. At the same time, the bridge between the small tunnel and the bail's opening can be filed or sawed out, followed by a diagonal saw cut in one side. This gives you a nicer, thicker standard snap-on bail, much more stylish than the thin metal stamped out varieties.
TBail - $2.00/Ea.

Faceted Gem Prong -14K GF

An FProng enables you to set medium to large faceted gems quickly and easily. It is designed for attachment to our bezel bars and once the gems girdle is fitted into the prong notch, the pre-shaped tip is merely turned down with either a spoon, wood pusher or pair of setting pliers. It's best to use four FProng's on a stone but you can get away with only three so long as you provide some support under that part of the gem that lies beneath the bail.
FProng - $2.00/Ea.

Faceted Gem Prong -Silver

This FSProng is the same as the above 14K GF prong except that it contains a triple thickness coating of silver. The small core is metal alloy which is why it doesn't qualify for a Sterling Silver description. The silver coating is exceptionally thick and permanent. It's a nice prong for making the famous two-stone mountings (gold and silver) popularized by Britain's Queen Victoria.
FSProng - $2.00/Ea.

Vertical 6mm Mount

A Vertical 6mm Mount allows you to add a gemstone mounting atop an upright bezel or wire wrap. The channels grip the bezel strip and the cavity accepts beads, small round cabs or faceted 6mm gems. Once mounted properly the gemstone will rest directly on top of the strip, open to the viewer's eye. The mountings can be added as single conceits or in a strip.
6mm Vertical Mount - $2.00/Ea.

Vertical 3mm Mount

This finding is a 3mm version of the larger 6mm Upright Mounting. It serves essentially the same purpose and is mounted the same. It attaches vertically to the Cage and then accommodates a tiny bead, round cabochon or 3mm faceted Snap Tite mounting/gem.
Vertical 3mm Mount - $2.00/Ea.

Snap^TM Settings

The Snap Tite mountings are proprietary and allow you to easily set various diameter gems merely by snapping the gemstone into the pre-shaped prongs. Wykoff's jewelry making systems make use of 3mm and 6mm round brilliant gems by offering receptacles or cavities where the mountings may be adhesively attached. Note: Be cautious of substitutes which lack the solid metal bottom (needed for gluing and soldering)

6mm Snap Tite Mountings - $1.75/Ea.

3mm Snap Tite Mountings - $1.50/Ea.

C Bail

The C (for channel fit) Bail allows you to secure butted bezel bar ends quickly and easily. Just insert each bezel end into the bail's channel, squeeze the Cage so the ends butt up and then crimp (a bit of solder is great security) the bail onto the bar's surface. It's installation is quick and generally needs no further enhancements.
CBail - $2.00/Ea.

6mm Horizontal Mount

Single Horizontal Bezel Mounts for faceted gemstones allow installation directly on the flat side of a Bezelbar or wire bundlel while offering a cavity which allows installation of a 6mm Snap Tite setting. As a featured stone, the component serves well on rings, ear rings, bracelets, etc. where a horizontal mounting is at its best. When used as accent gems, these mountings provide great aesthetic appeal in dramatizing the feature gems, particularly where they can be used singly or in a row or in matching pairs or as a line of gems.
Bezel 6mm Mount - $2.00/Ea.