Atlas Jewelers Bench Talk

I was asked to move a large pear shaped diamond from an engagement ring to a new rose gold oval halo mounting that had an oval garnet. I removed the garnet and removed the prongs.

Since there was just a big void where the belly of the stone used to be, I had to make a new bridge to accept the base of the peg head. I laser tacked the bridge in place and soldered it in with “hard” solder. Hard solder has a higher melting temperature then the “easy” solder which I was going to be using in the next soldering step. With small brushes, I polished the bridge. The prongs of her existing mounting were in great shape so I kept her stone in the crown and transferred it over the new ring. I knew I could solder the head in place with “easy” solder without fear of unsoldering the bridge from its place.