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How to Set Stones into Earring Snapsets

by Dale Armstrong
Question:

How do you use the earring snapsets? I purchased the 6mm earring snapset with the 6mm stones to go in them, and I realized I don't know how to use them with the earring post in the center - can someone give me directions?

-Barb in Puyallup, Washington
Instructions
Answer:

The easiest way to set stones into earring snapsets is to:

1. Place the stone, table side down, on a roll of tape* (sticky side out).
2. Holding the setting between your fingers, center the setting over the stone.
3. Push the setting onto the stone. You should hear a definite snap.
Dale Armstrong's How to Set Stones into Earring Snapsets - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, , Using earring snapset
Dale Armstrong's How to Set Stones into Earring Snapsets - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, , Using earring snapset
If the stone goes to one side and the prongs end up bent, use needle nose or chain pliers to adjust and reposition the prongs, and then try again.

* - Take a piece of tape and stick the ends together, making sure the sticky side is out.

Answer contributed by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong

Materials

Snapsets found in findings by metal type
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Tools

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