How to Create Settings in Metal Wire and Wax
by Adolfo Mattiello

33 Pages, Illustrations, Paperback 8 1/2" x 10 3/4"

• This is a new "How to Create Settings in Metal Wire and Wax" book
• Includes two plastic stone setting templates
• The metal working section shows step by step how to make many different styles and shapes of settings with drawn metal wire
• It also shows how to join settings to create clusters
• The wax working sections shows how to make settings turned on your Matt Mini Lathe
• The two templates greatly increase precision and accuracy and the millimeter measurements enable you to use them as stone gauges
• Includes instruction with over 250 diagrams on how to create the following settings:

• Regular Wire Settings
• Four prong round, oval, pear shape
• Two and six prong marquise, rectangular and square
• Four and six prong center settings
• Slim Line Wire Settings
  • Three prong round, oval, pear shape, marquise
• Joining Settings to Form a Cluster
  • The layout
  • Wax set-up
  • Plaster set up
  • Butt joint
  • Shot joint
  • Bridge joint
• Wax Settings
  • Large and small round, marquise setting for two or three stones
  • Settings for fancie stones including baguette, pear and heart shape
  • Marquise settings with round and V-shape prongs
• Special Wax Settings
  • Turning round wax settings using metal templates