Recent content by ji808

yeah... I suppose if it's an issue, I could scale down the tube size to 2 or 2.5mm and use a 1 to 1.5mm diamond, but I'll already be using (hopefully) several others similar to that size in different aspects of the piece

I was just wondering if having such a large hole (3-3.2mm) completely through the pearl in addition to the tap for setting would risk the integrity in the long-term The shape that I got for the plan is egg-shaped, and is roughly 11x14mm. I would be getting it drilled from the top to the bottom...

Thanks! The ring is going to be several months in the making, but it's for a competition and should be done sometime in November. Assuming everything goes according to plan, I should be able to post some pictures of it then! Assuming I can cross-drill the pearl, that is. Otherwise, I'll have to...

it's a roughly 13mm pearl

I'm using a golden south sea that I'll be setting into a ring. It's currently tapped 1.1mm halfway on one side, but I was wondering if it would potentially put the pearl at risk if I re-drilled it from a different angle. Because of what I'm making, it has to have the 1.1mm half-tapped hole on...