Two or Three Section Chaton Settings - AKA Figure 8 Puddling

Figure 8 puddling is really – 2 or 3 section 20ss chatons

Mr D wrote in his book on page 31. In 1955, my father had J.I. Manufacturing make us a two-section 20ss setting and a 3 section 20ss setting, straight and curved. This had two advantages, first, you did not have to solder those settings together, and second, the girls could set the stones faster in the multiple settings than in the singles settings.

So now that we know what figure puddling really is lets look at the photos. As you can see figure 8 puddling has the prongs set on the sides of the stones sort of like fangs and not set evenly around the stone. Note some even have 3 prongs not 4. This setting of the prongs is “key” along with the size of the rhinestones to figure 8 puddling. Without both of them then you do not have figure 8 puddling.