making neckace out of three bracelets

[smitcompton]

Dear All,
I like to create my own jewelry out of other parts and things. I created a emerald neckace out of loose stones and two small diamond necklaces and now I want to do something similiar with ruby bracelets. Each bracelet has 21 stones of 5x3 rubies and are each 4.5 grams of gold( delicate line bracelet looking.and 7 inches each) After attaching these I have a 2.5 ctw ruby that I want to make into a pendant that will hang from the necklace, hopefully surrounded by some diamond thing. I have been doing this with rings: I change stones in settings. The fellow I used has left the area and on the last piece I thougt he over charged me.( alot) How much is a fair price for soldering two of the bracelets to the third. He would have to remove the clasps. He then would have to attach the pendant to the necklace. To me its a simple thing, but ........ Can someeone give me an idea. This is not a custom piece . Thanks
Annette

 

[VRBeauty]

Anette: one jeweler I''ve worked with charges $10 per weld. I''m not sure if he charged the same, or less for "unwelds" (removing links). You''d also have to add in the cost of any findings. I imagine the cost of the pendant would vary a lot according to what sort of design you choose; you might want to check some websites for diamond semimounts to get an idea.

Good luck!