Im thinking ill carve out the bottom plate and let the stones sit in that. I drew down some wire to create a spot for the stones to rest, but it seems to be far more work than just carving out the bottom that will also let in light. What do you think?
Hi,
…are you meaning the faceted pears…?…
the bezel shown with a pear in it looks too big…?
how is the fit of the other bezel…?
in simple terms…
you could make a bezel where the pear sits on the bezel and then cut a seat in the bezel
or you could make a bezel where the atone fits into the bezel, and then put a strip inside the bezel as a seat, and bur/ bevel the strip for a seat…
the height of the setting, as well as the seat position needs to account for the thickness of the stone and culet depth, and table height…
julie
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Thats what i may do is just put a seat in.
Hi,
as an aside…have you ever tried bezel blocks…(also called collet blocks)…?…
i believe they come in 2 angle options…and various shapes…
you might like them…helps to shape thicker sheet nicely…where you can then cut the seat from/ in the bezel wall…or not…
you can use the resulting setting as a bezel…or you can pierce the walls to create prongs…crowns…etc
peters website, jewelrytrainingsolutions.com has a longer full length video on collet blocks…how to modify shapes beyond the blocks general size, etc…ie: wider, thinner…
julie
Just a pet peeve of mine ~ Light never comes in from the bottom, not unless you have a light source like a flashlight shinning from there. Opening up the bottom, or back, enables the stone to be cleaned and saves metal weight. Having a clean pavilion makes for better reflection on incoming light from the top. A dirty pavilion will kill the beauty of a stone. Just saying.
TJones
Goldsmith
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