I was wondering if anyone could lend their personal experience to a
new type of setting I am trying to work on. I have done prong
settings for faceted stones, and box bezels for cabs, but I have not
done any bezel settings for faceted stones. I was wondering if
anyone could point me in the right direction. I was looking at Step
Bezel to see if that would be valuable, with the ledge used to hold
the girdle of the stone. I am a little hesitant though to simply
roll the bezel 90 degrees onto the facets however, as I think I will
get a crimping effect (similar to what happens in square bezels in
the corners if not notched properly). Does anyone have any first
time experiences or mistakes they made that they would like to share
so I try to come out of this with something semi-decent? Is step
bezel a decent way to start getting into this. I would rather not
use a setting for the first time around. I guess I should also
mention I am working in silver. My basic understanding of the
process is:
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cut and solder a piece of step bezel to right size and shape.
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File down top part of bezel so that when the stone drops in there
is just a tiny amount of lip that can roll over. -
Cross Fingers and start pushing bezel onto stone
Cris