[Jewelry making - Article 00152] - Re: [Orchid] Setting bullet shaped stones

[Andrew Cooperman]

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    I hate to say it... and I reserve the right to deny saying it at
    all..... but Mr. Zaruba is right about the glue-- sometimes you need
    it. 

    I too use glue as a backer w/ certain opals and opaque stones. 

    1. as a cushion (as Doug said) 

    2. as a filler to level out a cabachon stone w/ an oddly contoured
    bottom.  In this case you allow the epoxy to set before you work the
    bezel. 

    3.  as a filler/ spacer to stop a stone from rocking.  The problem w/
    a abullet along w/ the steep slope of the bezeling angle is the length
    which allows for considerable leveredge and potentialy allowing the
    bullet to rock loose 

    With the exception of pearls, I rarely rely on glue aka: chemical
    bonding, soley to set the stone.  But it makes for a dandy back up
    system and adjunct to bezels, backsets, etc.. 


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