[Jewelry making - Article 00237] - Re: [Orchid] Setting bullet shaped stones

[David L. Huffman]

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    I had exactly that situation about ten years back.  The customer was
    the chair of the art department and a Cranbrook metalsmith. 
    Actually, first president of SNAG.  What I did was to soak a small
    piece of fiberglass cloth in epoxy, spray the back of the stone with
    silicon mold release, and when the epoxy started to stiffen, I formed
    the sheet against the back of the cameo.  I then scribed the outline
    of the cameo on the now stiff cloth and sawed it out.  Then, having
    made a bezel in fully annealed 18K, I sealed the cameo against the
    new fiberglass backing with watch crystal cement, which, as you know,
    stays soft and plastic and is easily removed, much like rubber
    cement.  Then I set the bezel. 


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