[Jewelry making - Article 01043] - [Orchid] Removing stones from bezels

[Jan McClellan]

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    Again I am asking for help - I need to remove some stones from bezel
    settings so I can re-make a ring into a pendant. 

    I made this ring for a customer using her stones - she wanted me to
    use 7 of them, I talked her into using 5 and told her that I thought
    the ring would still be too large for her.  We agreed on a design
    and with much trouble I made the ring and sure enough the ring is
    too big (that is the top part) - now she wants me to remake the top
    part into a pendant and add some more design and another stone. 
    Today I tried to loosen the bezels, managed to get the opal and the
    ruby out but the garnet was chipping away as I dug at the bezel. 
    the bezels are 22k yellow, the ring base is sterling and there is
    some more design with 14k gold. Is there a better way to push out the
    bezel?  I'm using an exacto knife, the only thing thin enough to
    begin to get under the lip of the bezel.  Besides the garnet, I
    still have a sapphire and a so called diamond to do. 

Thanks in advance.
Jan McClellan
in Eastern Oregon where it is finally feeling like summer.



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