[Jewelry making - Article 00008] - Re: [Orchid] Setting - cone shaped hole

[Noel]

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    One comment about this discussion--               

    I took Blaine Lewis' stone-setting class. Flush setting is the only
    style I learned there that I really use so far, and I'm no expert.
    But Blaine (with his amazing magnification set-up) was able to show
    us that, if you made the seat nice and narrow (you really only need
    like 1mm), a diamond pressed into it will simply reshape it to the
    angle needed, with tiny indentations for each facet junction. This
    does *not* require applying extra pressure. Even with softer stones,
    if the seat is only as big as needed to keep the stone from slipping
    through, the pressure cannot be significantly away from the girdle. 

    And, of course, with a well-cut stone, all the light coming out the
    top came in through the top, regardless of whether it is all open,
    as in a tension setting, or all closed, as in flush or bezel.       
         
    I like flush setting so much that if I want a small stone set in a
    "thick bezel", I don't make a tube setting any more-- I solder a
    tiny disc of thick gold where I want the stone, then flush set in
    it.                                        

--Noel

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