[Jewelry making - Article 00597] - Re: [Orchid] Setting square cabs

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rockey -

>     It's the corners that I need help on 

    square cab bezels are pretty much the same as round/oval bezels.
    some jewelers use the 'L' procedure with two pieces of bezel bent
    90%, one side of each has to be the width or length of one side of
    stone and the other side longer. these 2 'L' pieces are put together
    to form a square in which the cab will fit snugly and then the two
    corners are soldered. it works okay but leaves you with the two
    soldered corners sharper than the 90% bent corners. 

    i just bend the bezel strip (26g is best for me, doesn't melt with
    harder solder) around the cab so the solder seam falls in the middle
    of the bottom side - that way all the corners are the same. since i
    usually make the bezel width a little higher than the stone, when i
    dry fit it to snug it up i overlap the two ends and clamp with a
    locking hemostat, then saw along one side of the hemostat - the edge
    seam matches up better. 

    if the bezel is a little higher than you need, mark the desired
    width around with small dividers, and sand down on a 220 grit disc. 

    ive
    who knows that finding your own successful way of doing things gives
    you more time to do other things - your way, of course.
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