[Jewelry making - Article 00189] - Re: [Orchid] Rub over or bezel setting

[Brian]

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>     hammer-set with a small polished punch to upset the top of the
>     bezel edge I managed to do this on the ring which I was able to
>     clamp in the vice. It worked a treat but I couldn't get the other
>     pieces in the vice 

    Yes, I read your other posting where you referred to 'jaunty'
    angles. Sounds like a mission to hammer-set those. 

    However I wonder about dreaming up another way to secure the
    workpiece when setting those beasties. How about there was a way to
    support the bottom of the piece right under the bezel you're working
    on? 

    Like (herein follows some speculative thinking) say you made a hole
    in the silver base inside the bezel and made a specially-shaped steel
    rod to clamp in a vice. The steel rod might have a reduced diameter
    for a short mm or so to locate into the hole in the silver base and
    also might have a stepped 'landing' which provides support right
    under the bezel. The steel could be quite quickly made out of
    annealed tool steel by putting it in a drill and spinning it while
    filing/sanding/polishing. Harden/temper then polish. 

    I haven't tried this method exactly but have often used a variation,
    a flat round punch put inside a bezel to support it while stamping
    identification lettering on the base. 

>     as I was worried that if they were in tight enough, the solder
>     joints may give (I may at this point be inundated with comments
>     about my soldering not being up to much! 

    Thicker (fine sil) bezel walls are easier to align properly and
    therefore to solder well. 

Brian

B r i a n   A d a m   a n d    R u t h   B a i r d   
J e w e l l e r y  
Auckland New Zealand
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