[Jewelry making - Article 00317] - Re: [Orchid] New to bezel setting

[Rick]

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Marci,

    Shape the bezel around the stone. Solder that seam with hard solder.
    Now put the soldered bezel around the stone and smooth it with
    something that is flat and won't push the top of the bezel over the
    stone. Once that is fitting right take the bezel with the stone and
    sand it on 220 or finer sandpaper on a flat surface. You can cover
    the back of the stone with masking tape if you don't want to scratch
    up the backside of the stone. Once you can see that all the metal
    has been sanded check to see if the stone still fits nicely. Cover
    the back plate with flux, (I prefer paste flux for soldering bezels
    to back plates), and press lightly. Then heat the piece, preferably
    from the bottom up with the piece resting on a screen supported by
    fire bricks. Once the flux dries out take a solder pick and lightly
    press down an gaps while still heating. Then add solder and solder as
    normal. I use wire solder and free hand it. If you are going to use
    chips of solder you will have to stop and place the solder. 

HTH

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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