[Jewelry making - Article 00666] - [Orchid] Bezel setting approach

[Evalie Lockard]

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Hello everyone,

    I have been trying to bezel set a black onyx blade for more than a
    week...I fail, re-think my approach, fail, and begin the process yet
    once again. I am a beginner, so I am sure I am not seeing the forest
    for the trees. I can not get the blade to be snug in the bezel, no
    matter how well the bezel is compressed over the edge of the curved
    portion of the blade and against the flat. The fact that the other
    two sides have no curve, seems to completely negate what I have
    accomplished. It doesn't seem as though it will actually fall out,
    but it is loose, and I don't like it. I have tried a taller bezel,
    serrating the bezel, thinned the bezel, and putting a base on the
    bezel (Golly! Wasn't that fun! These blades are 2.5mm x 8mm.). I
    know I could epoxy them in, but if there is a correct way to do it
    that doesn't involve epoxy, I sure would love to know how to go about
    it. Thanks in advance. 

Evalie
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