[Jewelry making - Article 01275] - Re: [Orchid] Appropriate gauge for flush setting

[Lauren]

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>     Likely I won't be the only one to point out that the article shows
>     an improper way to flush set stones. It's not the AllSet part, it's
>     the hammering part. A couple of setters have said on this thread
>     how to do it properly - cut the bearing, insert the stone, rub it
>     in. 

    Over the years, I've had to reset literally hundreds of flush set
    diamonds that were set by burnishing, and came out in the ultrasonic
    when a customer came in for a cleaning. I dread cleaning other
    jewelers' burnish settings. But I have never had to reset one that I
    set by hammering. That is the only way I will set them now. I
    learned the burnishing way, but common sense told me that there's not
    much holding the stone in. And if the stone is not perfectly round
    like the bur, then there's even less holding it in. If the ring gets
    bent out of shape even slightly, it's going to fall out. I don't care
    if my way is the "right" way or not. It's the secure way. 

Lauren
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