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Learn to place gemstones securely and beautifully on jewelry pieces. Our stone setting articles cover techniques and tools for setting popular gems.

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Gerry Lewy Video F – Bead Setting

Gerry Lewy Video F – Bead Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you the technique of bead setting...
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Gerry Lewy Video E – Princess Setting Round Claws – V Shaped Claws – Wedding band

Gerry Lewy Video E – Princess Setting Round Claws – V Shaped Claws – Wedding band

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set a diamond...
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How to Set, Polish, and Finish a Bezel Set Ring

How to Set, Polish, and Finish a Bezel Set Ring

In this tutorial, Ganoksin instructor Kelly Jean Conroy shows you how to bezel set a stone and then polish and...
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Fishtail Setting Tutorial

Fishtail Setting Tutorial

Master diamond setter Gerry Lewy shows dying art of making a fish tail setting. Made completely by hand, this is...
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Gerry Lewy Video B – Setting a Solitaire – 4 Prong – 6 Prong

Gerry Lewy Video B – Setting a Solitaire – 4 Prong – 6 Prong

Drawing on 40+ years of experience, Gerry Lewy shows you how to set a diamond in 4-prong and 6-prong solitaire...
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How to Polish Stones, Gems, and Diamonds the Right Way

How to Polish Stones, Gems, and Diamonds the Right Way

How do you clean your jewellery? Doing it yourself isn’t the answer. Nor is using improper tools or techniques that...
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Gerry Lewy Video C – Bezel Setting – Channel Setting

Gerry Lewy Video C – Bezel Setting – Channel Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set a diamond...
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How to Repair a Bezel Using a Jump Ring

How to Repair a Bezel Using a Jump Ring

You can restore a thinning bezel in several ways. In this video, Ganoksin instructor Mechelle Lois shows you how to...
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Goldsmithing: Stone Setting Techniques

Goldsmithing: Stone Setting Techniques

The pleasure and challenge of including gems in a jewelry object (beyond the intrinsic beauty of the gem, of course)...
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Gerry Lewy Video A – Intro – Tool Modification – Skills

Gerry Lewy Video A – Intro – Tool Modification – Skills

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to modify simple, everyday,...
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Step by Step Guide to Single Row Pave Settings

Step by Step Guide to Single Row Pave Settings

Single-row pavé, which consists of a single row of small diamonds set into a narrow strip of metal, is a...
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How to Repair a Bezel by Patching

How to Repair a Bezel by Patching

Over time, bezels can wear thin, increasing the risk of the stone breaking or coming loose. There are multiple ways...
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How to Repair a Channel on a Channel Set Ring

How to Repair a Channel on a Channel Set Ring

When a channel set ring needs repair, it's almost always because the channel has worn down over time. This creates...
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How to Resize a Ring With a Stone

How to Resize a Ring With a Stone

In part 2 of this series, instructor Mechelle Lois teaches you how to re-size a ring with a stone. Sizing...
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Gerry Lewy Video D – Cluster Setting – Flush Setting

Gerry Lewy Video D – Cluster Setting – Flush Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set gems in...
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How to Solder a Bezel Cup to a Ring Band

How to Solder a Bezel Cup to a Ring Band

Watch as Ganoksin instructor Kelly Jean Conroy takes you through the steps of soldering a bezel cup to a ring...
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How to Make a Bezel Cup Video

How to Make a Bezel Cup Video

Learn how to make a bezel cup with Ganoksin instructor Kelly Jean Conroy. In this video, she'll give you step-by-step...
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Setting Gemstones in Wax

Setting Gemstones in Wax

The one of the most revolutionary advance in recent years, apart from the Laser soldering, is the method of "Setting...
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The Invisible Setting Process

The Invisible Setting Process

This column is from the At the Bench column that appears every month in AJM. For this project, it is...
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Basic Gypsy or Flush Mount Setting

Basic Gypsy or Flush Mount Setting

First the stone's diameter is measured at the pavillion and a dent is made in metal for the pilot drill...
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Tube Setting Basics

Tube Setting Basics

Tube-setting is a stylish way to set round gemstones, and its a great first step toward more complex gemstone setting....
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Guide to Fishtail Settings

Guide to Fishtail Settings

One of the most popular setting styles today, fishtail settings are one of the few setting methods that show off...
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Steps for Graver Preparation

Steps for Graver Preparation

Gravers are small cutting tools used for stone setting, texturing, de-burring and applying decorative embellishments and traditional hand engraving. Steps...
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Channel Setting Round Diamonds

Channel Setting Round Diamonds

Recently a woman brought an old family diamond into our store and asked to have a custom mounting made for...
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Step by Step Guide to Fishtail Settings

Step by Step Guide to Fishtail Settings

One of the most popular setting styles today, fishtail settings are one of the few setting methods that show off...
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Channel Setting – Set ‘Em Straight

Over the past decade, channel setting has grown in popularity. Setting small diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and even emeralds into channels...
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The Basic Techniques of Shell Inlay

The Basic Techniques of Shell Inlay

To learn the art of inlay, its best to start with the basics. This project will walk you through the...
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Basic Bead Setting Techniques

Basic Bead Setting Techniques

First the stone's diameter is measured at the pavillion and a dent is made in the metal for the pilot...
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The Best Jewelry Books: A Comprehensive Reading List For Craftspeople

A selected bibliography list for the jeweler - Metal working, Casting, Plating, Enamelling ,Gem Cutting, Setting, Engraving and Etching, Other...
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Setting Baguette Stones

Setting Baguette Stones

Baguette stones have four corners and a rather deep pavilion. Because of this you must handle these stones with special...
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Invisible Setting Ring Repairs

Invisible Setting Ring Repairs

The majority of the invisible set styles that are available are the type where the diamonds are pressed in. To...
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Gem-Setting Tools: A Practical Guide To All The Hand Tools & Bench Supplies You’ll Need

This article lists the basic tools someone learning stonesetting might want to have around. One would of course add to...
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Quality Assurance Benchmarks for Jewelers

Quality Assurance Benchmarks for Jewelers

Fine jewelry represents much more than its trade value in diamonds, gemstones and precious metals. It is a personal representation...
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Tube Setting Method

Tube Setting Method

Tube setting is a simple method of setting that can take as little as five minutes or less per setting...
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Use Vector Tightening to Overcome

Use Vector Tightening to Overcome

Gemstones that become loose in their settings can cause damage to both the gem and the setting. A regular inspection...
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Stone Setting Tools FAQs

Stone Setting Tools FAQs

Tim McCreight answers 13 of the questions about stone-setting tools most frequently asked by his metalsmithing students.
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Making a Bezel

Making a Bezel

Making a bezel for many stones such as an antique cushion garnet can be difficult when the mandrels on hand...
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Bezel Setting Method

Bezel Setting Method

Bezel setting is one of the most secure methods of setting a gemstone into a mounting, but one of the...
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Benefits of Concave Faceting

How does concave faceting create so much more brilliance than regular flat faceting? Imagine a typical flat, square mirror, Now...
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Bright-Cut inside Bezel setting

Bright-Cut inside Bezel setting

This video shows just how the bright-cutting procedure is accomplished. I use only one tool, my "Onglette #2, Right-Sided" graver....
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Royal Flush Stone Setting

Royal Flush Stone Setting

A sign on the side of a plumbers truck read, In our business a Flush is better than a Full-House....
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Setting Stones in Wax

Setting Stones in Wax

One of the most revolutionary advances in recent years, apart from laser welding, is the method of setting stones in...
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Beading Tool Tips

Beading Tool Tips

Like most bench jewelers I do a lot of bead setting and like most bench jewelers I take pride in...
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Bead and Bright Setting

Bead and Bright Setting

In the last issue of Bench Magazine I demonstrated how I would go about wax model carving for this unusual...
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Different Methods of Cutting Azures

Different Methods of Cutting Azures

Azure is the American English derivative of the French term a jour or adjoure. An azure is a countersunk cutout...
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Re-tipping Platinum Prongs

Platinum is a very durable metal, so prongs will last a long time. However, it is sometimes necessary to re-tip...
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Marquise Diamond Setting

Marquise Diamond Setting

This particular setting has two V shaped claws and four regular, holding and protecting claws. I will try to unravel...
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CAD Modeling Prong Settings

CAD Modeling Prong Settings

If you're designing jewelry using CAD, understanding how the piece will be cast and then set and finished at the...
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Securing Curved Stones for Easy Drilling

Securing Curved Stones for Easy Drilling

Securing curved stones when drilling can be a bit difficult. I use recycled ceramic china, beach pebbles, sea and river...
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Claw Setting – Removing The Fear Factor

Claw Setting – Removing The Fear Factor

As we prepare for the upcoming Christmas season, we will be totally inundated with requests to do some repairs or...
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Engraved Bezel with Vertical Walls

Engraved Bezel with Vertical Walls

Stonesetting has been a part of goldsmithing for as long as people have worked in precious metals. Perhaps the oldest...
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Bead Setting Method – Part 1

Bead Setting Method – Part 1

Any name you wish to put to this method of securing stones works; but how many of you jewelry bench-workers...
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A Conversation with Angela Cummings

A Conversation with Angela Cummings

In October of 1983 Angela Cummings announced that she would end a 16-year association with Tiffany & Company in order...
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V Prong Setting

Several shapes of stones have pointed ends, including marquise, pear, heart, and princess. Because these points are often thin and...
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Creating Equal Divisions in Stone Setting

Creating Equal Divisions in Stone Setting

Below are steps for an easy way to create equal divisions in setting stones that jewelers need to know. Dividing...
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2 Successful Stone Setting Tips

2 Successful Stone Setting Tips

Ask any experienced jeweler, and they'll tell you: it takes stones to become a gem setter. You literally have to...
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Setting Gemstone on Precious Metal Clay

PMC is not a traditional material, and so a few pioneers went about tentatively setting cubic zirconia's, and lab grown...
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Setting a Stone with Cold Connections

Setting a Stone with Cold Connections

In the jewelry world the term cold connections usually describes mechanical joining techniques that are used to fasten together parts...
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Single File

Single File

A step-by-step guide to single-row pavé settings   Single-row pavé, which consists of a single row of small diamonds set...
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Prong Setting & Ring Sizing Tips

Prong Setting & Ring Sizing Tips

I'm going to do something different in this issue. Instead of taking you through the steps involved in putting a...
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Foredom Micro Motor Kit Review

Foredom Micro Motor Kit Review

This article features Bill Holman who bezel sets a 2.55 ct. trillion diamond, 0.03 ct. round brilliant diamonds and engraves...
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Removing gem-stones

Removing gem-stones

In this video, I explore the easy methods of removing gemstones. I instruct how to modify your pliers for this...
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Stone Setting Considerations

Stone Setting Considerations

One of the most challenging and technically difficult of the activities involved in the creation of jewelry is the setting...
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Double sided bezel – Part 2

Double sided bezel – Part 2

how to make a double sided bezel
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Fit to be Sized

Before sizing any ring, examine it carefully and compare it to the information on the job envelope. If you see...
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Squaring the Diamond

Squaring the Diamond

When setting a round brilliant diamond in a four prong setting there is some debate among stone setters on how...
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Recycling High Speed Steel Burs

Recycling High Speed Steel Burs

When I buy my high speed steel, 90 degree, under-cutting burs I always think of the words, "waste not, want...
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Foredom AllSet Preparation for Prong Bearings

Foredom AllSet Preparation for Prong Bearings

The Foredom AllSet Master Stone-Setting Kit includes prong, pave, channel-cutting guides and a fixture that attaches it to a Foredom...
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Mounting an oval faceted stone

Mounting an oval faceted stone

One way to create a mounting for an oval faceted stone
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Fabricating a Crown to Fit a Stone

Often jewelers are called upon to hand fabricate a crown to fit a stone. This is necessary when either the...
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#3- Watch-case on shellac

#3- Watch-case on shellac

In this 3rd video, we will use an Onglet #1 graver to do the 'outline' or rough-cutting around the silver...
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Setting Square Shaped Diamonds

Setting Square Shaped Diamonds

In this article we will set the baguettes and princess cut diamonds in the platinum mounting. Begin cutting the seat...
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Tru-Seat Setting System

Tru-Seat Setting System

Hoover ' Strong, Inc. in Richmond, VA provides a line of Tru-Seat settings that include solitaire earrings, pendants and solitaire...
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Bezel Setting Cabochon Stones

Bezel Setting Cabochon Stones

One of the most basic designs in stone setting is Bezel Setting. It is rudimentary in its concept, and it...
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Channel Setting Princess Cuts

Channel Setting Princess Cuts

Recently, a woman brought in her diamonds and asked to have a ring made with them. Her requirements were very...
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Stone Setting Tips

Here are some very helpful stone setting tips provided by Gerald Lewy to help and guide you when working on...
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Prong Setting Round Brilliant Gemstones

Prong Setting Round Brilliant Gemstones

For setting round brilliant gemstones in prongs, many setters and bench jeweler generalists use a 90 degree low speed bearing...
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Handling Colored Stones at the Bench Part 2

Handling Colored Stones at the Bench Part 2

I’m hoping this series of articles will save some of you time, money, and embarrassment by discussing some of the...
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Melee Sizes for Better Layouts

Melee Sizes for Better Layouts

In modern-day fine jewelry, the most commonly used stone material is round brilliant-cut (RBC) diamond melee. Widely available in a...
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Bud Bur Tool

Bud Bur Tool

Of all the burs used on a setters bench, my one good true friend is the bud bur. Why? Because...
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Bezel Setting Using a Lathe

Bezel Setting Using a Lathe

Bezel setting the center sapphire is normally pretty straight-forward, but I would like to share a few tricks that have...
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Flush Mount Diamond Setting

Flush Mount Diamond Setting

Flush setting, or "gypsy setting" as it is sometimes known, is a somewhat exacting and delicate setting technique. The main...
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Fish Tail Setting

Fish Tail Setting

This wonderful style of setting has been around the world of stone setting for many, many years. As you can...
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4-Claw/Prong Setting #1

4-Claw/Prong Setting #1

This is my version of how a large diamond can be set. This is by using only the simplest of...
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How to Set Baguettes

How to Set Baguettes

Baguette stones have four corners and a rather deep pavilion. Because of this you must handle these stones with special...
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Bead Setting Method – Part 3

Bead Setting Method – Part 3

In past issues of BENCH magazine, I have dealt heavily on making a bead raiser and using it to bead...
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Setting a CZ in Enamel

Setting a CZ in Enamel

This report will describe means for setting a CZ gem in enamel, producing a ring and a medallion with a...
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Setting a Pear Shape Emerald in a Full Bezel

Setting a Pear Shape Emerald in a Full Bezel

For this demonstration of Setting a Pear Shape Emerald in a Full Bezel I will be setting a large emerald...
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Turning Burrs Into Stonesetting Tools

Turning Burrs Into Stonesetting Tools

Stonesetters frequently convert and and reuse tools intended for other purposes. Often when a tool is needed they will cast...
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Custom Antique Coin Pendant

Custom Antique Coin Pendant

This article features manufacturing steps for a custom designed 14-karat yellow gold and diamond coin pendant. The coin pendant featured...
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Lapis ring repair

Lapis ring repair

Cutting, fitting and polishing a replacement Lapis Lazuli inlay for a ring repair job
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Bypass Shank Ring Assembly

Bypass Shank Ring Assembly

Rings with by-pass shanks are right hand and left hand specific and are not interchangeable. When creating a ring with...
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950 Palladium: Laser Welding Techniques

950 Palladium: Laser Welding Techniques

According to Frank McAllister, the quantity of individual pieces of jewelry made from 950 palladium has surpassed the same for...
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Renaissance Ring by Andrew Costen

Renaissance Ring by Andrew Costen

Known for his contemporary designs, Andrew Costen of Costen Catbalue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, enjoys occasionally returning to his...
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#5, Bright-Cutting with a graver

#5, Bright-Cutting with a graver

With a modified Onglette #2, Right-Sided bright cutting blade, I am now shearing off metal to leave a very bright...
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Bright-Cutting, Onglette Graver

Bright-Cutting, Onglette Graver

This video explains how a rudimentary Onglette graver can be modified, with ease! This modified graver will assist you in...
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Introduction #2. “Cut-down Setting”

Introduction #2. “Cut-down Setting”

Here is an second video on how this remarkable style of setting looks. It is virtually a skill in all...
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Drilling Holes in Wax

Drilling Holes in Wax

I need to duplicate a wax form from the original pattern. Here you will see just how easy it can...
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Cabochon Stone Full Bezel Setting

Cabochon Stone Full Bezel Setting

One of the most basic designs in stone setting is "Bezel Setting". It is so rudimentary in its concept. It...
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Handling Colored Stones at the Bench Part 4

Handling Colored Stones at the Bench Part 4

I'm hoping this series of articles will save some of you time, money, and embarrassment by discussing some of the...
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Bezel For Cabochon Using Rhino

Bezel For Cabochon Using Rhino

We have imported a cabochon 10x8 stone to make a bezel around it using Rhinoceros software.
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Flat Topped Solitaire Setting

Flat Topped Solitaire Setting

The Flat Topped Solitaire Setting is a popular style setting that is slightly more complicated to set than the standard...
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Modified Split Mandrel for Finishing Round Bezels

A bench jeweler typically uses a split mandrel to sand and finish the inside of a ring. Various grits of...
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22K Gold Granulation on Turquoise Earrings

22K Gold Granulation on Turquoise Earrings

Featured are the materials for turquoise, platinum and 22-karat gold granulation earrings. The turquoise is 10.25 millimeters round and will...
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Handling Stakes and Anvils

Shaping a bezel on stakes is a process of forming the metal by stretching. First the metal is bent with...
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Preparing to drill holes!

Preparing to drill holes!

Before you start to drill any holes in your new project you 'must' do the following. Completely measure the thickness...
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Oval stone, bur selection w/diagram

Oval stone, bur selection w/diagram

Selecting a proper bur for setting an Oval stone can be difficult. Deciding between H.S.S. & a Carbide bur can...
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CAD/CAM Wedding Set Finishing and Setting

CAD/CAM Wedding Set Finishing and Setting

Computer aided design (CAD) was used to develop three designs in multiple views to show the customer. After the design...
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Flush Setting Round Brilliant Diamonds in Platinum

Flush Setting Round Brilliant Diamonds in Platinum

Seated at his bench, David Howard, owner of My Jeweler, Inc. in Albuquerque , NM contemplates and prepares his work...
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950 Palladium: Gemstone Setting

950 Palladium: Gemstone Setting

Setting gemstones in 950 palladium alloys is a bench jeweler'#39;s dream. Stone setters will agree that the combination of palladium'#39;s...
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Diamond Setting Hints

When setting a series of diamonds in a row, I use a 156C and just touch the inside wall of...
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Use a Split Mandrel for Finishing Round Bezels

Use a Split Mandrel for Finishing Round Bezels

A bench jeweler typically uses a split mandrel to sand and finish the inside of a ring. Various grits of...
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Millimeter Gauge Layout Technique

Millimeter Gauge Layout Technique

Meticulous planning and tedious layout are a big part of a goldsmiths life at the bench. It usually pays dividends...
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Graver Preparation

This is a section taken from 'The Art of Setting Princess Cuts with Fancy Cut Applications'. - a new video/dvd...
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Tube Setting Faceted Stones

Tube Setting Faceted Stones

When beginning to do tube settings, the first thing anyone should do is buy a "Setters Tube Holder" which appears...
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Easy Setting

Easy Setting

Luis Moreno demonstrate how to fabricate a wire bezel for faceted pear shape amethyst...http://www.youtube.com/user/luis67813?feature=mhw5
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1-Burs & Gravers for Bright-Cutting

1-Burs & Gravers for Bright-Cutting

In this first of 6 video's, I explore the varied, but basic tools I will be using. From the basic...
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Setting a Three Stone Ring with Foredom Tools

Setting a Three Stone Ring with Foredom Tools

This three stone ring designed by Barney Jette has two flush set trillion sapphire side stones with a total weight...
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Diamond Setting Applications

What is one of the causes of a "rippling or jagged" effect around an inside cutting edge in a Gypsy...
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Meteorite Pendant by Jacob Albee

Meteorite Pendant by Jacob Albee

Like many jewelers, Jacob Albee of Jacob Albee Goldsmith in Burlington, Vermont, buys stones without always knowing what he’s going...
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Pulse-Arc-Welder: Ring Prong Replacement

Pulse-Arc-Welder: Ring Prong Replacement

This 14-karat yellow gold, emerald and diamond ring has a broken prong requiring prong replacement. Steece Hermanson will replace the...
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Bench Jeweler’s Guide to Setting Gemstones

Bench Jeweler’s Guide to Setting Gemstones

This Professional Bench Jewelers Guide to Setting Gemstones cannot anticipate every potential situation you may encounter. Always use extreme caution...
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Bead Stone Setting – Bead It!

Bench Jewelers often use different methods to accomplish the same work. I believe the end results are what is important,...
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Handling Colored Stones at the Bench Part 1

Ever since childhood, I’ve been fascinated by rocks and gems. I started cutting cabs more than 40 years ago, and...
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The Best Way to Effectively Present Jewels

The Best Way to Effectively Present Jewels

There are no limits to the different ways of designing jewelry with gemstones. The selection of the setting is not...
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A Crowning Achievement Part 2

A Crowning Achievement Part 2

In the last issue we looked at making a basic basket crown. In this article we will fabricate a more...
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Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant  Part 3

Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant Part 3

How it's made a Tiffany inspired hollow chain and a heart shaped pendant using hollow technique. 14k gold, hand made....
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Gemstone Setting Tip: Shape

“You should know what kind of shape you’re in,” joked Arthur Anton Skuratowicz during an MJSA At the Bench Live...
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Creating a 14KW Rubellite Tourmaline Pendant

Creating a 14KW Rubellite Tourmaline Pendant

Steve Satow describes the procedure on creating a 14KW Rubellite Tourmaline Pendant. Creating a 14KW Rubellite Tourmaline Pendant Beginning components...
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Eternity Band with Matrix@

Eternity Band with Matrix@

Using a builder tool we will make an eternity band. Then, we will alter it so the stones don't go...
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Foredom TX Flexshaft

Foredom TX Flexshaft

When manufacturing and repairing jewelry products, rotary equipment is essential to the process. Nothing is more frustrating or potentially damaging...
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Stone Setting in Metal Clay

Stone Setting in Metal Clay

Learn how to do stone setting in metal clay and take your jewelry to the next level.
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Bright-Cutting w/ Right-Sided Graver

Bright-Cutting w/ Right-Sided Graver

With your new modified graver, you can now easily Bright-Cut inside any bezel
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A Crowning Achievement Part 1

A Crowning Achievement Part 1

Often jewelers are called upon to hand fabricate a crown to fit a stone. This is necessary when either the...
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Extra Setting Material for CAD Files

Extra Setting Material for CAD Files

When setting gemstones into castings that started life as CAD files, jewelers often complain that they don't have quite enough...
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Delicate Gemstones Design and Setting

Delicate Gemstones Design and Setting

Consumers today are more open to wearing unusual gems, and there is a trend among designers to incorporate less familiar...
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Student setting an Oval stone

Student setting an Oval stone

My student is now hammering the stone in place. He checks that the Bezel-Wall is now laying on the stone...
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Oval and Marquis Gemstone Layout Method

Accurately laying out an oval or marquis stone in wax can be tricky business. We learned this foolproof method for...
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How to Modify Prong Pushers

Many stone setters would agree that one of the most challenging aspects of prong setting is getting the prongs down...
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Holts – Carve a cuttlebone mould for a stone setting

Holts – Carve a cuttlebone mould for a stone setting

In this video, Nicholas of Holts Academy of Jewellery shows you how to carve a cuttlebone for a stone setting....
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Creating a 950 Palladium and Diamond Ring

Creating a 950 Palladium and Diamond Ring

This ring design provides an excellent example for gemstone setting and working characteristics of 950 palladium. The superior white color...
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Vector Tightening to Secure Gemstones

Gemstones that become loose in their settings can cause damage to both the gem and the setting. A regular inspection...
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Medieval arcade gemstone setting

Medieval arcade gemstone setting

Medieval arcade gemstone setting
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Modifying Beading Tools

Modifying Beading Tools

Modifying beading tools for clean re-tipping jobs A colleague recently asked for my help in finding cup burs that were...
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Installing New Tapered Bezels

Installing New Tapered Bezels

This ring is in for repair and reconstruction. When it was originally made, 6-prong settings were used to mount the...
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Close-up of Bright-Cut silver plate

Close-up of Bright-Cut silver plate

In this second video I show how a simple graver can cut a design. I show on my shellac stick...
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Double sided bezel – Part 1

Double sided bezel – Part 1

how to make a double sided bezel
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Various graver handles!

Various graver handles!

This video shows all of my 50 handles of all shapes & sizes. The markings on all of them are...
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Pendant fabrication by Temprell

Pendant fabrication by Temprell

Commissioned handmade pendant in silver, 22.60ct blue topaz. This unique & individual piece was inspired by our customer & finely...
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Modified Split Mandrel to Bezel-Set Round Stones

Modified Split Mandrel to Bezel-Set Round Stones

This jewelry bench tip is a follow-up to "Modified Split Mandrel for Finishing Round Bezels," which showed you how to...
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Post Bright-Cutting on Bezel wall

Post Bright-Cutting on Bezel wall

This is just a short repeat of a prior video on final clean-up..But this is so much needed to be...
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3 Azure video’s

3 Azure video’s

Here is the process on how to cut Azure patterns. These appear underneath the diamond setting portion of a ring,...
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Pumice Wheel, 4-Claw setting

Pumice Wheel, 4-Claw setting

Here you will observe all of the steps in using the Pumice wheel. I use only a Flat-Faced #180 grit...
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Intro #1 “Cut-Down Setting”

Intro #1 “Cut-Down Setting”

I am showing you what this not-often used setting technique looks like on a ring. As one of my friends...
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Tube Setting Tutorial

Tube Setting Tutorial

Melissa Muir demonstrates and walks you through how to create a tube setting. For more tips and tutorials visit, http://design.kcjewelbox.com...
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Assembled Mounting for Customized Jewelry

Assembled Mounting for Customized Jewelry

Often custom made jewelry can be assembled from stock findings, creating jewelry with a hand-fabricated look in a fraction of...
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4-Claw/Prong Setting #2

4-Claw/Prong Setting #2

In this second mini-video, I explain in great detail what happens when I use a H.S.S. 90 degree angle setting...
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Azure patterns, w/gravers

Azure patterns, w/gravers

Here I am explaining how an Azure cut is finished. It is created underneath the hole where the diamond is...
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Basic Four Prong Setting

Basic Four Prong Setting

Using Matrix software to make a 4 prong setting and alter on the fly!
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Bur selection

Bur selection

In this third video on Bezel setting, I demonstrate which round bur to use for cleaning out the corners from...
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Cross-Sectional Critique

Cross-Sectional Critique

This article is a  Cross-Sectional Critique of applying clipping planes to model manufacturability written by Darla Alvarez of GIA Jewelry...
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“How to make a Wax-Dob”

“How to make a Wax-Dob”

Why buy a Wax Dob, if you can make it yourself? In these many series of "How to" my student...
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Bright-Cutting, REVIEW!

Bright-Cutting, REVIEW!

In this brief video, I show once more how the graver just sails through the silver. Almost like carving into...
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Bezel #5, Final-Hammering

Bezel #5, Final-Hammering

In this last of the 'mini-series' on our Bezel setting. I will show you where the hammer hitting will occur....
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“Tools for a Princess”

“Tools for a Princess”

This is a video showing all the necessary tools, just to set a Princess stone. Between the selection of round...
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Grand Tour of My Setting-Bench

Grand Tour of My Setting-Bench

This video is the "Grand Tour of My Setting Bench". I explain all of my carbide burs as they are...
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Setting a brilliant

Setting a brilliant

Video shows a simple setting of a brilliant into a plain ring using a burnisher.
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Inlaid pendant with Black Onyx & MOP

Inlaid pendant with Black Onyx & MOP

Stylised Harpsichord keyboard Pendant is inlaid with black Onyx and Mother of Pearl keys
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Cabochon Ruby Ring

Cabochon Ruby Ring

How is made a simple stone setting ring using 14k white gold and a synthetic ruby .Hand made forged.
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Jenny Reeves’ Layered Ring

Jenny Reeves’ Layered Ring

Although a Philadelphia native, designer Jenny Reeves loves her adopted city of San Francisco. When a local jewelry organization held...
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Designing with CAD

Designing with CAD

It is here I am showing how fantastic CAD is now helping our jewellery trade. Instead of raising beads on...
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Gypsy Setting w/diagrams

Gypsy Setting w/diagrams

In this video I explain Gypsy Setting & the many techniques using the Hammer & Carbide burs. I also show...
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950 Palladium: Making a 3-Stone Ring

950 Palladium: Making a 3-Stone Ring

When heated to high heat soldering temperatures, some 950 palladium alloys will develop a bluish-purple surface discoloration. It is easily...
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Gypsy Setting-Finish

Gypsy Setting-Finish

In this second of two videos just on Gypsy Setting, I demonstrate Bright-cutting inside of the "Gypsy" circle of metal....
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Diamond Curved Ring

Diamond Curved Ring

How it's made a simple , nice looking hollow gold ring, with a marquise cut diamond, set in white gold....
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Luis F.Moreno

Luis F.Moreno

Silversmin
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#4..Round bur making beads!

#4..Round bur making beads!

In this very interesting #4 video, I am starting to cut a pattern using a simple #006 round bur to...
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Bezel #4. Cleaning your Hammer!

Bezel #4. Cleaning your Hammer!

One of the most important chores of Diamond & Gemstone setting is keeping your tools in a pristine condition. In...
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Cabochon Cutting and Setting: Schitterend Sieraad

Cabochon Cutting and Setting: Schitterend Sieraad

This film has been made for the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, as part of an exhibition about...
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3 Designers on a Pearl Challenge

3 Designers on a Pearl Challenge

Aesthetic interpretations are as unique as fingerprints. Give three people the same trendy sweater and each will wear it in...
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Correcting cleaning defects

Correcting cleaning defects

If you overlook any errors in your cleaning process, redo as best as you can. Once you go to the...
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Grinding an Onglette graver

Grinding an Onglette graver

This initial preparation consists of removing the "Tang". Then having it be inserted into the wooden handle of your choice....
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Turquoise Pendant – Part 1

Turquoise Pendant – Part 1

How is made a nice and simple Turquoise gold pendant using only 2,5 gr of gold and basic jewelry tools....
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Jewelry Designs: Steeplechase Pendant

Jewelry Designs: Steeplechase Pendant

As a traditional symbol of good luck, this piece is inspired by the horseshoe. It is dedicated to the power...
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Citrine Ring

Citrine Ring

How is made a beautiful ring with an octagon Citrine , using the hollow technique. Hand made.
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Ballerina Ring

Ballerina Ring

Short preview of my DVD Ballerina Ring, which depict the process of fabrication Ballerina style ring.
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“Gypsy-Start #1”

“Gypsy-Start #1”

In this first of 2 videos, I start the drilling with a 156C Under-Cutting bur to make a seat for...
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Bezel #1 HSS bur

Bezel #1 HSS bur

In this new series of Bezel setting, I am aiming to introduce my well proven methods of Bezel setting. In...
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The Stone Setter’s portrait

The Stone Setter’s portrait

The Stone Setter's portrait. Produced by Fondation de la Haute Horlorgie (FHH)
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Stone Set Earings – Part 2 ( The ring and the Pandent )

Stone Set Earings – Part 2 ( The ring and the Pandent )

How it's made the ring and pendant set to the STONE SETTING EARRINGS , using white and yellow gold and...
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Tightening gemstones

Tightening gemstones

Tightening gemstones is something you will do all of the time as a jeweler. This is a quick short video...
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Modify Your Prong Pushers to Make Them More Versatile

Modify Your Prong Pushers to Make Them More Versatile

Many stone setters would agree that one of the most challenging aspects of prong setting is getting the prongs down...
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jewellery school perseo

jewellery school perseo

La scuola professionale "Perseo": l'unico in Italia per la gioielleria, dove i proprietari sono tutti artigiani-artisti. Nato a Firenze nel...
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4-Claw setting, pliers, saw blade

4-Claw setting, pliers, saw blade

Here I am using a saw-blade to adjust a stone if its not sitting correctly. I will also who you...
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Making a Three Stone Ring – Part 2

Making a Three Stone Ring – Part 2

Setting the Stones - Setting round gemstones in four prong crowns, in this 3 stone ring made with finding from...
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A beautiful Crucifix

A beautiful Crucifix

A beautiful Crucifix , made by punching gold sheet on a lead block. Incredible look of a casting item .Old...
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Bezel set Earrings with Jewelry Arts Institute

Bezel set Earrings with Jewelry Arts Institute

www.jewelryarts.com Learn to make a simple pair of bezel set earrings. video courtesy of about.com
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Coronet Cluster

Short preview of my new DVD showing how to construct Coronet Cluster.
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A Modified Tool to Bezel-Set Round Faceted Stones

A Modified Tool to Bezel-Set Round Faceted Stones

This jewelry bench tip is a follow-up to "Using a Split Mandrel for Finishing Fabricated Round Bezels," which showed you...
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Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant  Part 2

Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant Part 2

How it's made a Tiffany inspired hollow chain and a heart shaped pendant using hollow technique. 14k gold, hand made....
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Tanzanite Ring Part Three

Tanzanite Ring Part Three

Setting stones in tanzanite ring.
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Stone in 4-claw head

Stone in 4-claw head

In this video, you will see the next step in setting of the stone. It is now being prepared to...
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When two thumbs better than one

When two thumbs better than one

Calibre set eternity ring
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Fabrication of a Bali style ring

Fabrication of a Bali style ring

Fabrication of a Bali style ring...,http://www.youtube.com/user/luis67813?feature=mhw5
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Infinity Sign Ring – Part 2

Infinity Sign Ring – Part 2

How is made: a nice hollow ring using 18k yellow gold and diamonds. Hand made .
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Precision Bur Control While Setting Gemstones

Precision Bur Control While Setting Gemstones

In this video, renowned teacher, stone-setter and president of New Approach School for Jewelers, Blaine Lewis demonstrates how to use...
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Princess-Final video

Princess-Final video

This is the 3rd video on "How to Set a Princess Stone". In this video, all tools are shown in...
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Bezel #2, Filing top of Bezel wall

Bezel #2, Filing top of Bezel wall

In this second video, you will notice which file I will use & where it will come in contact with...
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Four Prong Gallery Head

Four Prong Gallery Head

A simple 4 prong gallery head made using Rhinoceros@ by McNeel and Associates and presented by www.thejewelrycadinstitute.com
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My jewelery art

My jewelery art

My jewellery art studio
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Big Turquoise pendant – Part 1

Big Turquoise pendant – Part 1

How is made: a big Turquoise pendant using only 4.9 grams of 14k gold and hollow technique. Good project for...
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Stone Set Earings – Part 1 ( dedicated to Rio Grande Team )

Stone Set Earings – Part 1 ( dedicated to Rio Grande Team )

How it's made a pair of nice gold earrings using white and yellow gold and only basic jewelry tools. Analog...
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“Moving a Hole”

“Moving a Hole”

Supposing a designing hole is slightly off-center, how would you 'move' it? The answer will now be shown without soldering...
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Big Turquoise pendant – Part 2

Big Turquoise pendant – Part 2

How is made: a big Turquoise pendant using only 4.9 grams of 14k gold and hollow technique. Good project for...
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Euro Cufflinks

Euro Cufflinks

How it's made a couple of funny gold cuff links showing the Euro (money) symbol. Hollow technique, hand made.
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V-Tip Pliers

V-Tip Pliers

Need to make a V-Tip Prong? This video shows how to alter a pair of pliers to make V-Tip Prongs...
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Jewelry Designs: Raindrops Pendant

Jewelry Designs: Raindrops Pendant

Welcome to Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece...
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Graver w/silver plate

Graver w/silver plate

In this video you will see just how a little graver can engrave cuts & mini-claws. These little hand engraved...
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Avoid Stone Loss with Quality Assurance Benchmarks

Avoid Stone Loss with Quality Assurance Benchmarks

Stone loss can be avoided. Inspecting each piece and comparing it against established benchmarks for signs of vulnerability in normal...
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#6, Bead-Burnishing, Final Cuts!

#6, Bead-Burnishing, Final Cuts!

In this final video, you will see the stones being finally set. I will be using a Hart-shaped bur..a.k.a. 156C...
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How to make a silver metal clay pendant

How to make a silver metal clay pendant

Watch this short video from www.mastered.co and learn how to make a silver metal clay pendant. The full course is...
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Pearls On Posts

Pearls On Posts

Don't want to struggle with mounting pearls? Try this simple, easy-to-do method for mounting pearls using pearl caps and epoxy....
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Bright-Cutting extra notes

Bright-Cutting extra notes

It is here I am just going over some extra little notes on Bright-cutting. I might have missed a few....
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Student setting Bezel

Student setting Bezel

In the first video you will watch how my student set a stone. His attempt was met with great success...
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Graver into a wooden handle

Graver into a wooden handle

The graver is now sitting in it's handle, the jeweler will immerse the hot graver into cold water. You must...
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Instructional Diagrams

Instructional Diagrams

This is an introduction using my hand- drawn diagrams. It will be easier for the student to fully understand all...
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Infinity Sign Ring – Part 3

Infinity Sign Ring – Part 3

How it's made a nice hollow ring using 18k yellow gold and diamonds. Hand made.
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Set Carmen – Part 4 – The earrings & ring

Set Carmen – Part 4 – The earrings & ring

How is made a nice hollow jewelry set , using good quality CZ stones. Hand made .
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The smallest cello

The smallest cello

How is made a small gold cello pendant, a beautiful gift for a musician lady ...
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3 Bars pendant

3 Bars pendant

Showing the pendant of the 3 BARS series...It will come the bracelet, soon.. Hand made .
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3 Bars Ring – Part 1

3 Bars Ring – Part 1

How it's made: a modern hollow ring , using 14k yellow gold and 50 diamonds set in white gold. Hand...
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Moissanites Set

Moissanites Set

How is made a 14k white gold jewelry set, using synthetic Moissanite stones. Hand made .
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Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant  Part 4

Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant Part 4

How it's made a Tiffany inspired hollow chain and a heart shaped pendant using hollow technique. 14k gold, hand made....
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Student; Finished setting project.

Student; Finished setting project.

My student has now finished his first setting project. He is so very happy over his first assignment under my...
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Princess-first stage of setting!

Princess-first stage of setting!

Now that you know exactly what tools you need in your bench, we can now start the setting. Here I...
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Ring

Ring

Irish symbol of friendship, love and loyalty. Silver Ring. Dark-blue topaz stone, and natural pearls. P.s. wonderful gift for your...
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Trellis 4-prong head

Trellis 4-prong head

In this video I go over the designing of a 4 prong trellis type head using Matrix software.
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Fast guide to mountings

Fast guide to mountings

DIFFERENT WAY ...http://www.youtube.com/user/luis67813?feature=mhw5
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Big Turquoise pendant – Part 3

Big Turquoise pendant – Part 3

How is made: a big Turquoise pendant using only 4.9 grams of 14k gold and hollow technique. Good project for...
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Wide Bracelet

Wide Bracelet

How is made a wide , wonderful bracelet, every woman dreams to wear it ...Hollow technique. Hand made .
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Retrieving Stones from Ultrasonic

Retrieving Stones from Ultrasonic

Lost a stone in your Ultrasonic? This video tip shows a creative tool you can make for retrieving stones from...
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Examining Graver results

Examining Graver results

Once the Onglette graver is secured in the wooden handle, I will get the 'feel' of the new blade. I...
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Examining cleaning wheels!

Examining cleaning wheels!

In this first video, you will see some of the poor quality of cleaning wheels. Only the best, or new...
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BLUE LAGUNA !

BLUE LAGUNA !

Static jewelry , showing an idilic picture of a life we all wish to have ....This is dedicated to my...
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Matrix@4 prong gallery head

Matrix@4 prong gallery head

Creating a 4 prong gallery head using Matrix@ software. Easy import of stone and head builder technology to complete setting...
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Infinity Sign Ring – Part 4

Infinity Sign Ring – Part 4

How it's made a nice hollow ring using 18k yellow gold and diamonds. Hand made.
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Turquoise Pendant – Part 2

Turquoise Pendant – Part 2

How is made a nice and simple Turquoise gold pendant using only 2,5 gr of gold and basic jewelry tools....
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Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon

How it's made an oriental style gold Dragon pendant having 450 stones set... Hand made.
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Bending Prongs in CAD-Method 1

Bending Prongs in CAD-Method 1

We show you how to bend the prongs over a one carat stone to make it look like it is...
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Agate Pendant Part Two

Agate Pendant Part Two

Finishing and setting Agate and Diamond Pendant in 14k.
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Stone setting in metal clay

Stone setting in metal clay

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Learn how to do stone setting in metal clay and take your jewelry to...
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hand made Jewellery

hand made Jewellery

alex
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Custom Ring – Gold Diamond Engagement Ring – Slideshow

Custom Ring – Gold Diamond Engagement Ring – Slideshow

Fabricated 14k White Gold Diamond Engagement Ring Slideshow
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Big Turquoise pendant – Part 4

Big Turquoise pendant – Part 4

How is made: a big Turquoise pendant using only 4.9 grams of 14k gold and hollow technique. Good project for...
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Cleaning Colored Stone Jewelry

Cleaning Colored Stone Jewelry

Many of the Colored Stones we set in jewelry cannot be cleaned with an Ultrasonic or Steam Cleaner. This video...
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Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant  Part 1

Tiffany Inspired Hollow Chain and Stone Set Heart Pendant Part 1

How it's made a Tiffany inspired hollow chain and a heart shaped pendant using hollow technique. 14k gold, hand made....
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Introduction to Line-Cutting

Introduction to Line-Cutting

This 2nd video introduces you to "Line-Cutting". It is here we will examine what is involved in basic 'Pre-Cutting' as...
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Heating a graver

Heating a graver

In this video, you can see a graver that is ready to be 'burned' in to a wooden handle. This...
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Princess-second video

Princess-second video

In this second of three setting demonstrations, you will see the following procedure. I am burring out the inside of...
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Hammer & Clamps

Hammer & Clamps

In this video, I explain the differences between many hammers & clamps prior to setting any style of ring. The...
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Bending Prongs in CAD-Version Two

Bending Prongs in CAD-Version Two

In this short video we will show you how to bend prongs over a stone in cad using Matrix 3D...
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Infinity Sign Ring – Part 5

Infinity Sign Ring – Part 5

How it's made: a nice hollow ring using 18k yellow gold and diamonds. Hand made.
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Infinity Sign Ring – Part 1

Infinity Sign Ring – Part 1

How it's made: a nice hollow ring using 18k yellow gold and diamonds. Hand made.
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Turquoise Pendant – Part 3

Turquoise Pendant – Part 3

How is made a nice and simple Turquoise gold pendant using only 2,5 gr of gold and basic jewelry tools....
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Set Carmen – Part 3 – the clip

Set Carmen – Part 3 – the clip

How it's made a set of hollow jewelry, composed by bracelet, necklace, clip , earrings and ring . 14k yellow...
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3 Bars Ring – Part 2

3 Bars Ring – Part 2

How it's made: a modern style hollow gold ring with 50 stones set white gold insertion. Hand made.
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