Tom Weishaar

Contributions From Tom Weishaar

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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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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Creating a Rubber Mold

Creating a Rubber Mold

Recently this
 custom ring design
 came to my bench
 with the request that 
it be made in platinum and a...
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Creating and Sharpening Gravers

Creating and Sharpening Gravers

This article is about creating and sharpening gravers before using for your work or project as described by Tom Weishaar....
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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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Cutting a Rubber Mold

Cutting a Rubber Mold

In my first article I made a rubber "sandwich" mold of this basket style mounting. The focus of this article...
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Wax Model Carving

Wax Model Carving

Recently a customer requested that we make her an unusual mother's ring. She chose a magnificent 3.56 ct. oval blue...
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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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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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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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