How to set a bezel. 

G’day mate, my pleasure! 🤪👍

G’day mate, I’ve worked in multiple trades and industries in the last 32 years and gleaned a lot along the way. I learned opal cutting in year 11, but only started silversmithing 10 years ago. When I started to learn to silver smith, I only wanted to know the basics and silver specific information like annealing, pickle solution, tools/equipment, as I had my own idea of what I wanted to make and focus on. Unless you’ve had industry training, then cutting opal, making custom settings and setting the opal, are not things that can be entirely taught, it’s more the trial and error/practice, that comes after you try to learn as much as you can, that allows you to better yourself, knowing what can and can’t/should or shouldn’t do. It wasn’t until I started setting opal that I realised how important a good setting edge is, including how the back is finished off. I don’t want to replicate anyone else’s work, so the main challenge is to make it up as I go, some things work out, some don’t. The hardest thing about doing anything, is actually doing it, and, comparison is the enemy of happiness, are some things to keep in mind when starting something new. 🤪👍