Well, I'm glad you showed this video. I was actually going to try to set a stone into a ring I'm bying from Ebay. Now I realize I don't have the right tools or experience. You just saved me from a disaster. I'll just take it to a professional.
This is the first time I find a video that actually explains how the setting holds the stone in place! Great video for students as it shows the whole process!
Thank you! I have a CZ sterling ring where the main stone was out. I put it back in after watching your video. The ring is for travel, not overly valuable. But I knocked it on a dog cage and popped the CZ out.
Nice video and great clarity! I use a Foredom TX300 with a standard handpiece and I do pretty good. I have a question though: Does the quick change hand piece make it much easier to control, since it is thinner than the standard hand piece? It looks like you're able to control it more like you would a pencil so it seems to offer better coordination than my hand piece, which feels more like those fat permanent markers.
What is the model/name of the tool you connect the burs to? I’m starting to make gemstone rings and I have to be able to make notches. Can you make them with files alone? Which file makes the notches? And which bur makes the notches?
hi/ can you pls help me... i set a stone to deep in a silver ring - with strong glue..... i can not melt the glue to take out the stone. i tyried ecitone - nothing moved... have you a idea how can i melt the glue? thank you so much
Hi, could u tell me how to keep a big stone ring sitting up st8 and not the stone from swing side to side on my finger like it's loose. Please help. It goes over my knuckle like it should but then it's like it's loose swinging. Thx
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Hi Christopher, if I do not have access to a flex shaft, is it possible to use a dremel with the burs instead? Otherwise, what is the best flex shaft that I could get while on a tight budget?
can a cushion diamond be set in a 6 claws setting? to make it look round? lets say if its almost a good square dimension. length n width is almost the same or exactly the same. Thank you
As far as holding the ring when you are shaping and filing, etc, I see people put the ring in what looks like melted resin/pitch, then when it cools they can rotate it accordingly. What is this mysterious resin/pitch that ring makers use? Someone told me mastic, but I can't find it on any jewelry making supply store. I need a good way to hold fragile small pieces to engrave.
Bart Black It's called Shellac. When heated it goes soft kind of like putty but when it cools it goes super hard. Then you just heat it gently with a flame to remove the item
Hi ,Nice helpful video ,honest men explaining to all the best techniques, Appreciate!,, the only thing .. )) please for youtube video maybe its better to change the Ultrasonic soap water ,its black ))... thanks for good video !
I'm not a professional as he is, although Moissanite is just slightly softer than diamond, I've used the same technique on Moissanite and it works beautifully.
I'm currently in the process of trying to finish the settings but I seem to have a hard time making the ends of the prongs perfectly round with the cup bur...any advice?
What is the bracket that holds the stone? I'm trying to find out what the front of a ring is called. The up side. The face. Is there a term? I can't find one.
I asked that a long time ago and I completely forgot why I even wanted to know. I thought it was important, my life moved on, but now I know, and all I have to do is remember the reason I asked. I'm half way there again, so thank you. I have never heard of that until now. Important momentarily useless information I probably won't use later, because I can't remember why I wanted to know in the first place... But I will remember collet now. And no one will ever ask me what it means.
Anyplace that sells professional jeweler's bench supplies should be able to take care of it. Even Amazon, but in that case, you need to be sure that you are dealing with a reputable supplier of good quality supplies and equipment. It's cheaper in the long run to pay for quality up front, rather than spending much more in the long run by replacing cheap, poor quality items more often. Inquire of professional jewelers in your area what sources they use for their bench supplies. There may be a source you can deal with locally and in person that you may not be aware of. Face to face is almost always better than online merchandising. However, having said that, Stuller is one good source, with quality merchandise, an online presence as well as physical catalogs available to professional jewelers, as they are strictly wholesalers, and do not sell to the general public. I happen to know that our local family-owned and operated jewelry store (third generation management, going on four) with in-house goldsmith for repair and creation, watch repair, engraving, etc., uses them for most all their equipment and supplies.
My wife, has a diamond ring that her mother left for her after she passed. The ring, has four claws to keep it in its setting. Two of the claws look normal, the other two look like it was there just to support the stone, and it doesn't wrap the entire stone at the top of the stone. Do you think this OK?
Christopher that was pretty good. However are you up for a challenge. Can you unset and said an onyx Stone. You see I had a house fire and lost everything. As I was sitting through the ashes I had found my father's Ring. Instead of a nice deep black it is now a dull Gray and also has a chip in it. I imagine it would have to be unset to fix the stone."polishing and or whatever" Can you do it???????
