Making a Bezel for a Faceted Stone 

That’s really awesome Jolene! I’m so happy I could help you with this. Keep pushing yourself to try new stuff:). Thank you so much for the nice comment!

You're welcome Mr. Scott! Glad it was useful to you:)

You’re on a roll Pat! Thank you for the nice comments!

Thanks Wishing Well!

Thanks Canadian Gemstones. If you watch a more recent video, you’ll find that I have adjusted my camera to provide a much better close up. I’m pretty good at silver, but still learning on the video production side:). Thanks for the comment!

You’re welcome! You too:)

Thank you Larry! It was a good show and great to see so many people I haven’t seen in a while.

Thanks Babette! Glad you liked it:)

Thanks Mai Me!

Thanks Ambkbero! I would love to upgrade. I’m going to have to wait a bit to afford it though:)

@@chadssilversmithing Could I ask a few questions? Other than work hardening, how can I harden silver and copper. I'm working with copper till I'm confident enough to move to silver. Also, what's the difference between tempering, annealing and quenching? Thank you in advance.

@@ambkbero2 I know silver can be heat hardened in a kiln, although I’ve not tried that. I think it’s somewhere around 600 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple hours, but look it up to be sure. I don’t know about copper. As far as those terms, I don’t think I’ve often heard tempering used in conjunction with precious metals. Annealing means to heat the metal to a high temperature followed by air cooling to soften the metal. Quenching just means to immerse in water to cool the metal off. Hope this helps. Maybe someone else watching can address the tempering issue with regards to precious metals in the comments here:)

@@chadssilversmithing Nah, you were correct about the tempering of precious metals-there's no need. That's usually only reserved for ferrous metals that become very brittle when quenched after heating. With copper and silver, as long as they're quenched after reaching a "black heat" there's no need to temper them, as they're already soft enough to work again. No one's putting a sharp edge on copper or silver :D

@@codythompson2560 Thank you for the additional info Cody!

Thanks Micbyte! You might try doing a little custom prong setting like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UsgXO2pFmco.htmlsi=HkKOWxW-rc5Z73xT. It could be adapted to a ring. Here is another video that might help as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SksUHmL9E-4.htmlsi=HN92gGRx4wz8HgHb. Hope this gives you some ideas:)

I’m not sure if I mentioned it in that one or not. I use hard silver solder exclusively for most things. Hinges and spinner rings are the most common exceptions for me:)

For small bezels I often use 28 gauge. For most everything else I use 26:). Hope this helps Raoul!

Hello Joy:). Most of the time I use 26 gauge, but on some tiny stones I use 28.

Thanks Paula!