Recommended Tools & Supplies:
Safety Glasses;
Heavy Gauge Binding Wire;
22 Ga. Silver Sheet;
Bezel Wire Assortment;
Step Bezel Wire;
Cabochon Stones;
Gallery Bezel Wire;
Kiln Shelf;
Third Hand;
Permanent Marker (fine point);
Bezel Mandrel Round;
Hardened Charcoal Block;
Cross-Peen Hammer;
Half Round Pliers;
Miter Vise Cutting Jig;
Half Round File;
Sanding Sticks;
Solder Assortment;
Solder Cutting Pliers;
Flux;
Tweezers;
Scotchbrite;
Paint Brushes;
Solder Pick;
Butane Torch; and,
Butane Refill
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In this video, Professor John Ahr of the Online Jewelry Academy demonstrates how to make a bezel for a cabochon stone. If you have any cabochon stones that are not cut to standard sizes, you need to watch this step-by-step tutorial.
Bezel setting is one of the oldest and easiest ways to set a stone. It is still regularly used today in jewelry industry. But, in order to speed up mass production of jewelry items, the stones and bezels are produces according to standard shapes and sizes. So, if you have an odd shaped stone it's important to know how to make a bezel for it.
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5 сен 2024