A piece of metal strip is wrapped around the stone, cut where the metal overlap and soldered by round oval & pear shape, or cut to the length and width by square and rectangular stones.The thickness of the metal strip depend on size of stone.
Bezel setting mostly used to set cabochons or step cut center stone.This metal strip with a base is soldered to the shank.
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After all work on the ring is finish, the stone
is dropped in the open bezel and the edge (metal strip) is pushed
towards the stone.
When the stone is secure enough the edge is cleaned with different tools and ready for polishing.
The piece of jewery should be checked from time to time if the stone is secure in the setting. If not , the piece of jewelry need some repair from a professional goldsmith, before the stone is lost. Which save you some disappointments.
When the stone is secure enough the edge is cleaned with different tools and ready for polishing.
The piece of jewery should be checked from time to time if the stone is secure in the setting. If not , the piece of jewelry need some repair from a professional goldsmith, before the stone is lost. Which save you some disappointments.
