Bezel and channel setting start to finish. Start setting gemstone and diamonds like a Pro!
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2019
- In this video i will show you how to bezel set a gemstone and channel set a diamond in a 14k white gold ring. Here is a link to the tool list - gotcharocks.com/bezel-setting...
How do you bezel set and channel set diamond or gemstone stone in a ring?
Stone setting seems to be an elusive skill to many jewelers, new and old. There are many ways to set a stone. They include prong setting, bezel setting, channel setting, bead setting, flush setting and combinations of both.
If I had to pick just one important factor in setting stones (and there are many) I'd go with how well the stone sits in the mounting. Making a good seat for the stone will mean the difference between success and failure. This goes for a cabochon cut stone and a faceted stone. If your stone is rocking back and forth in the mounting it will make it difficult to set.
Setting Faceted stones. Does the stone's pavilion come to a point like a diamond or is it round like many other gemstones?. The seat for the stone needs to match the back of the stone.
In this video I'll show you how to bezel and channel set a gemstone and a diamond in a gold ring.
This is a step by step process showing how to prep your bezel for setting the stone, the process for hammering the bezel over the gemstone and a tool list.
I made this video with close up shots so you can watch the entire stone setting process. It's worth it to watch the entire video. There are a few little techniques that you may not know. I hope this helps a few people.
Every stone I set is slightly different so get to know your stone and take your time before you start hammering it into place.
Leave me a comment or question and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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All the best,
Michael Seiler 
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Like your videos, thank you! I'm working with silver, did some 14K yellow gold ,Palladium alloy,also mixed metals jewellery...all projects for self or my lovely wife as gifts. My way to relax after a day of work in a dental lab.😁
Thank you! It's a great way to relax and it will make you the most popular gift giver in town😁
Thank you Michael for showing your stone setting techniques. I prefer working with silver and semi precious gemstones. Just started working with diamonds and gold recently. Your videos are quite helpful.
Thank you so much.
This video was really helpful in expanding my technique. I'm currently working on a Blue Topaz in Silver on Ebony. I'm going to be working with some gembone from a fossil I collected myself. I found it in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island and is about 80-85 million years old. Animal is unknown because I only found a shard
I'm so glad I found your videos! I set primarily Montana sapphires, but certainly work with an array of stones. I learned tube setting really early on, but as I move into heavier wall settings, the metal is getting harder to set over the stone. Watching your techniques helped me realize the one component I was missing...patience. It was nice to see when your stone still had wiggle room, you just slowly kept at it. That was tremendously helpful. Also, that chanel set is so cool! I want to try! Thanks!! Quick question, i have only worked with yellow gold because of my fear of white gold. Will I have to plate that for a customer? Seems like a lot to invest in to work with white gold.
Hi, I'm a self taught stone setter, setting in silver and gold 9 of and 18 kt. I set semi and precious stones in round and oval. I am currently trying to master channel setting with princess cut Cz's in eternity rings. I find it difficult to get stones level. Any tips would be welcome. Thanks for a great and clear film.
I'm kind of new to gem setting. I have a bunch of opals, most pretty small, some oval some round some oblong, some no specific shape,. I'd like to set these in my silver rings, not sure how to. Is it better to bezel set them? Or maybe prong? I'm just starting to solder.
Just the basics with round CZs in Argentium silver.
Thats a great way to get experience. How do you like argentium?
@@GotchaRocksJewelryDIY I love Argentium silver. It balls, fuses, and rarely gets firescale. Oh, your videos are great. Thanks!
@@luker138 hi, I like argentium too for some projects, its fuses beautifully. I am wondering (just curious), why do you use CZ's? Just for practice or do people actually want to buy cz's in their jewelry (or maybe you don't sell)? Thanks so much. I'm trying to learn more about trends and what the buying world wants.
@@flyingcheff I use inexpensive CZs for practice. At an arm's length, it's hard to tell the difference between a CZ and a diamond.
Just starting to work in jewelry. Setting pears of opal, amethyst, (Pendant size, 16-1/2 mm) ovals 9-11mm, smaller rounds....in silver. Also, no bench mate, only rudimentary tools.
Those sound like fun setting jobs. Watch Rio Grande and Amazon for sales. All the best, let me know if you have any question.
Gotcha Rocks I’ve found some inexpensive amethyst through EBay and Etsy...through Thailand and India mostly, very time consuming to find legitimate stones, but if they send glass, you can call them on it and get refunded! Thanks for the response!
@@kathybradbury See if you can buy through Canada. They have good mines and minings practices. Amethyst and citrine are two of the biggest counterfeit stones on the market next turquoise. It's crazy. Happy hunting, I know it can be frustrating.
Heya Michael, if you had to TODAY, which would you choose for the GRS Benchmate: The older model or the newer; #113686) or; #113688 (on RG) - and why one over the other...Please and thank you? .......again. Oh, and quick edit: Which exact item # on RG for the "stone safe rubber wheel" you use to clean up? Please and thank you again.
Hello again :) I am old school so I would go with #113686 also I would get an attachment plate here is the number #118177. You will thank me.
I am using another Benchmate inside ring holder to hold the ring here is the number #118666. I almost uses this insert exclusively for all my stone setting.
Here are the wheels. EVE AdvantEdge Pumice Polisher, Knife-Edge, Fine
Item #: 332721
@@GotchaRocksJewelryDIY Thanks so much for your answer. Would I be too bold to ask you why you wouldn't get the other newer (presumably better upgraded) GRS Benchmate system? I ask because it's a big investment and it would be silly to order one just because it's the familiar. I'd love either but if I'm going to go for the investment I want to get some real anecdotal input from a user. I know, asking a lot of you, but I will say please and be very grateful for your thoughtful answer and time. Maybe I can do you a turn someday if I have any info you like or need or want (I'm a new-ish student of this craft so....that could be a stretch) but all I can do is keep learning AND sharing.
@@flyingcheff Here is my thinking. I have used my old school benchmate for many years and I have never thought this could be improved. I do have that thought with a lot of my tools. Sometimes when people try to improve something that doesn't need to be fixed it gets worse. That being said I haven't tried the new one. But I couldn't figure out how the new one would be better. Give them a call and see if they can justify it. Let me know which one you end up with.
I will say the old school model is almost indestructible.😁