Originally Posted by
Dennis
Hi linsey, the scorper will generally need shortening to be more comfortable in your hand. You heat only the part to be removed to dull red and immediately quench it. Then you put the scorper in a vice with the now blue part showing. Wearing eye protection,you hit it sideways with a hammer and the surplus should break off.
After that you grind it to a point again and tap on a handle.
However if your bezel is tapered it should be possible to do without any further bearer, provided you can keep the stone level. File down the edges so they stand only about a third of a millimetre above the girdle of the stone and neatly bevel the outside, so that only a knife edge has to be pushed over. As you work to set the stone, the eight corners will begin to pucker , but you can use a fine file gently on the raised bits as they occur. That way no gaps will show. Dennis.
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