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    Default Creative stonesetting by John Cogswell

    Hi everyone, thought I would write a quick post about creative Stonesetting by John Cogswell. I wanted to buy a book on Stonesetting as general jewellery books and internet sources just don't have enough detail to answer my questions when I'm unable to go to a class. Saw this one mentioned on a forum post a while back. It's no longer in print but I got mine second hand from Amazon. So far it looks really good with a really detailed chapter on bezel setting. I had been wondering how fitted your stone needs to be. My 8mm carnelian cab has a very tiny bit of side to side movement in it's bezel ring. Looks like I'm going to have to saw the join and resolder

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    Yes, the better the fit the neater and easier it will be to set, don't try to save time in adjusting the bezel to perfect before setting
    I have the book but tbh aside from a few tips stone setting is really mostly about practise.

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    A frequent problem for beginners is that when they try a stone into a bezel cup, they cant get it out again. The better the fit the more likely it is to happen.
    There are two possible tricks to rescue the situation, but it helps to leave the back plate untrimmed so that you have something to grip.

    1. Lay a long piece of dental floss across the bezel cup before inserting the stone. Then it can be yanked out again.

    2. Apply a piece of strong adhesive tape to the stone, such as that for hanging pictures, or the one called No More Nails. Allow five minutes for the adhesion to work and then yank sharply. It' best to use surplus tape, so as to form a handle. Dennis.

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    Thanks Dennis I've been using the floss technique already but hadn't heard of the other one. That could come in use

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    That was decidedly poor English wasn't it?
    It won't let me edit now but yes, what I meant to say was don't try to save time by NOT getting the bezel perfect before setting.

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    Thanks for clarifying enigma my instinct was to make it perfect (i'm a terrible perfectionist) but at the same time sometimes it's good to know if you can actually be a bit sloppy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by enigma View Post
    Yes, the better the fit the neater and easier it will be to set, don't try to save time in adjusting the bezel to perfect before setting
    I have the book but tbh aside from a few tips stone setting is really mostly about practise.
    I take it you mean, 'make sure it's perfect' before you go to set?

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