Crikey! I think you might be using the wrong size chisel to set that.
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It's not great Gemma. However, you haven't set yourself an easy task if it's your first go at bezel setting.
Start with a slightly larger cab - and make it a smooth domed rather than faceted one as well. I think your measurements may have been off both on the size (it looks like the bezel may have been a bit too large), and on the depth - you need only a very small amount to rub over successfully - generally about a third of the total height of the cab is fine. I don't know what you've used as a pusher, but it looks like it might have been rather too small as well.
I can't see what's going on at the base though - have you tried to set the bezel into something else, or is it soldered flat onto a backing sheet? Lastly, it looks like there's a split at about 4 o'clock. Your bezel strip really does need to be perfect in both size and height before you start rubbing it over. And tight enough for the cab to 'snap' into it.
What tutorial did you use?
It looks like there might have been a spliff at 4 o'clock to me :-)it looks like there's a split at about 4 o'clock.
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