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    Default Setting Question

    Hi everyone

    So I've been making jewellery for over a year now (a lot of lost wax casting) and i've been playing with stone setting for a few months - I've mastered standard bezels, gypsy/flush settings and prong ...

    I spotted the attached image on Pinterest and I can't get it out of my mind. I absolutely LOVE how the stones are set but i can't for the life of me work out how it's done. I assume it's a sort of bezel/gypsy .. with the edge of the setting hammered down to tension set the stone? Am I talking rubbish here? Anyone able to shed some light on this wizardry? I want to create myself a new engagement ring (I lost the stone in the one my hubby proposed with ;() and whilst I don't plan on copying the style below (not about to rip this artist off - also, anyone know who said artist is??) I would love to try a similar way of setting my stone.

    Thanks all!

    Leighna
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    Its just a normal bezel setting with a wider than normal bezel pushed over roughly in a different coloured metal from what I can see ?

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    Thinking I may need to invest in a Foredom hammer handpiece in that case .. not sure I’d have the skill to set such a heavy heel with punch and hammer by hand ��

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    If you do the bezel in 0.4mm fine silver you would be fine, it doesn't look particularly thick, just left higher than normal before being pushed over, you wouldn't need a hammer just a bezel pusher.
    Be careful when you do push it over to do it gently and evenly as a bezel that starts out high will push over too easily and catch you out.
    BTW you can put the ridges in with a file afterwards, just make sure you don't go too deep for the metal you use.
    This is a bezel I made with ridges , it only takes a few minutes to do:
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    That’s great! Thank you for your help �� and that ring looks beautiful! Will definitely give this a go x

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