The Video Bank

Part One

Oval and round cabochons are fairly straight forward to set, but what about square or stones with straight sides? Bezel setting a stone with corners is somewhat more difficult because if it isn’t done properly the excess metal puckers at the corners.

The techniques involved with making a bezel is technical depending on the stone. Does it have sharp crisp corners or are they slightly rounded? Andrew realises that his original idea to make the bezel is not needed as a quick and simple technique seems to work better with this type of stone. The setting is then made up into a simple style ring.

Part Six

When the general public purchase mass produced items of jewellery, the last thing they think about is the quality of the manufacturing.

When a client of Andrew’s came in to the shop one day with a stunning pear shaped Blue Topaz stone pendant, she wanted to know if the mount could be repaired. One look at it and Andrew immediately saw that the gold was so brittle and there where several cracks all over the gold mount.

This brittleness was due to poor casting. Something that Andrew’s client had not even noticed at the time of purchase. The only thing that Andrew could do was to scrap the original gold mount and handcraft a brand new setting for the stone.

Final Part

In this three part series, Andrew looks at setting round stones into tubing, often called ‘tube setting’.

Like with all aspects of setting, obtaining the correct size setting, in this case tubing, is vitally important. Andrew shows you how to choose the right wall thickness tubing and also what to do if you don’t have the correct sized setting burr to exactly fit the stone you are setting.

Part Two

Over the past few months Andrew has been demonstrating how to make your own settings and ring shanks.

In these two films Andrew demonstrates how to set stones into these settings. The ability to make your own settings is a skill that once you have mastered will come in very handy should a client bring you an odd shaped stone that is not of a stock size and once that you can not obtain a ready made setting.

Part Two of Three

In this three part series, Andrew looks at setting round stones into tubing, often called ‘tube setting’.

Like with all aspects of setting, obtaining the correct size setting, in this case tubing, is vitally important. Andrew shows you how to choose the right wall thickness tubing and also what to do if you don’t have the correct sized setting burr to exactly fit the stone you are setting.

Part One

Over the past few months Andrew has been demonstrating how to make your own settings and ring shanks.

In these two films Andrew demonstrates how to set stones into these settings. The ability to make your own settings is a skill that once you have mastered will come in very handy should a client bring you an odd shaped stone that is not of a stock size and once that you can not obtain a ready made setting.

Part One of Three

In this three part series, Andrew looks at setting round stones into tubing, often called ‘tube setting’.

Like with all aspects of setting, obtaining the correct size setting, in this case tubing, is vitally important. Andrew shows you how to choose the right wall thickness tubing and also what to do if you don’t have the correct sized setting burr to exactly fit the stone you are setting.

The use of cast and prefinished shanks and settings can be a way to turn work round quickly. You order in the components and the correct sized diamonds and within half an hour you have a finished piece of jewellery

With Valentines day in a couple of days, a client of Andrew’s wanted a pair of drop ear rings set with diamonds. There were none suitable in the shop so a quick call to the casting company ensured a pair of prefinished ear rings would be delivered the next day. Twenty four hours later the client entered Andrew’s shop where the pair of ear rings were ready for collection. Another happy client.

The use of cast and prefinished shanks and settings can be a way to turn work round quickly. You order in the components and the correct sized diamonds and within half an hour you have a finished piece of jewellery

With Valentines day in a couple of days, a client of Andrew’s wanted a pair of drop ear rings set with diamonds. There were none suitable in the shop so a quick call to the casting company ensured a pair of prefinished ear rings would be delivered the next day. Twenty four hours later the client entered Andrew’s shop where the pair of ear rings were ready for collection. Another happy client.