Tips From The Community

Here is a bezel tip from @quiettimejewelry - “An easy little tip that may help other makers. I sketch my stones out so I can orient where the bezel...

Here is a work holding tip from @hendersonstudiosjewelry - “Use hot glue on a metal plate, peg vise, or engraving ball to hold your work...

Here is a tip for when you are checking a stone in its bezel from @stonefruitsilver - “I love using this UHU tac for removing stones from bezels...

Here is a setting fabrication tip from @refraction_manufacturing - “Using a square punch to mark a perfect 4 division mapping point 👌” Simple, yet...

Here is a tip for soldering a bezel onto a curved surface from @theloveleighlocket - “If you want to incorporate a bezel into a wide band ring and...

Here is a tip when working with multiple bezels at once from @mineralandmine - “When working on a number of bezels or designs at once, get yourself...

Here are some helpful tips when you are creating BIG BEZELS from @meritmade - “1) Up the gauge. Instead of using 28 ga fine silver I use 26. The...

For this week’s I wanted to talk about Bezel Setting Punches. I bought this economy set for myself years ago after having worked for a jeweler that...

Here is a bezel setting tip from @susanfauman - “I love using my graver’s ball from GRS to hold a piece when I’m setting stones. When I need to set...

Here is a stone setting tip from @metalformsca - “I often use painters tape to protect a piece of jewellery while stone setting. I’m not always as...

Here's a burr storage tip from @on_u_designs - “I do a lot of stone setting and needed a way to save time from having to measure the burrs over and...

Here are two bezel setting tips from @shinyobjectsmichele “I use a couple repurposed tools that are essential to me. One is a blackhead extractor...