Making a Bezel for a Faceted Stone

[@anitacraft8696]

Thanks Chad for a wonderful tutorial! You make the process look so easy because of your great plier skills!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Anita! Glad you liked the video. I bet your plier skills are excellent:)

[@jimconacher104]

A really good teaching video. You have so much knowledge and skill. You need to open classes. If I were close enough and knew where you were I would be there. A very good video. The ear rings look really good. Thanks for putting up this video.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you for the compliment. I am happy you liked it.

[@jolenaspalink9734]

Thanks to this tutorial, I bezel set my first ever faceted cushion cut amethysts!! I'm so excited! Thank you SO MUCH!!

[@chadssilversmithing]

That’s really awesome Jolene! I’m so happy I could help you with this. Keep pushing yourself to try new stuff:). Thank you so much for the nice comment!

[@practicalsurvivor693]

Thank you for sharing your work! I'm a novice smith and I appreciate your insight!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks! I'm really glad you're finding them helpful:)

[@patredden4557]

Great video, thanks. Learned lots.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You’re on a roll Pat! Thank you for the nice comments!

[@MrScottwkelley]

Thanks, I am a faceter with odd size stones and shapes, I am looking forward to using this method. Love home made gifts.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You're welcome Mr. Scott! Glad it was useful to you:)

[@Babette17C]

Such great little earrings. Thank you for teaching me. Love the idea of wrapping wire around a slightly larger wire to make teenie jump rings.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Babette! Glad you liked it:)

[@LTGuitar51]

Good tutorial Chad. I hope the show in Loveland was good to you!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Larry! It was a good show and great to see so many people I haven’t seen in a while.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

You do good work, sure wish I could see what you’re doing.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Canadian Gemstones. If you watch a more recent video, you’ll find that I have adjusted my camera to provide a much better close up. I’m pretty good at silver, but still learning on the video production side:). Thanks for the comment!

[@Wishingwell688]

Love this so much!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Wishing Well!

[@ambkbero2]

You have quickly become one of my favorite jewelers. My only suggestion is a camera with better close up abilities. I will be trying to replicate and the details help.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Ambkbero! I would love to upgrade. I’m going to have to wait a bit to afford it though:)

[@ambkbero2]

@@chadssilversmithing Could I ask a few questions? Other than work hardening, how can I harden silver and copper. I'm working with copper till I'm confident enough to move to silver. Also, what's the difference between tempering, annealing and quenching? Thank you in advance.

[@chadssilversmithing]

@@ambkbero2 I know silver can be heat hardened in a kiln, although I’ve not tried that. I think it’s somewhere around 600 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple hours, but look it up to be sure. I don’t know about copper. As far as those terms, I don’t think I’ve often heard tempering used in conjunction with precious metals. Annealing means to heat the metal to a high temperature followed by air cooling to soften the metal. Quenching just means to immerse in water to cool the metal off. Hope this helps. Maybe someone else watching can address the tempering issue with regards to precious metals in the comments here:)

[@codythompson2560]

@@chadssilversmithing Nah, you were correct about the tempering of precious metals-there's no need. That's usually only reserved for ferrous metals that become very brittle when quenched after heating. With copper and silver, as long as they're quenched after reaching a "black heat" there's no need to temper them, as they're already soft enough to work again. No one's putting a sharp edge on copper or silver :D

[@chadssilversmithing]

@@codythompson2560 Thank you for the additional info Cody!

[@maiguapa8]

So pretty

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Mai Me!

[@micbyte]

Beautiful dainty earrings, thanks for sharing.I have a question about turquoise nuggets...I have so many beautiful ones from years of collecting..I would like to make rings from them but not sure how to bezel and to fill in the uneven areas.some of the nuggets have one flat edge I'm guessing that would be better on the bottom of bezel Thank you

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Micbyte! You might try doing a little custom prong setting like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6TKiYJopaugmdEsi=HkKOWxW-rc5Z73xT. It could be adapted to a ring. Here is another video that might help as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZzWhnujgZ54Y5Ysi=HN92gGRx4wz8HgHb. Hope this gives you some ideas:)

[@raoulduke2820]

What gauge of strip do you use? Rio has 24 ga and 28 ga. Thank you for your awesome videos!

[@chadssilversmithing]

For small bezels I often use 28 gauge. For most everything else I use 26:). Hope this helps Raoul!

[@petetavera3782]

Nice work. Are you going from hard to easy or are u using the same type of solder through out. Maybe I missed u saying it. Thank you. Cheers

[@chadssilversmithing]

I’m not sure if I mentioned it in that one or not. I use hard silver solder exclusively for most things. Hinges and spinner rings are the most common exceptions for me:)

[@joymcdonell2802]

Hi Chad. Can you tell me what thickness of bezel wire you use?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Joy:). Most of the time I use 26 gauge, but on some tiny stones I use 28.

[@prubin111]

🌺🤗🤙🏻

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Paula!