How to Make Bezels for Square or Fancy Shaped Cabochon Gemstones( Without Going Crazy!)

How to Make Bezels for Square or Fancy Shaped Cabochon Gemstones- Learning how to make bezels for square or fancy shaped cabochon stones with corners drives lots of goldsmiths and silversmiths crazy. This demonstration and lecture of essential principles of bezel making will give you the skills you need to stop dreading making fancy shaped bezels. I use these bezel making techniques for both cabochon and faceted stones.
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[@darkstar3246]

ooo fusing the bezel. nice. I have been fusing my fine silver chains/rings but not the bezel joints. I need to learn that!

[@JewelryArts]

It makes such beautiful clean seams! You will love it. :)

[@ingenueee]

you are such an awesome teacher! so glad I found your videos!

[@JewelryArts]

Thank you! I am so glad you are enjoying the videos. :)

[@micbyte]

I have some beautiful 6x4mm turquoise and some even smaller cabs. Pear shaped, oval, round and square I am really challenged. Any advise would be sooo appreciated. Love your teaching methods. Thank you Thank you

[@JewelryArts]

So glad you have been enjoying the videos! I have lots of videos on making bezels for round, pear shaped etc, just search through my channel, there are tons! 😃

[@DavidCaines100]

I'm not here yet , but this shows me aa lot that is helpful

[@JewelryArts]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed :)

[@carolanncribby4549]

Awesome I just found your channel and yes I wish I knew this information along damn time ago.... LOL. Thank you for so much wire knowledge in for more to come love your designs excellent great thanks for sharing

[@JewelryArts]

You are very welcome! Glad you are enjoying it :)

[@DavidCaines100]

Thank you as always.

[@JewelryArts]

My pleasure!

[@ilahroseminton]

Watching all your bezel videos, gearing up for setting my first stone soon! How do you calculate what size bezel strip to use? Given that every stone is different and unique is there a tried and true approach to 'know'/determine what size bezel strip to go with? Thank you and very much looking forward to your bezel book! 🙏

[@JewelryArts]

Are you talking about height or length? 😃

[@ilahroseminton]

The height, thank you! 🙏@@JewelryArts

[@JewelryArts]

For a faceted stone, measure the entire height of the stone, culet to table, using a divider . That is how high it needs to be when you set it. Since you need some extra height to accommodate for sanding after fusing, etc. give yourself a few extra millimeters beyond the height of the actual stone. Remember, you can always take away at the end but you can’t put it back. 😃@@ilahroseminton

[@ceciliam7144]

Thanks for showing how to make a bezel for a stone that has corners. I have been trying to make a bezel for a rectangular cubix that has a bend in the corners, and have been adviced to cut and file in each bend: so 8 bends done in 925 silver sheet of 1 mm thickness, for a 10x12 mm cubix always ended breaking. Didn't make sense!

[@JewelryArts]

When you are working in thick material, it helps to score the corners to be able to bend. You might be scoring too deep, hence the breaking. I use thinner material, 26 gauge, so scoring is unnecessary. :)

[@ceciliam7144]

@@JewelryArts great tip, thanks for sharing. I will buy that gauge; it was handy so I used that one....should have give it a few rounds in the rolling mill.👌🏻👏🏻💖

[@JewelryArts]

@@ceciliam7144 You are very welcome! :)

[@ceciliam7144]

@@JewelryArts :)

[@indira3]

Hello! Thank you very much, very informative! This is 22 ga but which kind of good please? 18k? Thanks a lot! 🙏🌟

[@JewelryArts]

I am so glad you enjoyed it! We use 26 gauge in either fine silver or 22k gold. :)

[@heathernichol378]

Why would you choose to solder your bezel wire at the top of your stone?

[@JewelryArts]

I am sorry but I don’t understand the question? Could you elaborate?

[@heathernichol378]

It's my understanding that you never solder your bezel on a corner or the top, always solder on the longer side of your bezel. From what I have always been told it gives you a better solder. I hope this makes more sense 😊

[@JewelryArts]

@@heathernichol378 Ah, I see! My seam usually end up being on a longer side because I find it easier to shape the bezel that way, it wouldn't hurt anything for the seam to be there as far as the solder is concerned. When using thicker materials, you need to solder at corners because it is so difficult to bend there. Since I use 26 gauge bezels, it isn't a problem for me to bend my corners and since I usually fuse my bezels, it is much easier to have my seam on a longer side. What works better depends on your materials, to sum up. :)

[@ceciliam7144]

PD: will try just bending with plyers 💯💟

[@JewelryArts]

Great, let me know how it goes. :)

[@ceciliam7144]

@@JewelryArts yes I will! At least I got through bending 3 corners. Just annealed to see how I can make it to the last one and solder. But I have to thank you for sharing a simple, logical way to do customized bezels.💯💕Follow yoy in Instagram, didn't know your KZbin channel 🙄🤓😎, great I found you here 'cause it's what I use most. If I succeed, I will send you a pic. Hugs from Buenos Aires, Argentina.🇦🇷

[@ceciliam7144]

@@JewelryArts Do you have a tutorial for setting this kind of stone on a ring band....or some ideas for band designs that can match rectangular cubix? Thanks 💟😊💖

[@JewelryArts]

@@ceciliam7144 Hmmm, I guess I will have to add that to my list! :)

[@JewelryArts]

@@ceciliam7144 You are very welcome! If you don't succeed right away, just keep practicing! You will get there. :)