"MINI-BEZELS" (Worth viewing again) (18 photos)

 These are the assortment of burs that could & might be used for this essay.

I use my "1/2, Round" bur to create a seat for the stone. Sometimes, if the stone is too large, I will use my HSS (High-Speed Steel) burs instead.

Once you place the stone into the 'mini-bezel' the hammering then starts in earnest.

As I've written before, I specifically use an 85.0-gram hammer to do the required hammering.

 You can easily notice that the stone is lowered into the bezel. I will explain further.

 You can see the smooth and shiny surface on the hammer's face. This is so important as there must not be any defects on the hammer face. Those defects will be transferred to the bezel and we don't want that, do we?

 The 'angle of hitting' is as always at 45 degrees. Another note is to use your steel mandrel as the steel will allow the hitting to be directed to the ring. In a wooden clamp, the wood absorbs all of the momentum and pressure of the hitting.

 Here you can see the direct hitting starting to take place.

 Always keep your mandrel secure and direct the hammer face to the bezel.

 If you use your 'hitting anvil' please don't let the stone be touched.

 Keep the anvil away from any stone facets. If not, there will be broken pieces of stone everywhere.

 Here you can see that there is space between the inside lip of the bezel and the stone. This is so very important.

 Here is the completed Bezel top, isn't this nice? Yes, this takes much practice.

 In using your hammer, don't let there be any spaces from the tip of the bezel to the stone.

 I will be using an Onglette #2 graver, thus enabling me to carve a shiny circle all around the inside bezel.

   Please don't have any defects in the cutting to occur.

 When you are cutting in a small area, please don't use a FLAT graver. You will have metal facets during the cuttings.

  Kindly use your Triangular file with a #4 grit, a #2 cut is too coarse. This is the correct filing angle that is required.

 Here we can use a Pumice Wheel of #180 grit to remove any stirations from the filing.

 I now use a #1,000 grit (PINK) Polishing Pumice wheel. This 'wheel polishing' gently cleans the surface.

                                      THIS RING IS NOW COMPLETED.