What tools are used in Diamond Setting? => 19 photos

 The list of tools that are used can be very extensive. For example, I'm only listing some of the tools that I presently use.

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1) "Hand held, Pin Vise". This prevents the need of using shellac.

This is also great in holding coins for engraving.

2) These 'bent plier jaws' are fantastic for tightening gemstones in awkward positions.

3) There are many little brushes you can buy instead of your tool supply shop. I look through 'cosmetic stores' for delicate brushes, not to mention 'paint stores'. Three of these coloured brushes were bought in a dental supply store.

4) These strange looking handles can be the best graver handles that were created. These will allow the setter to 'extend the life' of every graver that is used.

These are 3 clamps of various styles, but they are always useful for gemstone setting. My favourite is named the "Inside Ring Clamp".

This "Inside Ring Clamp" tightens the ring so very TIGHTLY.

                                                        

Here are two tools that are so very important. The "Separating Disk" is extremely useful in repairing the HSS bur teeth.

                                                       

 These files come in two grades of teeth, #2 and #4 grit. (Please excuse the rust & dirt)

These 7 setting-tools are self-explanatory.

These "Bent" claws are great in what they can do in awkward situations. The 'hand and fingers' are no longer being twisted.

  I have 10 pliers and all are useful during my intense Diamond Setting projects.

                            =>This is my own invention <=

 Get a large round bur and place 1/3rd of the bur against the rotating emery wheel of your bench grinder, as shown. Keep this in a beaker of cold water during the grinding process.

 What you now have is a very new metal cutting tool. It works 100% for making a seat in a Tube Setting for Cabochon stones.

=> (My second invention) <=

 This photo shows the 'gripping' teeth on those 'Bent' plier jaws. I used a 'Separating Wheel' to grind grooves in the jaws.

 Pumice Wheels come in two grits;  #180 & #1,000grit. The #180 are the "Medium" texture, while the PINK #1,000 grit is the "Fine" texture.

  Either wheel come in a "Tapered" or "Flat" configuration.

  These are the "Snap-On" Medium grit, Emery wheels.

These three handpieces are "our workhorses" in our bench.

=>My Third Invention<=

   Here you can see the 'Mini, 2-Pin' that I created just for earring studs.

  During your days and years at your own bench, you too will find some great ideas of new tools. If they suite you, then use them just to make your time at the bench easier, as I have been doing.

 There are so many tools for gemstone setting, I couldn't display them all. 

REMEMBER, improvise and be creative. It's so interesting setting diamonds & gemstones, agree?