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e_spy

Stone setting

May 20, 2011 10:20

Per the mention in the previous entry, I've started the stone setting course. Week 1 was covering the preparation of tools, followed by some simple engraving to allow Tom to get a feel of how we handle the gravers/scorpers; I did get a little bit carried away with some of the exercises - engraving to a line and concentric circles were all that was ( Read more... )

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e_spy May 21 2011, 14:23:01 UTC

Conceptually it's quite simple - use a bullstick scorper (does that make sense, BTW? I think Karl Fischer sell them as oval gravers) and sharpen it so that the outside edge of the tool leads, then use the edge to cut the drilled hole to the diameter of the stone, then gradually relieve the rest of the hole to allow the stone to descend into the bearing. As I said, *conceptually* simple...!

If you've read Gerry (Lewy's?) comments on preparing onglettes on Ganoksin, he's talking about pretty much the same thing.