My Trials of Setting a Stone in a Bezel or Success is Sweet
Front of Pendant or Back of Failed Pendant Described Below This is a story about my trials, frustrations and successes of making a pendant from Goldie Bronze metal clay and setting a stone in bronze bezel wire. Many of you won’t be interested in the details here but I’m hoping it gives you an idea of all the stages and work that goes into making a piece. Last weekend I decided to make a pendant, finish it and then solder a bezel for the stone. I practiced wrapping the bezel wire around the stone, cutting the edge straight and soldering the edges together. Then I practiced soldering a bezel on a piece of sheet metal with my acetylene torch. It melted the bezel. I changed to a butane torch and that worked. I tried to solder the bezel to the finished bronze pendant with bronze solder and melted the bezel. Next I moved to silver solder and that did not work either. It was time to go to FaceBook and ask my jewelry b...