Post by rockjunquie on May 31, 2016 6:31:40 GMT -5
Orrum (Bill) posted in another thread about his silver settings and, of course, we demanded requested pictures. I volunteered to host them, so here they are with the original post:
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I don't like bezels. I like prongs that are not prongs. I take odd shaped pieces of silver sheet that I have cut off when sawing out a silver back and pound, scratch, wrinkle etc then grind it to a shape I like and pic solder it to my back. Usually 4 or more pieces, the I push them over the cab. I use plastic cut from butter tubs etc to put behind the cab, this cuts down on breakage by cushioning the cab both when mounting plus it raises the cab up if you are using a bezel, and also as temperature changes cause the cab to expand and contract. The clearer the lid the thinner it will usually be. Sometimes I use scrap pieces of bezel, like a cup over a certain part of the cab. My smithing is rustic! LOL.
First one is Owhyee picture jasper, unknown which claim. The jump ring is
horrible but I was in a hurry to finish and well it was fast! LOL. See how
the bottom curls below the end of the cab and then goes up a little and has
a prong filed out to bend over. Then the top is also flat silver sheet
curved and filed. The edges of the back plate are folded back and forth to
resemble a leaf. I let the dremel with a grinding diamond bit skitter
around on the plate scsring it up. Then I pickle and flux the plate at the
end and sprinkle a little silver saw dust on the edge of the plate and
torch it and pickle etc.
side view
This is purple goldstone. I made the bail like I make my Hillbilly Wire Twisting bails. Flattened and soldered to a 14 gauge silver wire beaten flat in a S shape. Traditional saw tooth bezel but backing is a beaten flat wire extension of the S going in a circle and the bezel is nestled into the S curve and solderrd. The dremel with a diamond bit is skitter over the S and then pickled and fluxes and then sprinkle silver saw dust on the S. Then torch and pickle etc.
Pics of Hillbilly Wire Twisting showing cold forged bail. These are in 92.5 sterling 14 gauge.
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I don't like bezels. I like prongs that are not prongs. I take odd shaped pieces of silver sheet that I have cut off when sawing out a silver back and pound, scratch, wrinkle etc then grind it to a shape I like and pic solder it to my back. Usually 4 or more pieces, the I push them over the cab. I use plastic cut from butter tubs etc to put behind the cab, this cuts down on breakage by cushioning the cab both when mounting plus it raises the cab up if you are using a bezel, and also as temperature changes cause the cab to expand and contract. The clearer the lid the thinner it will usually be. Sometimes I use scrap pieces of bezel, like a cup over a certain part of the cab. My smithing is rustic! LOL.
First one is Owhyee picture jasper, unknown which claim. The jump ring is
horrible but I was in a hurry to finish and well it was fast! LOL. See how
the bottom curls below the end of the cab and then goes up a little and has
a prong filed out to bend over. Then the top is also flat silver sheet
curved and filed. The edges of the back plate are folded back and forth to
resemble a leaf. I let the dremel with a grinding diamond bit skitter
around on the plate scsring it up. Then I pickle and flux the plate at the
end and sprinkle a little silver saw dust on the edge of the plate and
torch it and pickle etc.
side view
This is purple goldstone. I made the bail like I make my Hillbilly Wire Twisting bails. Flattened and soldered to a 14 gauge silver wire beaten flat in a S shape. Traditional saw tooth bezel but backing is a beaten flat wire extension of the S going in a circle and the bezel is nestled into the S curve and solderrd. The dremel with a diamond bit is skitter over the S and then pickled and fluxes and then sprinkle silver saw dust on the S. Then torch and pickle etc.
Pics of Hillbilly Wire Twisting showing cold forged bail. These are in 92.5 sterling 14 gauge.