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toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Ring Dec 27, 2019 18:59:58 GMT -5 El JeffA, hummingbirdstones, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Dec 27, 2019 18:59:58 GMT -5 Well here for your consideration is my first castelated bezel. Not perfect by any means but hard to work in a shop that's not yours.
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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,236	Ring Dec 27, 2019 19:14:08 GMT -5 toiv0 and El JeffA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on Dec 27, 2019 19:14:08 GMT -5 I think it's great!
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gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,041	Ring Dec 27, 2019 20:27:48 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Dec 27, 2019 20:27:48 GMT -5 Great job toiv0 . Did you do the saw work on the bezel? If so it's very neatly done.

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	Ring Dec 27, 2019 20:36:50 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Dec 27, 2019 20:36:50 GMT -5 I think it came out pretty dang good for your first one
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fishnpinball Cave Dweller So much to learn, so little time Member since March 2017 Posts: 1,491	Ring Dec 27, 2019 20:39:06 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fishnpinball on Dec 27, 2019 20:39:06 GMT -5 Looks pretty good to me.

toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Ring Dec 27, 2019 20:42:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Dec 27, 2019 20:42:10 GMT -5 Dec 27, 2019 19:14:08 GMT -5 miket said: I think it's great! Thanks, I didn't show the imperfections, but it looks ok.

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Dec 27, 2019 20:27:48 GMT -5 gemfeller said:

Great job toiv0 . Did you do the saw work on the bezel? If so it's very neatly done.

Yes, I used 18 ga sterling. A guy by the name of Jim Brandvik makes an indexing tool and holder, I had bought them a month ago and just got around to using them. I use a 2 saw blade but think I need a 3. I think he sells them on Etsy and has several u tube videos using them.

opalpyrexia driving up their electric bill Member since February 2017 Posts: 2,733	Ring Dec 27, 2019 20:48:32 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by opalpyrexia on Dec 27, 2019 20:48:32 GMT -5 Very pretty ring and bezel! It's the first bezel of that time that I've ever seen.
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You did a nice job on that, toiv0, for your first one. Added plus -- it's purple! Is the shank plain or did you do a schmantzy pantsy one?

Now I'm going to have to look up this new tool. I probably need to buy myself a belated Xmas present.

Robin

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-- C.S. Lewis

toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Ring Dec 27, 2019 21:01:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Dec 27, 2019 21:01:47 GMT -5 Dec 27, 2019 20:48:32 GMT -5 opalpyrexia said: Very pretty ring and bezel! It's the first bezel of that time that I've ever seen. Thanks, I have always wanted to do one, little more work but worth it.

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Dec 27, 2019 20:56:06 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

You did a nice job on that, toiv0 , for your first one. Added plus -- it's purple! Is the shank plain or did you do a schmantzy pantsy one?

Now I'm going to have to look up this new tool. I probably need to buy myself a belated Xmas present.

Thank you, I am not in my regular shop so no Schamtzy Pantsy, used a paterned wire you can see in the first pic. Maybe just Schamtzy.

I think the stone is Charoite but haven't seen one this dark. Also thought Lapidolite but too hard for that.

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Dec 27, 2019 21:05:46 GMT -5 toiv0 said:

Dec 27, 2019 20:56:06 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

You did a nice job on that, toiv0 , for your first one. Added plus -- it's purple! Is the shank plain or did you do a schmantzy pantsy one?

Now I'm going to have to look up this new tool. I probably need to buy myself a belated Xmas present.

Thank you, I am not in my regular shop so no Schamtzy Pantsy, used a paterned wire you can see in the first pic. Maybe just Schamtzy.

I think the stone is Charoite but haven't seen one this dark. Also thought Lapidolite but too hard for that.

Charoite is a pretty soft stone, too. Very pretty stone, whatever it is.

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-- C.S. Lewis

El JeffA spending too much on rocks Member since February 2016 Posts: 353	Ring Dec 27, 2019 21:13:25 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by El JeffA on Dec 27, 2019 21:13:25 GMT -5 Very nice ring toiv0 ! I’m liking the purple also!
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Dec 27, 2019 20:46:09 GMT -5 toiv0 said:

Dec 27, 2019 20:27:48 GMT -5 gemfeller said:

Great job toiv0 . Did you do the saw work on the bezel? If so it's very neatly done.

Yes, I used 18 ga sterling. A guy by the name of Jim Brandvik makes an indexing tool and holder, I had bought them a month ago and just got around to using them. I use a 2 saw blade but think I need a 3. I think he sells them on Etsy and has several u tube videos using them.

Thanks for the info. I've tried to do it freehand but with very amateurish results. I think one of those tools will soon be in my bench drawer. Thanks for the tip/info.

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,761	Ring Dec 28, 2019 7:44:29 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Dec 28, 2019 7:44:29 GMT -5 Very nice ring! I'm going with charoite. I watched the videos of this technique. I'll have to try that.