Bezel-Setting Tutorial

Step 11 Prepare to solder on a tripod and screen.

Set up the bezel on a tripod and screen - this will allow you to heat the piece from below. If heating from above, the bezel wire, being much thinner, will get hotter much faster than the backing, and the solder will want to jump and flow on the bezel, not flowing to the backing. You can also melt your bezel this way.

Comments

[shetibo]

is there a way to do a bezel setting without the back piece? i see it working in my head but that doesnt mean its so LOL

[troseph]

Yes, but it makes things tricky. You will need to make a ring of flattened wire that sits inside and flush with the bottom of the bezel. This makes making a ring much more difficult because you can't solder the ring to the stone's back. You will see this type of thing done with pendants more than rings.