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Step 9Hollowing the seats.
Using your stones as a guide, scribe the size of the stones' seat holes into the top of the blocked out platforms on the ring. You can use the Matt Wax templates to help this process.
The stone should sit in the seat to the depth of the last facet before the girdle of the stone. This will allow it to have a solid base with good light transmission.
Use the pin vise to drill a center hole through the seat, and use a sharp flat wax working tool or graver to cut the square hole. At this point you can either cut all the way through the ring, or cut the seats to a depth of 1.5mm (as the following step will open them all the way through).
Use a sharp wax working tool or graver to slightly bevel the edges of the seat holes.
Keep the walls of the seats 1.2mm thick or more. Use the degree gauge to measure the wall thickness.
The stone should sit in the seat to the depth of the last facet before the girdle of the stone. This will allow it to have a solid base with good light transmission.
Use the pin vise to drill a center hole through the seat, and use a sharp flat wax working tool or graver to cut the square hole. At this point you can either cut all the way through the ring, or cut the seats to a depth of 1.5mm (as the following step will open them all the way through).
Use a sharp wax working tool or graver to slightly bevel the edges of the seat holes.
Keep the walls of the seats 1.2mm thick or more. Use the degree gauge to measure the wall thickness.
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Great instructable, btw. You write really very well. Thanks.