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The Setting Bench

Notes from the setting bench: what a tool is asked to do, and where it stops

Setting the stone

Bezels, prongs, channels and flush work: the punches, pushers, burnishers and millgrain wheels that put a stone into metal and keep it there.

Every entry on this bench

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A jeweler's bench at close range, a half-set ring held in a ring clamp under a bench lamp, a strip of silk fabric and a thumb resting beside the claw tips, metal filings on the bench pin.

ST-001Setting the stone

Setting a Stone for Daily Wear

A set stone is judged by the metal around it. Hardness, plating, cast alloys, claw tips and the checks a bench runs before a piece leaves the shop.