General metalsmithing

Re: Need cinch-mount-type bezel

oneshining — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:02:05 GMT

Have you looked at Fire Mountain Gems? I found this cool stuff called channel wire in sterling, but have yet to find another supplier of it.

Re: Need cinch-mount-type bezel

robinaronson — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:34:17 GMT

Thanks for the replies - I thought of using a step bezel, except that I don't want a lot of silver bent down around the piece - I just want a small edge around it.

Hadn't thought of trying to file a channel into a piece of square wire - it would have to be a long channel since the pieces are fairly good size. Is that something I could do with a Flexshaft and a router bit?

thanks!

Robin

Re: Need cinch-mount-type bezel

christyphelps — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:17:39 GMT

Is there any reason why you couldn't just file a channel into a piece of square wire and wrap it around like a regular bezel?

Re: Need cinch-mount-type bezel

Bob G — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:32:42 GMT

Could you use a step-bezel?

Need cinch-mount-type bezel

robinaronson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:08:16 GMT

I need bezel-wire similar to what Rio Grande sells as a Cinch-mount. I am creating pendants of 2 thin pieces of metal pancaked together and they need something surrounding them as an edge, but I don't want to use a regular bezel like you would use with a stone. The cinch-mounts are exactly what I need, but the ones that they sell aren't big enough and they're not the shape I need. The coin bezels are kind of what I need, but again, they're not the right size or shape. Has anyone seen any tyle of bezel wire like that, or can I make it? Hope I've explained it well enough.

thanks!!