Stonesetting with Brad Simon

Cutting Oil

Liquid Bur Life is an excellent lubricant to use when cutting with gravers.  A convenient container can be made by drilling a ½ inch hole in the lid of a small tin, such as the kind watch parts come in.  Then, place a cotton ball saturated with the lubricant in the tin and replace the lid.  To use dip the graver tip in the cotton before cutting.
  ~Brad

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Bench Tips and Tricks for Bench Jewelers, Stone Setters, and Goldsmiths

Bezel Setting Tool

Take an old setting bur and grind the point off.  Grind it down
just past the edge that cuts the corner for the girdle of the
stone.  What you have left is a wheel bur with teeth on the edges
only.  (In essence a wheel bur with a safety edge.)  With this
you can trim the inside edge of a bezel setting to remove the
wavy edge left from pushing it over the diamond.  Cut carefully
as to not remove very much metal.  This will leave a smooth even
edge that can be polished easily with a graver.

 ~Brad

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