Raw materials: two pieces of platinum and a cultured blue diamond.
Annealing the rod so that it is easier to bend.
Lighting the propane/oxygen torch.
Soldering the ring together.
Nailed it.
Annealing the bezel before we solder.
Bezel, before we shaped it into a cone.
Annealing the now-together ring.
Lining up the ring and the bezel. Notice the two blobs of solder.
Soldering the ring and bezel together.
Pounding the ring back into shape.
After sanding, we buffed the ring.
Setting the stone by pounding the bezel over the girdle of the diamond.
Shot of my eye and the punch.
All finished.
