I JUST FINISHED THIS CUSTOM RING!!!

I just finished this custom wedding ring for a teacher at school! Wedding rings are my favorite to make. They are so special, they just make me feel good when I am making them. I also feel really good when I finish a project and am happy with the results. This ring has 23 flush set diamonds. The project was a bit intimidating to me at the start because I had never flush set such at large amount on diamonds in one ring. I used the Foredom Allset to help aid with burring the seats for the stones. I had never used one before, but with so many stones to set I was willing to go for it. I can't tell you how much it helped. Here is what I did:

I drilled my pilot holes in the wax model of the ring. I also used a setting bur slightly smaller that the stone diameter to open up the pilot holes for the stones. After I cast and cleaned up the ring, I went back with my drill and cleaned out all of the holes so they would be nice and shinny inside. Then I went back with my setting bur and opened up the seats a bit more. At this point my stones did not fit in the seats. I then used the Allset with a small 45 degree heart bur and burred a notch all the way around the inside of the seat. (I should mention that I practiced ahead of time with the same stone in brass to get the correct height set on the Allset. I set it so that the stones would be roughly table flush with the ring.) I checked frequently to see if my stone would snap it. Once all of my stones snapped in, I chased the metal down around the stones to tighten them. Then all I had to do was emery and polish! It was even fun!