Stretching Bezel Wire for Cabochons

Terri McCarthy, local artist, instructor and metalsmith from Grafton, WI visited Cool Tools to create this "How to" video. Creating a bezel from patterned wire can be challenging... and making it fit your cabochon without disrupting the pattern is a second challenge. Terri shows us how to do both in this video.
Click this link to purchase the products used in this video:
Product List Below:
GEM-030-P Gemstone option
GEM-500-P Gemstone option
GEM-652-P Gemstone option
ROD-003 - Copper Rod
ROD-007 - Copper Rod
PLR-400 - Flush Wire Cutter
PLR-407 - Flush Wire Cutter
WIR-598 - Patterned Wire
WIR-599 - Patterned Wire
WIR-595 - Patterned Wire
WIR-596 - Patterned Wire
WIR-396 - Patterned Wire
WIR-590 - Patterned Wire

[rachellepowell]

Genius technique to make a fancy bezel work. THANK YOU!

[texasgigi]

Thank you so much for posting this video!! This is helpful to me. I love working with fancy bezels too. As a newbie, I need all of the help I can get!! Lol

[dabforge]

Thank you, I'm about to do some bezel work. Was wondering about this issue and the piece I have to too big for my ring stretcher haha

[wormemc]

Really great tip I'll be using this week.

[bonniekonjevich]

That was way cool. I hope to learn using a torch if I can get over the fear of being burned. While making a glass pipette in Chemistry class, fifty years ago, I burned my fingers, actually on molton glass. It will take YouTube and being careful..not brain surgery

[Heterandriamosa]

almost 4 minutes to get to the most common sense tip ever