Tom Weishaar

Bezel setting the center sapphire is normally pretty straight-forward, but I would like to share a few tricks that have...

Recently, a woman brought in her diamonds and asked to have a ring made with them. Her requirements were very...

Recently this
 custom ring design
 came to my bench
 with the request that 
it be made in platinum and a...

This article is about creating and sharpening gravers before using for your work or project as described by Tom Weishaar....

In the last issue of Bench Magazine I demonstrated how I would go about wax model carving for this unusual...

In my first article I made a rubber "sandwich" mold of this basket style mounting. The focus of this article...

Recently a customer requested that we make her an unusual mother's ring. She chose a magnificent 3.56 ct. oval blue...

Recently a woman brought an old family diamond into our store and asked to have a custom mounting made for...

This Professional Bench Jewelers Guide to Setting Gemstones cannot anticipate every potential situation you may encounter. Always use extreme caution...

Like most bench jewelers I do a lot of bead setting and like most bench jewelers I take pride in...