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GRS Diamond Setting (DVD) Bead & Bright Cut

With Don Glaser. 40 years of metalworking experience combined with over 20 years of hand engraving experience made Don Glaser uniquely qualified to teach the 2 most important aspects of plate setting diamonds: Machining, to prepare a proper seat for a diamond; and Engraving, to raise the beads, bright cut, and complete the mounting. These skills, essential to bead-setting diamonds, are the focus of this video, and are shown in step-by-step sequence. Learn which graver is used for each task, how to manipulate it, and how to sharpen it for best results. This 2-hour DVD cannot provide all the knowledge required to bead-set diamonds, but it is an essential audio-visual supplement to textbooks.