Foredom Master Stone-Setting Kit - Manual (Page 9)

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The AllSet ® Pavé guides make it quick and easy to create the field-of-
stones effect of pavé.
• Includes seven pavé guides, 2–5mm, in 0.5mm increments.
•
Solid, non-rotating guides let you complete rows of settings in a
very short time and at the perfect depth for the material.
• Guides accept all 3/32 ″ (2.35mm) shank burs such as ball burs,
setting burs and hart burs.
Pavé Setting
Step 1:
Determine the diameter of the stones you will be using, making sure all
stones are the same size. Scribe the material with a crosshatch of lines
that are only slightly further apart than the diameter of the stones. This
pattern is usually a 60° offset design (Figure 9) but can be a square pat-
tern. In any case, each line intersection must be slightly more than the
diameter of the stone from the closest adjacent intersection.
Step 2:
At each line intersection, drill through the material with a small drill
(smaller than the stone). This hole will provide a guide for the bur you use
to make the seat.
Step 3:
The AllSet pavé guide will provide a stop for the bur, making all the seats
exactly the same depth. Select a bur (usually a setting bur) the same size
as the stone. Choose one of the pavé guides that is a little larger than the
bur head. Mount the pavé guide in the AllSet and then the bur in the
handpiece. Adjust the pavé guide for the depth you need to make the seat
(Figure 10). This depth should allow the stone girdle to sit slightly below
the surface of the material. Make all the seats in the material using the
drilled hole to guide the start of the bur. Be sure to keep the tool
perpendicular to the work.
Step 4:
Place the stones in their seats to be sure they all fit. Finish the setting by
using a beading tool to push the material down between the stones. For a
square pattern or any other spacing where there is material around the
stones, you will need to raise beads over the stones with a graver and
then finish each bead with a beading tool.
Figure 9
Figure 10
Pavé Guide Set