Part IV, Soldering the Ring Shank to the Bezel

Look closely you'll see the shank filed down so the bezel will be flat on the ring shank.


Now the tricky part, I flux the area that I need to solder and then put the bezel on the ring shank. I torch the area to bubble up the flux (the flux when heated slightly acts like temporary glue). Ensure the bezel is in the centre of the shank. Dip Medium Solder (MS) in flux and put on the inside of the bezel. I put 3 MS pallions in this bezel. Slowly heat up the ring shank, ignoring the bezel till warmed up then above the bezel higher than usual (say 8 inches above) heat up the pallions (remember they will bubble and jump around). After doing this, turn off the torch, look closely at the bezel and pallions to ensure that they are laying sort of on the inside of the bezel. Once you are satisfied, the you are ready to solder. Pic below, the pallions lightly heated up in the bezel. Once you have soldered the bezel to the shank you'll see the MS flow, it is important that the solder flow through to the outside of the bezel to ensure that the bezel is firmly attached to the shank.



Last part is to file again the bezel join on the ring shank.