Restoring grandma's old ring

[stracci2000]

Dad recently gave me this 1920's old broken setting that belonged to my grandmother. The diamond was removed in the 1980s. I decided to restore it. Here are a few photos I took along the way.
I replaced the diamond with a white sapphire. The old setting was pretty hacked up from the removal of the diamond, so I had to concoct a way to hold the new stone in. I decided on a semi-bezel, and it worked out nice.

 

[stracci2000]

Now if I only had a milgrain tool, I could replace the milgrain which is largely worn off the edges.
There is barely a hint of it left.
They only cost about $15. Maybe I'll get one and milgrain everything in my jewelry box!

 

[dkata]

OMG! So if I understood right, you could do the milgraining yourself? I’m quite jealous! I would milgrain the half of my jewelry if I could do it!!

 

[stracci2000]

There's a small tool that creates the rows of bumps we call milgrain.
You can see it being done on Youtube. It is very fascinating! There are so many cool tools.

 

[junebug17]

Stracci, wow, very impressive! You did a beautiful job on the ring, the bezel looks terrific. The milgrain tool sounds intriguing, I'll have to check it out!

 

[kgizo]

Great restoration!

 

[dkata]

I also have to check out the milgrain tools! I may learn something new soon!!