Bead and Bright Setting Demo

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Bead and Bright Setting Demo

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It's time to put those graver skills into action

Unfortunately bead and bright setting is not quite as easy as it looks!

In this video we used the following GRS quick change gravers together with standard wooden handles:

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Which gravers should I start out with for bead and bright setting?

GRS high speed steel - quick change onglette graver - size 2/0 - Rio Grande #118213
GRS high speed steel - quick change round graver - size 52 - Rio Grande #118209
GRS high speed steel - quick change flat graver - size 40 - Rio Grande #118204

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