Master Stone-Setting Kit Instruction Handbook AK820 Master Kit with Foredom® H.30® handpiece AK825 Master Kit without Foredom® H.30® handpiece FOREDOM ® The Foredom Electric Company 16 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801 203-792-8622 • fax: 203-796-7861 www.foredom.
Master Stone-Setting Kit Instruction Handbook The Allset prong, pavé and channel-cutting guides in this kit deliver precise, repeatable accuracy and flexibility whenever they’re used. The result is higher quality, defect-free stone settings done faster and easier than ever before! Here’s what you’ll find with your Master Stone-Setting kit: Non-Rotating Guide Assembly. This lightweight assembly is the heart of the Master kit. It attaches easily to a Foredom® H.
Introduction The patented AllSet® guide assembly is a lightweight attachment that becomes part of a standard flexible shaft handpiece. When properly installed, you can leave the collar and body attached to the handpiece while doing other work with your flex shaft. You may even decide to dedicate an extra H.30® handpiece exclusively to the AllSet guide. To use the AllSet guide, simply slide the shaft and L- bracket assembly into the body following the assembly instructions on pages 4 and 5.
AllSet® Guide Assembly Step 1: Unscrew both set-screws and shaft-locking screw, so none of them extend into the opening of the collar (Figure 1). Shaft locking screw Collar Step 2: Hook the front of the AllSet guide body over the front lip of the handpiece housing, opposite the chuck key opening (Figure 2). Lower the back of the AllSet body until it is flat against the H.30® handpiece.
Assembly instructions (continued) Please Note: Test for centering by sliding one of the prong stop guides over the bur and into the hole in the L-bracket. If the guide slides easily through the hole in the L-bracket, the alignment is correct. The bur does not need to be perfectly centered, but it should not rub on the guide. The hole in the L-bracket is slightly larger than the threaded portion of the guide to adjust for minor variations in centering.
The Easy-Cut Prong Guide The AllSet® Easy-Cut Prong Guide helps ensure straight, uniform cuts on each prong—every time! It’s completely adjustable and it positions the setting precisely so the bur won’t grab or roll itself around the prongs, causing scratches. It adjusts to any stone shape and size. Perfect for 45°, 70° and 90° cuts, it allows you to cut perfect seats in the prongs of large pendants, basket settings, solitaire mountings and much more.
Using the Easy-Cut Prong Guide: Make sure each prong is at the same angle and is the same length. File the top of the prongs flat. 1. Make sure all prongs are at the same angle. File the tops of the prongs so they are the same height and level with one another. 2. Choose a low-speed bur that will make a cut appropriate for the stone (usually a 90° hart bur). Fine-cut, low-speed burs will work the best without chatter and skip. 3.
The Easy-Cut Prong Guide offers a wide range of adjustability. Adjustment for prong height Adjustment for smaller settings/prongs Adjustment for larger settings/prongs Adjustment for prong width Allen bolt adjustment Allen bolt adjustment Adjustment for depth of cut into prong Rotational force Rotational force Rotational force same distance from top of prong Side view of ring setting showing center-cut prongs with evenly cut heights.
Pavé Guide Set The AllSet® Pavé guides make it quick and easy to create the field-ofstones 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.
Prong Guide Set The AllSet® prong guides ensure proper depth cutting on all prongs in a single setting with one quick cut. This allows you to produce more settings with greater accuracy. Each prong is cut to precisely the same depth so the stone will be absolutely level. • • • 13 adjustable depth prong-setting guides allow you to use bur sizes from 2.5mm to 8.5mm in 0.5mm graduated increments. Solid, non-rotating guides lets you hold settings firmly in place with no twisting or grabbing as you cut.
Channel-Setting Guides The AllSet® channel-setting guides allow you to cut perfect channels with precisely the same depth on each side of the channel for level stone setting. The set includes three adjustable depth channel-setting guides for all channel-setting applications. Figure 13 • • Please Note: The smaller of the two basic channel setting guides is designed for use with small burs that have tapered shafts below the bur head.
Customize Your Own Setting Operation with Allset® Kits! Customize your AllSet just the way you want it! Choose exactly what you need to maximize your efficiency and guarantee great results. If you already have a Foredom® handpiece or some of the equipment included in the kits, just add the AllSet components you want from the selection described below. Master Kit AK820 Prong-Setting Kit AK826 Quickly and easily achieve perfect results in all your stone-setting operations. Includes a H.
