Making an Opal Pendant in 18k Yellow Gold from Scratch

In this video, I'm making an opal pendant in 18k yellow gold from scratch. 23 diamonds have been pavé set on this pendant.

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Chapter:
00:00 Making an opal pendant in 18k yellow gold
00:09 All the materials: opal, diamond and 18k yellow gold
00:29 Making the bezel wall for the free form Cooper Pedy white opal
01:52 Making the back of the pendant from clean scrap 18k yellow gold
03:34 Soldering the bezel wall onto the back of the pendant
04:59 Dissolving the fire stain on the pendant
05:38 Making a see through back for this beautiful opal
06:46 Fixing the pendant onto the GRS microblock vice by using the GRS Thermo-Loc
07:12 Drilling holes for the 23 surrounding diamonds
08:32 Adjusting the bezel wall for this free form Cooper Pedy white opal
09:28 Preparing the seats for the 23 surrounding diamonds
09:57 Adjusting the edge for this 18k yellow gold pendant
10:07 Making a jump ring for this pendant
10:58 Soldering the jump ring onto the 18k yellow gold pendant
11:34 Soldering a bail onto the 18k yellow gold pendant to connect the chain
12:24 Dissolving the fire stain on the 18k yellow gold pendant
13:19 Fitting all the 23 diamonds into the seats
13:45 Pavé setting all the diamonds into the 18k yellow gold pendant
15:18 Defining the pavé setting
15:28 Adding decorative lines onto the edge of this pendant
16:09 Preparing the bezel wall for the Australian white opal
17:30 Bezel setting this free form opal
18:46 Cleaning the bezel wall
19:36 The finished opal pendant with diamonds in 18k yellow gold

This one-of-a-kind pendant can be found here:
https://huiyitan.com/listing/1320747189
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/13207...
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