The Shop Friend of the Month for September 2007 is Kathleen A. Bryan with her beautiful turquoise and silver necklace.  Kathleen sent detailed instructions on how she made the silver setting for her turquoise cabochon.  Thank you Kathleen for entering the contest and sharing some of your lapidary tips learned in the last twenty-five years of working jewelry. "I have a Raytech saw facet and cabbing unit.  I took an oval template and etched the pattern in on my turquoise, then I cabbed it and took some nice fancy silver bezel, (a lot of people think it's 9.25 but it's pure silver), wrapped it around my turquoise and marked and filed it flush and solder it together.  Then I took silver sheet and that too is pure, or so I am told by Freshmans of Salt Lake City, UT.  I then take my template and scratch in oval 2 to 3 sizes up for room for my bezel. I saw out my pattern. Then I take a file and file the bottom of the now soldered bezel so it sits flat.  I take my flux and put one teaspoon of Boric acid powder and put it into 6 oz. of flux. I keep mine in an eye dropper and then I shake it.  This will cut down 70% of all firescale. Then I take the flat sheet and a file and scruff up the side that I want to solder the bezel to the flat sheet. Scruffing up the sheet will help the solder flow and adhere to the bezel better.  Then I take rubbing alcohol and clean it real good to get all the oil off of the project. This will help it solder easier. I solder and put it into the pickel pot.  With the bezel, I use hard solder and with the bezel to the flat sheet, I use medium solder.  I grind any plier marks off and take my Tripoli and buff it good and I wash it with a soft toothbrush and liquid dish soap until the Tripoli is gone.  Then I polish with Zam. I draw down 2 patterns of gemstone beads I want, (I chose AAA Grade Freshwater Pearls.) The strand with the turquoise is 15 inches, then the next strand is 18 inches and the last strand is 22 inches.  I double strand them with beading string.  Then I take 3 hole strand seperators and attach all ends, then I put on a crimp and my clasp and use pliers to clamp down the crimp." The e-mail for Kathleen if you have any questions is: rough4kabs@yahoo.com  If you would like to see or purchase any of Kathleen's work, see her web site on e-Bay, Kab Jewelry and Rock Shop krjs10