Laser Welders for Ring Repair Benches

Diamond Ring Repair, Brought In-House

Prong retipping, shank rebuilding and stone resetting are the jobs most shops send out first.

Pulsed laser welding puts the heat only where the joint is, so the work stays at your own bench with the stones still set.

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Jobs You Can Take In-House

Ring Repairs Your Bench Can Take On

Each of these is done under magnification with pulsed laser energy, which keeps heat off the stones — so the job stays on your bench instead of going out to a trade shop.

Prong Retipping

Rebuild worn or bent prongs in matched precious metal with the stone still in place — the job most benches outsource first.

Ring Shank Rebuilding

Reinforce and rebuild thin, cracked or broken shanks without solder marks or visible seams, so finishing time stays short.

Stone Resetting

Re-secure loose diamonds and gemstones with controlled tension and alignment, without disturbing the metal around them.

Head & Basket Replacement

Damaged prong heads and baskets are replaced entirely and laser-fused to the existing shank for a clean, structurally sound finish.

Ring Sizing (In-Set)

Resize rings up or down without removing set stones, because heat stays at the joint rather than spreading through the setting — though whether a given stone can stay in place is still judged piece by piece.

Fine Detail Restoration

Restore engravings, milgrain edges, and filigree detailing damaged over time — bringing vintage and antique rings back to life.

Getting Started

How a Bench Brings This Work In-House

01
Tell Us the Work

Tell us the repairs your bench takes on most — prong retipping, shank rebuilds, work sitting close to set stones — and we shortlist the models that cover them.

02
Match the Machine to the Job

How much metal you rebuild, and how close the weld sits to a set stone, decide the pulse energy and spot size you need. That is what separates one model from the next.

03
Set Up at the Bench

The welder works under microscope magnification at the bench, with starting parameters for the alloys you named rather than a blank settings screen.

04
Training, Then Your Own Jobs

Operator training and parameter guidance come with the machine, so the first jobs you keep in-house come out finished rather than re-done.

Why Laser Welding

Why Choose Laser Welding Over Traditional Soldering

Localized Heat, Not Broad Heat

Pulsed energy stays at the joint rather than travelling through the shank, so stones set away from the weld are far less exposed than under a torch.

Whether a specific piece can be welded with the stone in place is judged individually — stone type, treatment history, setting style and distance from the joint all decide it.

A Fusion, Not a Solder Bridge

A laser joint fuses the parent metal instead of bridging it with a lower-melting alloy, so there is no second alloy line to catch the light and far less to blend at the polishing stage.

How close it comes to disappearing depends on the alloy, the finish and the operator.

Same Metal at the Joint

The weld retains the original metal's strength and hardness, resulting in longer-lasting repairs than traditional methods.

Works on All Metal Types

Platinum, white gold, yellow gold, rose gold, and titanium — our laser welding technology handles them all precisely.

Before Repair Ring before laser weld repair
After Repair Ring after laser weld repair
Macro of a white gold claw setting holding a round diamond, one claw worn shorter than the others

Why Diamond Ring Repair Demands More Control

Almost every other repair lets you move the heat away from what matters.

On a diamond ring you cannot — the joint is millimetres from the stone, and that changes which specifications actually decide the job.

The work is where the stone is

A worn claw sits directly against the girdle. There is nowhere to move the joint to, so the only variable left is how tightly the energy is contained.

You are rebuilding, not just joining

Retipping adds metal back to something that has worn away. That needs controlled filler melting, which is a different demand from closing a clean break.

Stones are not equal

Diamond, sapphire, emerald and treated stones behave differently under heat.

Setting style and distance from the joint matter as much as the stone itself — which is why each piece is assessed before anything is switched on.

Working Around Diamonds & Settings

Setting style decides how much room you actually have, and it varies more than the stone does.

Close-up of a claw-set solitaire, the claw tips standing proud of the stone
Most room

Claw and prong settings

The most forgiving: metal stands proud of the stone, so there is a little distance to work with at the tip.

Macro of a bezel setting, the metal rim wrapping the girdle of the stone
Tightest clearance

Bezel and rub-over

Metal wraps the stone, so the joint and the girdle share the same few millimetres. This is where spot size stops being a specification and becomes the constraint.

Macro of a pavé setting, many small stones held close together with little metal between them
Assess first

Pavé and channel

Many small stones close together, often with little metal between them. Assessment matters more here than technique.

Macro of an empty white gold solitaire head and basket setting, gallery rails and claw tips visible
Structural

Heads, baskets and galleries

Structural work below the stone, where you are welding thin rails that hold everything in position.

Common Diamond Ring Repair Problems

The failures that push this work out to a trade bench, and what sits behind each one.

A torch, flux jar and solder pick on a jeweller's bench
Heat
Unsetting just to reach the joint
What sits behind it

A torch heats the whole head to work on one claw, so the stone comes out first and goes back after — two operations added to every job.

Heat
Treated and fracture-filled stones
What sits behind it

Some stones have been through processes that make them far less tolerant of heat. Knowing which is which is part of the assessment, not an afterthought.

Durability
The claw wears through again
What sits behind it

Reshaping a thin claw without adding metal leaves it thinner still. It fails again, and the customer remembers where they had it done.

Finish
Solder colour showing at the tip
What sits behind it

A lower-melting alloy at the claw reads as a different colour under a shop light, right where the eye goes.

Structure
Shank cracks near the setting
What sits behind it

Sizing and stress cracks that run toward the head are the jobs most often refused, because the heat has nowhere safe to go.

Turnaround
The piece leaves the building
What sits behind it

Every outsourced repair is a wait the customer feels and a margin split with someone else — the two costs that decide whether this belongs on your bench.

What to Look for in a Diamond Ring Repair Laser Welder

This is a narrower brief than jewellery welding generally. Each specification below is described by what it changes when the joint is beside a stone.

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A jewellery piece held under the microscope of a laser welding station
SpecificationWhat it decides on a diamond ring
01Smallest controllable spotDecides how near the girdle you can place energy before the stone becomes the limiting factor. On bezel work this is the whole job.
02Fine pulse controlAdjustable pulse width lets you put in just enough to fuse a claw tip without pushing heat down into the setting.
03Stable low energyRepeatability at the bottom of the range matters more here than a high ceiling — you will rarely want more power, only better control of a little.
04Microscope clarityYou are aiming at a claw tip under a millimetre across. What you cannot resolve, you cannot weld accurately.
05Filler controlRetipping is metal rebuilding. Feeding and melting filler cleanly is what separates a claw that lasts from one that comes back.
06Parameter storageWhite gold, yellow gold and platinum heads each want their own settings. Recalling a proven one beats re-dialling per job.

When to Bring Diamond Ring Repair In-House

A tray of rings and chains waiting to go out to a trade bench

Four questions worth answering with your own figures before the machine question comes up at all.

Work it out on your own numbers
1
Volume
How much goes out now

Count the prong and setting work you currently send to a trade bench in a month. That number sets the size of everything else.

2
Margin
What the split costs you

The gap between what you charge and what the trade bench charges is the margin currently leaving with the piece.

3
Control
Who holds the customer's ring

Work done in-house can be assessed in front of the customer and does not spend days in transit or in someone else's tray.

4
Capability
What you can then say yes to

Once the equipment is on the bench, the jobs you currently refuse become jobs you quote for.

Prong Repair Applications

Three Prong Jobs You Can Bring In-House

Which welder fits depends on how much metal you are rebuilding and how close the work sits to the stone. Match the job to the machine before you compare models.

A diamond ring and a loupe on a jeweller's workbench

Single Prong Retipping

  • Rebuilding one worn tip at a time
  • Low pulse energy, tightly focused spot
  • Heat stays at the tip, stone stays set
  • Fine spot control matters more than power
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Five rings with different setting styles laid out on slate

Multiple Prong Restoration

  • Several prongs on one setting in a single session
  • Repeatable parameters across every tip
  • Colour-matched fill, no solder seam to hide
  • Adjustable pulse width covers gold and platinum
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A laser weld being placed on a ring shank, sparks at the joint

Full Prong & Head Rebuilding

  • Rebuilding an entire head, not just the tips
  • More material laid down per weld
  • Work continues with the stone in place
  • Send us a piece and we will weld it on your specification
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Have Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Still unsure? Reach out and one of our jewelry repair specialists will personally walk you through the process.

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It depends on the stone and the setting, so every piece is assessed before any energy goes near it. Laser welding uses a highly focused, pulsed beam that heats only a tiny targeted area for milliseconds, and with heat-shielding gel and careful positioning a stone set away from the joint is far less exposed than it would be under a torch — unlike traditional torch soldering.

The welding itself is short once the machine is set; multiple prongs or a full shank rebuild take longer at the bench. The change is that the piece never leaves the shop, so turnaround follows your own schedule instead of a trade shop's queue.

Yes. You weld with wire matched to the piece — yellow, white and rose golds plus platinum alloys — and test-match on an inconspicuous area before committing, which is what gives a seamless finish.

Tell us the repairs you take on most and we will recommend against over-buying as readily as under-buying. Operator training is included either way, so the shortlist comes from the work your bench actually sees.

Ready to Bring This Work In-House?

Tell us which repairs your bench takes on and we will point you to the model that fits — no obligation.

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Tell us the work your bench takes on — the repairs, the metals, roughly how many a month — and we will come back with a shortlist of models that cover it and a configured quote.

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