Introduction As a jeweler there is a point when buying pre-made clasps for brooches may not work. The may be too expensive or the wrong size. Using machine made clasps can be annoying. At the same time making a clasp can be a bit daunting. As an experienced jeweler you have all the skills to [...]
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Introduction Pickle is one of the most important cleaning agents that all metal smiths need if they intend to do soldering. In previous posts I have written about changing the pickle and creating a pickle jar, but I have not focused on how pickle should be used. The key things to remember are gold, silver [...]
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Introduction Cutting designs in metal has always been a popular form of creating simple yet elegant jewelry pieces. People often cut the shapes of countries, states, animals, and other items that have personal meaning. An area that many metalworkers ignore is the metal behind stone settings, but this area is perfect for cutouts. Some stones [...]
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Introduction When you shape metal, such as around a mandrel or in a form, it will start to become tougher. The metal doesn’t feel tougher because your starting to get tried from bending it, it is actually getting tougher because as the metal is formed by the hammer or by bending the bonds start to [...]
One of my early posts was about how to replace and change silver pickle. I realized shortly after creating the post that a video would be a nice addition. Nine months later here it is! There are instructions about ratio-to-ratio mixtures and proper mixing on all different pickle solution boxes. However, the problem with these [...]
Introduction 18-gauge silver sheet is by far my favorite gauge of silver sheet. There are several reasons for this preference. First, I like to make pendants, you may have noticed that my Etsy shop it is dominated by pendants. Every jeweler has their favorite thing to make, for me it has been pendants since the [...]
A Blog post on why a jeweler should own a tumbler early on.
A review of the Rotary Lortone 3A Rock Tumbler used for sterling silver jewelry
