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Hi Jpo31, and welcome to the forum. There isn't anything very special in making findings for those: just a bit of bent wire with one end flattened to...

No never happened to me either. I do tend to sweat solder sheet and I use paste taking off the excess for balls or granules

Not really, but try getting the base a bit hotter first, using a more bushy flame and melting the solder so slowly that it does so in slow motion. ...

God idea Sheena, but wont that make them float away?

One thing you can do is cut a thin piece of fine silver or mylar (silver foil used on helium balloons) and put that under your stone.

0.5 seems very fine for cotton depending on the weight of the medallion. The websites selling end fittings as suggested will give you internal...

Hope it will be strong enough for you. If the cord turns out to be too flimsy, then give up the knot. Use only the upper ring and cut through the...

Ok, thanks for the replies. I've bought a metre of 0.5mm waxed cotton cord for the Larks head knot. What sort, size of end crimps, clasp do I need to...

I guess it's tarnish and not to do with your solder, and will only show with translucent stones, obviously. So before setting make sure that the...

Kernocraft have a good selection of cord ends and cords no doubt. They aren’t expensive so you might have to play around with what works best for...

The elephant in the room is that when tying the larks head, cow hitch whatever, the cord most pass through the jump ring doubled. This will restrict...

I've used it with waxed cord and real leather/suede successfully but never with a plastic one. It will stay put in the same place but it may not...

OK, thanks Dennis for enlightening me :)

Hi, and thanks for replying, this larks head knot. I'm looking at buying one of 253627247312 made from faux leather. As is made out of sort of...

Hi Z, and welcome to the forum. For thong material you can browse...

I would just use a simple larks head knot through the ring on the top of the medallion (you may need to remove a bale if it has one like the one in...

I’ve heard Petrobond can vary in quality and grain size depending who’s made it. I absolutely adore Delft clay, had some fantastic results with this...

I have tried Petrobond and it does not give a finish as fine Delft although it is less than half the price here, so bit more elbow grease my be worth...

Extra fine shot can be gotten here:...

Hi Steph, and welcome to the forum. 1. When tight angles fail to polish in a tumbler, it is because the needles in your mixed shot are not fine...

All the polishing info you will ever need is in Stephen Goldsmith's Polishing and Finishing for Jewellers and Silversmiths. (He's my book big bro' to...

Hi china, i used a big vice one time to pack Delft Clay … works really well … i’ve often wondered what it would be like to use petrobond and scale...

Hi Nick I usually resort to a big hammer, a big vise and a suitable piece of round steel.

Hi China, thanks for your comment, yes I did think about quickly throwing it together with a welder, but had second thoughts about trying to show how...