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Yup - starting & stopping a cut is much easier in particular; it's more difficult to slip (especially with the Palmcontrol - you come out of the cut...

just an update, things are moving along nicely now. Along with the methods mentioned and the move to easy solder we're making some good headway now.

Haha! Well they do make it easier I think by making the push easy.

Never seems to have the right colour for copper in stock though unfortunately.

Rose gold vermeil wires? no probs with skin contact

I've always thought Emma Ralph was the best source for niobium/titanium earwires -...

Can't disagree that there's lots listed, just that most of them of the correct colour are in the US and will incur postage charges that whack the...

Good suggestion Deb. Tons around if you google coloured niobium ear hooks, for instance here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/niobium_ear_wires

Very nice, when I used to make copper earrings I used to use niobium ear wires (pre-made) in a coppery shade - less jarring than silver to the eye...

Ah, that explains it, not many jewellers refer to the type of gear I have seen you mention, over time

They are wonderful tools - but there's little point my getting into a Ferrari when I needed to relearn how to change gear :) (I'm back to using my...

Power engravers are quite expensive, I have an air graver and it is excellent but it was not cheap. The Dremel type engravers are absolutely useless...

As part of my general rehabilitation & improving hand/eye coordination, I've been rebuilding my engraving skills; these were done with hand push...

Aero eng turned software eng turned jeweller :) Did a course as part of my degree learning machine tools, but I've long had an interest in...

You can engrave by hand without the use of power, with or without power to become proficient takes many hours of dedicated practice. Engraving using...

Thank you Dennis I’ll look into power engravers x

Engraving is a loosely used term to cover rotary and vibratory tools. But if you want to extend you hand engraving skills, dont even think about...

I have to ask Peter are you or have you been involved in engineering or fitting, it is just that over the years I have been on the forum, I have...

Very useful and nifty tool .Not expensive on ebay either.

I wouldn’t have thought the Russians are short of a dagger or two when they’re hunters out in the country. The intrigue will just have to read Ian a...

If sending a dagger, to Russia is anything like sending a dagger ( Dagger/Skian Dubh same thing according to UK customs) to to the UK, I hope he is a...

Thank you for letting us know. I often open the front door with one on, but tipped up like a bucket handle, as I have forgotten about it. dennis.

FWIW, I'd use a scribing block to layout the cut. https://www.warco.co.uk/marking-out-equipment-tools/337-surface-scribing-blocks.html

Ah that's probably cause i used silver wire eau natural and didn't bother polishing them up after shaping:rofl: Yes if they were more polished...

Well I have got my 4x Lactona dental loupe.....for my birthday, not for Christmas! What a joy...light and easy to work with...thanks Denis Sent...

I like the contrast of earwires and not that much of them is going to be seen once they are in. Is copper good for your ears? I’ve just sent out a pr...

As long as the top of the box is flat , it’s still possible to scribe a line with dividers. I’ve only used a hacksaw on Perspex and I agree with...

Well you can try a back saw, but in my experience they are not anything as sharpas a jewellers saw blade and more likely to slip and make a mess. ...

That’s the problem with being on the Open Studio, my details are everywhere as I found when I did a search. He only lives about 9 miles away and...