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Yes, I'm afraid so David, but you can build up little by little, starting with maybe just round and triangular. Below are my draw bench parts,...

Ouch…..does that mean another “toy” to buy?! A draw bench and plates? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks Caroline and Dennis. I think I have a tendency to overdo the torch. I probably do need to go slower, more carefully. I do have some solder...

I am also fortunate that I have no need to make a living from what I make. although in the days when I had to earn a crust I must have made thousands...

We all start out making what sells at the beginning. I’m in a position to make only what I enjoy and get something from . One off bespoke pieces and...

There's one item on my website - I've sold 648 of them. No challenge to make but very popular. I sit and make them in sessions while box-setting of...

Yes…..I think “the line of least resistance” , comes into the equation! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It's clearly the fault of customers who only want to buy the same old stuff. Churn it out and take their money - divert a bit to pushing yourself to...

It's triangular wire David, one of my favourites, but you have to draw it down yourself. Kind regards, Dennis.

They look really special. Did you use square wire? David. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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...