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Hi all, This is my first forum post! I am new to the jewellery making thing, and I love it! I have seen a ring I would like to make something...

Anyone tried this tumbler, supposed to take 30 mins and is quieter. Any use? ...

Yet more advice sought of you experienced people please. Would it be safe to use an ultrasonic bath to clean amber earrings that are encased in...

Yet again, more advice please from you experienced knowledgable people! As I am making more and more pieces, some parts very small, I need better...

Hi, I've been trying to solder a small ring using easy solder. The only problem is that the solder dosnt dissolve and when I put it in the pickle,...

Hello I would be very grateful for some help please. We (the Mrs and I) are trying to solder a pronged setting using silver solder and copper...

Hi everyone! I'm new here, and new to the world of jewellery and metal working in general, so please bear with me as I ask an utterly newbie...

Hi folks, I've been making boxes as a whole unit then cutting the top third or so off to form the lid. When it comes to the second stage it's...

Hi, I know everybody has their own preferences with polishing silver but what is the easiest/best product to use? I've brought an orbital ...

Having soldered a “broach pin” with rotary safety onto a piece of silver I now find quite obviously the pin is annealed and totally bendy. How can I...

Yesterday I spent the day playing with scrap, Keum Boo and used patina on a couple of pieces. Sadly the little amethyst I used in the smallest piece...

Hi I’m a newbie so any advice would be great. I have made a workbench in the corner of my dining room and have tried using a dremel torch for...

Good evening. I made this bracelet for my wife mounting the bases of rifle rounds which I had cut from the cases using a lathe onto discs of silver,...

I've only had experience soldering small pieces of brass together using a Big Shot GT8000 torch and easy silver solder and Dandix paste flux. Now...

Hi Everyone im new on here so please be patient. Im looking to buy a Roller mill but not sure to try and find a new one or buy second hand? Please...

Hi. I am working on the price structure. I get this for silver 2-x (supplies )+ labor + overhead Then +30% is wholesale 2.5x is retail....

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help as this is driving me bonkers! I've come back to jewellery making after about 8 years away, and on starting...

I have been engraving by hand but looking to invest in an electric tool. Lidl are doing a cordless engraver today which on the surface looks great...

Here is my second acrylic suite, with a slight change in the colourway. I am posting this account in two parts, to allow me to show six pictures. ...

Phone rings this morning. Is that Caroline? Yes This is.... what time do you finish? What time do I finish what? At your workshop. Explanation...

Hi, I tried to follow one of the projects ( the Russian ring necklace) I decided to make the rings so I worked out how much i would need but...

not technical question. I am looking GOOD stonesetting course to start from New year. I can only consider weekends unfo or evenings during week. does...

Hello there, Im a beginner, and have only just done a 1 day course in silver jewellery where i only learnt how to make a simple band ring and...

Morning all. I’ve just received an email about a program being filmed by twenty-twenty tv for BBC2. They are looking for 8 talented jewellers,amateur...

Recently made this pendant. It is 25x25 mm Stirling Sheri 1.4 mm thick. Annealed and pickled 10 times then reticulated and polished. I’ve just made...

So am I correct in that AnchorCert Group, AKA Birmingham Assay Office is actually a private company and not a government organisation

Again, thank you for the help on our soldering problems :X Now we were after some advise on crafting settings for cabochons please. We were...

Hi all, hope you're all in fine fettle in this tricky month;) So, i like making patinated jewellery. These are copper, coloured with swellegant (big...

Hi, I have been making some jewellery from pmc silver flex and they are firing fine, just over the recommended time to make sure they're fired all...

Hello. Have made a few changes to some silver by removing soldered parts, which has resulted in marks / Firestain and also some scratches along the...