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Thanks for explaining the outer edge etc for me Dennis, good to know before I attempt! and I'll be extra careful with the stone when removing! Thanks so much ...

Thanks so much Dennis, this is so helpful for me!!! I'm going to file the bezel to match the stone in that case! I'm sure it will be a bit tricky for me to get it right, I always find my heart in my...

Hi Enigma and Dennis... thank you both so much for all your advice!!! It's really helpful, my opal is flat but it does have a couple of dips on the surface so I will attempt to follow the shape of...

Hi everyone,
can anyone advise me? I'm trying to make a bezel setting for a boulder opal and I have made the bezel with 5mm fine silver which I have filed and it's now 4mm all around the stone. I...

Hi everyone,
can anyone advise me? I'm trying to make a bezel setting for a boulder opal and I have made the bezel with 5mm fine silver which I have filed and it's now 4mm all around the stone. I...

Hi everyone,
I just treated myself to a Durston Dapping set from Cooksons but a couple of the punches, the biggest and another big one have like black marks on them. All the others seem nice and...

Hi Nick,
I just treated myself to the same. In fact it just arrived... but a couple of my larger punches have lots of black marks on them. Did yours have this? I don't know if it's 'normal'!
It's...

Thank you so much Enigma... I'll look into it ...

James... thank you so so much! For all the links for the tools, the photographs which I will definitely be referring to often... and for your generosity and time... when I looked at these kind of...

Hi James... OMG ... YES!!! this is exactly what I would love to be able to do!!! As I was saying to Alan, I quite by chance discovered the word 'bright cut' late last night whilst looking at another...

Hi Alan, thanks so much for your reply... yes I think I have been calling it the wrong name and have just found out it is called 'bright cutting', quite by chance. I can't tell you how thrilled I am...

Hi Dennis... thank you for your reply. Ah... hand engraving is something I would love to be able to do! I understand it takes a very long time and practice but it's definitely an area which interests...

Thank you!!!... this is so reassuring to hear, gives me the confidence to look into buying one... Thank you!!!

What an angel... thank you Caroline!!!!!!! Really kind of you to share... <3

Thank you so much Caroline... this really helps me out big time!!! I really want to invest in good quality equipment if I can manage so that it lasts me and does the job. After reading all the...

Hi there, I am hoping someone can help me. I'm a newbie to jewellery making but I really want to be able to put the sparkly diamond cut onto my silver pieces as I love the way it looks. Does anyone...

Hi there, is it possible to share more info about a pendant drill, I'm interested in having one but don't know what they do exactly and which one would you recommend? Thanks, Jane

Hi Sue, unfortunately, no I don't have a picture yet as I am just starting it and in my mind I'm trying to work out before I start how I'm going to tackle the closure! but it's basically a box...

Hi Sue, thanks for your reply... The sheets will be fairly close but not quite butting up to one another. It's more just something to keep the two pieces together securely but need to be attractive...

Hi, I'm new here and I was hoping someone could help me. I want to devise a snap closure or a toggle closure or any sort of closure to join two pieces of flat silver together. I want to do it the...