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Fantastic! Thanks for your help Dennis & Paul :-)

I’ll certainly check out Wards for my practice CZs - and who knows maybe diamonds in the future!

Thanks - Andy


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I recently had an enquiry about making an eternity ring. I turned it down because I’ve really got very little experience of stone setting, but it led me to think I should try and learn.

I looked...

Thanks Dennis!

I’ll have a search for Prince of Wales cable then. The jump rings fixing to a clasp was indeed one of the reasons for my choice

Andy


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Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone knows a uk distributor where I might buy some loose sterling silver “foxtail” chain please?

I’ve found places selling pre-made lengths on Etsy but they’re...

Thanks to everyone for their advice! I managed to come down with horrid flu just after posting the question and forgot to check back after I recovered as life was way too busy! I think an oxygen...

After looking at the Smiths Little Torch for some time I eventually bought one from Cookson. It looks great however I'm trying to find the right low pressure regulators for oxygen & gas.
The one...

Thanks Nick - the slow speed does indeed seem to work nicely - I've also used a pin vice and finished off by hand which seems quite good in the settings I've tried so far - still to try a flush...

Haha nothing weird about NV - just that in conjunction with my lime green mankini that it looks a bit strange......[emoji12]


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Oh how VERY fetching [emoji13]. I just bought a pair of magnifying glasses which make me look as though I'm a weird night time stalker in night vision goggles........



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This is brilliant information - THANKYOU! I think I'll avoid attempting the undercut as it really seems too tricky and it sounds a bit hazardous with stones that aren't hard. I don't think I have...

Fantastic!! Thanks for the advice - I'm glad I asked since the correct method is the complete opposite to my guess!!!
I'm looking forward to having a go now as I feel a bit more confident!!

I...

Hello all - I recently bought some Busch burrs for using with silver. I intend to use them to open out a predrilled hole into a conical shape to take faceted gemstones in my first attempt at a Gipsy...

Ahh.... Thanks I see! I couldn't see how a rotary Dremel tool would be able to hammer. The engraver does seem a good, value option.

By the sound of it, you've made a replacement tip then with a...

Hi Aurarius,

Those are very nicely set in those bezels - out of interest which type of Dremel do you use?
I have a very cheap flexdrive thing which works well for grinding with burrs etc,...

Hi Dennis,

That looks lovely - really good!

I'm very new as you know (couldn't solder a couple of months ago, and certainly not up to teapot soldering standard yet!), but if you had a kettle in...

Weirdly I'd looked at curb but not found filed curb as an option, but I've got it now - thanks :-)


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Brilliant! Thanks Kermit, CJ57 and ShinyLauren!! I'll get something ordered now :-)


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I've been asked to make a pendant for someone and they've asked for it on a specific style of chain in a picture they've sent me, however this is new to me and I don't know what it is called,...

Hi Dennis - many thanks again!
My second setup was almost the same as your picture, except I didn't pin the ring down.

I just tried your method with pins (I actually used four as I thought this...

Hi again!

So here's my next quandary ..... I've made a small ring out of silver clay and I was wanting to solder a jump ring on to it which I would than hang a charm from. The idea was that the...

Haha! Right now I'll settle for managing a jump ring! I think the concept of trying to solder a large object like that may be a thing I'd never manage!!


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Just a quick update.......
My torch that I was using had a problem whereby it blew itself out if you turned the flow up to level 3 or 4(maximum), however it would stay lit at 2-2.5. I eventually...

Thanks again for all the advice. I think it may possibly be the torch I'm using - it is indeed quite similar to the one you sent the link to Faith

I do have a torch which is officially a chefs...

Thanks for your super speedy answers guys!

Interestingly two of you mention a soldering block.

I don't have one of those - at present I'm holding the ring in a pair of tweezers which in turn...

Hi!

I'm VERY new to the whole concept of jewellery making, and finding the amount of stuff I need to learn is amazing!

I'm trying to teach myself from books and YouTube etc. which started well,...