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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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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Hi,
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,...