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Well luckily my friend having been shown the item was totally happy! She said “a blind man on horseback…….etc” She has long hair and it will totally hide the small amount discoloured! Yes lesson...

People! I had a lady quiz me like the gestapo as to wether my silver was in fact silver because a pair of earrings had irritated her ear lobe piercings. I had to work hard to convince her they were...

HELP! Just re gold soldered a tiny closed jump ring onto an earring for a friend. These very light earrings I have found out are gold plated and of course the area round the soldering has burnt off...

That looks wonderful. Home made tools always have pride of place in my workshop. Annoyingly I had all those components when we lived in France but inevitably with downsizing ……..the winch and the...

Ouch…..does that mean another “toy” to buy?! A draw bench and plates?


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Yes…..I think “the line of least resistance” , comes into the equation!


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Do we all get stuck in a rut occasionally? I am finding that I am repeatedly making essentially similar pieces because the jewellery/craft sales that I take pieces to to sell and thus finance new...

They look really special. Did you use square wire?
David.


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I really like that pendant!


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Oh my. Well done with them all. Above all, enjoy!


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Welcome. You couldn’t have joined a better collection of people. As you have said, such a broad sweep of knowledge at our fingertips.


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That is beautiful. Thanks.


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Still amazes me the ingenuity and advice that you experienced folk show and share.
Thank you all.
David.


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What a shame no photo as that sounds terrific.
David


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Thanks, Nick. Just what I wanted.
David


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Yes, what a great video! Just a couple of questions I couldn’t find the answers to…..what diameter copper or silver wire do you recommend and is soldering on the copper or silver balls onto the...

Dennis and CJ57…..Snap!


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Yes , have 5mm tube and cutter and set of burrs! Didn’t even think inside the box! Ah well cabs arrive today. It always pays to take a breath and go back to basic principals !!
David.


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Hello China…..never thought of that one….durrrrr! Are the walls malleable enough to rub over?


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Ah I see “where you are coming from”!
My concern was that a 4mm diameter cab would be difficult to make a normal bezel for. I have some fine silver bezel strip 0.3 x 3mm height which I use for most...

Thanks for the rounding edge tip. The prob I had with the prototype was the very outer rim which was 1mm wire soldered onto the 22mm diam rondel. The bezel behaved perfectly on the second attempt....

Being flat backed, to me this presents a problem. Possibly cut a “housing” into a smaller diameter piece of sheet, then work the silver over the edge of the cab having soldered the “housing onto the...

But if photocopied one can’t get the embossing effect on the silver when rolled together. This is what I am looking for. Thanks for the website. I am sure I will find what I want now.


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I have not sourced so far small artificial leaf “stencils” to use in a rolling mill to emboss their shape and texture onto silver etc. I have some large ones for “necklaces”etc but am looking for...