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  1. Thread: Long week end

    by misspond
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    I have a week off from my day job, not sure I'm...

    I have a week off from my day job, not sure I'm ever going to be in a position financially to be able to retire sadly
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    I find that the plastic ring sizers you can get...

    I find that the plastic ring sizers you can get individually are a good match for my mandrel
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    I still consider myself a beginner, I'm certainly...

    I still consider myself a beginner, I'm certainly no professional but I do pride myself on a good quality make and finish. I mostly use one of these for sanding, finishing, polishing, (some)...
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    The first tumbler I used was an older version of...

    The first tumbler I used was an older version of one of these. Worked a treat and I still have it to use ceramic media in for a matte finish. One of these will work fine, just need to use stainless...
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    Hi, I have four butane torches and I use the one...

    Hi, I have four butane torches and I use the one that best suits the job. My smallest torch from Cooksongold is great for jump rings, balling ends of wire and other small jobs. My most used torch is...
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    There's a bit of discussion in the metal clay...

    There's a bit of discussion in the metal clay groups on Facebook about firing metal clay in microwave kilns. I think that similarly to using microwave kilns for glass fusing there's a bit of...
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    I make pendants like this quite a lot, I usually...

    I make pendants like this quite a lot, I usually just melt some scrap on one of my blocks, allow it to cool, place it on a steel bench block and then hammer it flatter with a large hammer. If there...
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    Tumblers don't really work harden, it's just a...

    Tumblers don't really work harden, it's just a few microns of surfce metal if they do. It looks to me as though your setting was just a touch too deep, so the walls are pushed over the stone a...
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    NuMonday gets very bad press from folks in the...

    NuMonday gets very bad press from folks in the Facebook groups I'm in, seems to be the case that there's a lot of advertising around gaining sellers - who pay the fees - and little to no presence...
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    Sadly Etsy is no longer about handmade items,...

    Sadly Etsy is no longer about handmade items, that changed a few years ago, and there are huge amounts of people pushing through cheap bought in stock. That said, there are some awesome creators who...
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    Try not to worry too much, the amount you're...

    Try not to worry too much, the amount you're talking about is tiny and like you say, you're still standing. Thankfully no-one thought it looked like a delicious beverage and downed it.
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    Yes it should do. Be nice to take a look at it...

    Yes it should do. Be nice to take a look at it again in a few weeks once you've been wearing it.
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    I find the best way to work out what anything...

    I find the best way to work out what anything does, a build or a patina, is to wear it yourself for a few weeks. Then you'll know what happens.
  14. Thread: New toy

    by misspond
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    Did you just build your own rolling mill? Colour...

    Did you just build your own rolling mill?
    Colour me impressed.
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    Absolutely gorgeous work, I think they're lovely

    Absolutely gorgeous work, I think they're lovely
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    Thank you! Again, that's the look I was aiming...

    Thank you! Again, that's the look I was aiming for, even down to the nicking it from a museum feeling :D
    I find I have to let ideas ferment a bit and then the muse sits on my shoulder and it...
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    It's a fair cop, in reality I have a stash of...

    It's a fair cop, in reality I have a stash of treasure that I pretend to have made.
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    Exactly the look I was going for!

    Exactly the look I was going for!
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    New old looking ring

    It's been a while since I experimented, this is what I came up with. I bashed the silver on the concrete outside my house, added a thick jump ring as a bezel, some bronze granules and then flush set...
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    I use scrap silver a lot because I'm never going...

    I use scrap silver a lot because I'm never going to amount enough to send it in for refining, and I love to make blobs and use them. For me, melting them on an ordinary soldering block does the job,...
  21. Yes, you don't need a 0.5mm bezel, just 0.5mm...

    Yes, you don't need a 0.5mm bezel, just 0.5mm from were the stone starts to curve. I have some very flat rose cut slices where the side of the stone is around 1mm or less, they can be set with a...
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    It's possible that you're hearing for too long,...

    It's possible that you're hearing for too long, or maybe your scrap has a lot of solder in it and this is causing the pitting? For pieces that I'm going to hammer flat of around 3g I just use my...
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    I'd just take out the pins to be honest. I just...

    I'd just take out the pins to be honest. I just use round steel shot, a mixture of 1, 2 and 3mm balls and putting is never an issue.
    There's also a fair bit of evidence that tumbling doesn't work...
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    This is probably the book you're thinking of....

    This is probably the book you're thinking of. It's about all aspects of polishing, not just jewellery, but does have a section about polishing silver jewellery....
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    This...

    This is considered to be the most comprehensive guide to setting stones in metal clay, lots to read but you should find the info you're after somewhere in there.
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