Those newsgroup readers in close contact with the commercial jewelry world may well have already heard this. Today, at work, my boss had received several emails already, and a number of clients coming in, also had heard this through the grapevine. So this is not likely the first everyone has...

My customer stepped on her earring. It underwent a major affine-like transformation, more than I'm interested in fixing. So, I'm looking for a supplier that can set me up with a 6-prong sterling basket with a solid bottom to hold a 8.5 mm CZ. (We'll not comment on the customer's taste). The...

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Hi All. Well,it's summer. vacation time. This time around, I'm off for a few days with my family, in the boonies of alaska watching bears do their thing fishing for salmon, and such. That means that for the upcoming week, I won't have internet access, so won't be able to moderate the...

It's interesting how the mind works and thoughts appear randomly. I've had a major upheaval in my life at the start of this year, and ever since I have lacked any desire to get back on the workbench. I have a couple of clients that would like me to do some work for them, and there's a shop near...

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I have a couple of bottles of gold-cyanide solution that I would like to sell to someone who has a need for this material. The material is shipley EL-221 gold. Let me know if you are interested this could be a real buy. Clay

I've used a TIG to weld steel & aluminum and wonder if anyone's ever tried it with precious metals. Here's a URL of a random TIG...Google has mo http://www.weldingdesign.com/323/WorkZones/Weldingequipmen/Article/False/11127/ -- Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!

On , in rec.crafts.jewelry Frosty wrote: What I find so irritating is arrogant punks who have too much money and imagine that makes them important and who assume everyone else can just go plunk down a few thousand bucks (or pounds) to "just try out for...

I'm trying to do some electro-etching of low-carbon steel and I keep having problems with undercutting. I'm using dilute (~8%) HCl for the electrolyte; the cathode is a flat sheet of steel roughly the same size as the workpiece. I'm trying to achieve deep etching (1/8" to 1/4") so the workpiece has...

Hi All, I hope you can help me - this looked like the most pertinent newsgroup. I'm looking for information about an antique ring that is in the family - I've never seen another one like it. Can you help with ID and / or useful web sites I could look at? The ring in question is formed from a...

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I've been hand-making jewellery for many years, and make my own collets by the traditional method of bending a fan shaped piece of metal into a truncated hollow cone, soldering it and truing it with a punch and die. Its all pretty basic stuff but I've always had a big problem with bending the...

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Hello, and welcome to www.BeadedLily.com Our physical store has been in existence in Florence, Italy for a while now but we'd like to announce the opening of our full-service E-commerce online store. Lily is an experienced jewelry designer of some 25 years with a number of bead stores under her...