Have you thought of trying a fishing tackle shop?

Have you tried asking RioGrande? after all there the suppliers of your ring mandrel. Use your caliper/micrometer? and measure it properly, you might just find the answer yourself..

The local farmers use sulfur to dust the orange trees and grape vines locally. I was able to obtain a bottle full from my neighbor. Is there a recipe for making liver of sulfur from plain sulfur? I stuck some copper into the sulfur powder and got a black patina on it- was looking to try for some...

I am interested in knowing of any cold-dopping methods that have been found to work well, especially for opals. Will Epoxy work, following by dissolving the glue using Attack or some other solvent? Regards, Ted Gittinger

AntoniaP wrote: Hi, I'm having a confusing time setting up my Orca torch - I don't think it should be this hard!! I used this design of torch in my silversmithing classes and never had any troubles... The handle attaches into the hose by a screw setting. I have screwed this in as...

William Black wrote: Abrasha wrote: Dude, it's time you educate yourself and stop with your inane ramblings, and feigned interest in a variety of subjects. He's operating in India, an environment where the only formal training available is in jewellery design, and the...

] Interesting how the use of the word "Pallion" has different uses. Yes I know the normal use in our trade is to describe little pieces of solder BUT here the other meaning is the little pieces of gold or silver that are used under clear enamel on watch faces and jewellery as decoraton. these...

mbstevens wrote: Jason L wrote: http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/assayoffice/currenthallmarks.htm Yes. This has always amazed me. "The Act is built around the principle of description, where it is an offence for any person to apply to an unhallmarked article a description...

The springyest non ferrous metal is phosphor bronze spring sheet, Thats hard rolled and nearly as springy as spring steel. However its much more useable than steel for a ring project. Why not get some of this material , make the ring and heavily silver plate it? yuoll need to cold form it , ie dont...

Ah....... Peter Your monologue in your last post on using hammers says a lot more than the words. I suspect you really enjoy using the hammers you have perhaps more than the other work you do. I certainly use the hammer more than any other tool despite having just about every other metal working...

I woke this morning with the above title in my head. So I asked myself the question? why is it that this trade is accused of being reluctant to divulge its knowhow? particularly on this newsgroup and I include myself in this when other skills like those recently mentioned here, for example beer,...

I am trying to learn hand engraving on my own, with the help of two books (Hardy/Bowman and Meeks). And watching videos on Youtube. These are a great help to visualise the process of engraving. Thing is, I just can't seem to find any instructional videos for sharpening gravers. All I could find is...

I am looking for pictures of lady wearing pearls. If you have one, even your own, then please forward me on . I will really appreciate it.

I was asked by a friend to try to produce a ring for a costume she's working on from an animation series called Utena - it's a sort of silver and pink seal ring. I managed to turn out a version I'm quite pleased with by cutting the top off a domed silver ring and filling the hole with pink Fimo,...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me - I've recently bought a ring from a Chinese source which was claimed to be made of black 'agate jade'. I'd like to get a hole cut in it, in order to customise it as a special gift for a friend. I gather that we're talking about a pretty hard substance here, but...

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Hi out there. It's a bit quiet just now so here is a little something to look at. I have just become a grandmother for the first time and my daughter thought I might like to buy this for the baby. I trust she was joking.................. Ruth. http://www.itsmybinky.com/sowhgowi254d.html

Hi. I was at a craft fair today and spent some time talking to silversmith Brett Payne. He was telling me about a new product called Lustre Silver. I looked it up and it purports to have firestain resistance and anti tarnishing properties. I wondered if anyone on this news group has tried...

Does any one know any simple less toxic way for oxidising silver to a black colour? Thankyou Tamara