Don't know if there are any cabbers here but I just discovered a real slick tool. The hex chuck on my Black and Decker screwdriver is a perfect fit for a 1/4" dop. Once the stone is nearly to form, I stick the dop in the driver, fire it up and rock it back and forth over the wheel/lap and get a...

I'm looking for sources available to the UK for silk cord to use in making macrame' necklaces. Any recommendations for sources in the UK would be appreciated or places that sell to the UK. The weight I'd like is somewhere around the same size as the waxed linens that are sold in spools for use in...

I've seen a really nice Metal Necklace Stand at my local jewelry store but they don't sell them. I sell handmade jewelry and would love to find one of these Stands. Does anyone know a supplier for metal jewelry displays??? Thanks

This might sound really daft, but I'll give it a go. I need to make some headpins for lampwork beads - they need to be about 4"long and have found instructions for melting them to make a little ball etc. My question is: I don't have a torch, could I use a small blowtorch instead? I don't want...

Hi folks, I would like to study diamond grading program. Hope someone can give me some advices how to choose in between GIA and FGA program based on their syllabus, course fee and prospect. Are these two certificates completely agreed by the world? Thks.

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I've been collecting diamonds, and other gems. The goal is to build myself a diamond ring. It will contain over a hundred diamonds, convering the ring - with no metal showing, only the gems - mostly 1, 2, 3 pts in size, with a centrepiece of various gems. The largest will only be a 1/2 carat. I...

Hi all. I just receieved a Moonstone ring, and it is in a really nice, big bezel setting. And underneath the bezel, inside the ring, it has a little opening for the light to come through. And in looking through that I have noticed that on the bottom of the moonstone itself, a dark, blackish dirty...

Hi, I am trying to get in find US factories specialized in producing variuos gold machine made chains. I need large factories that produce good quality products with innovative designs. Any help in steering me in the right direction is greatly appreciated. Regards

Please could you help me with this problem. I am emigrating to Australia and my mother loved jewellery and I have inherited hers as well as my Grandmothers and Aunties. I want to insure it when I travel to Oz with it, but I can't find an insurance company to cover me. My removal company - Anglo...

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Hi All My Name is Neil and im a web Designer. Im building a new site at the moment and its called The craftman its an online community for crafters to gain help and share there tips as well as buy paper and product as well as sell there own products via our online store. The site is still in the...

I have a friend who claims that everyone she knows pronouces marquise cut as markee. I have never heard anyone else pronouce the word but according to the dictionary and my limited French, it is pronouced markeez. Opinions? js

Hi all, Our experience shows that usually raw materials (in particular Gold) are cheaper in Israel than in the US. That's why we thought you'd be interested to know that one of the Israeli metal suppliers just recently went online. The name is 'Pasternak Findings' in Tel-Aviv and we work with them...

I need to solder a single joint on .925 sterling silver. Color match, and continued color match between polishings is very important. I've been advised to use Sterling Silver Hard Solder for the best color match. There are no other solder joints or stones to worry about. Can anyone recommend a...

I am looking at a really nifty chalice that I want to stud with my cut gems. Unfortunately, the only one I really like is made of pewter. I have been gold plating silver things with good results but I can find no info on plating pewter. Is there any reason why it can not be gold plated with the...

Willing to design/manufacture diamond studded gold and silver jewellery as per client requirements. This is in addition to products like hipflasks, card holders etc in sterling silver or any precious metal. Serious buyers could mail me for further details Regards Santosh Kumar

Got a call several months ago from a free lance writer who had previously interviewed me for a small community newspaper. She was interested in doing a story for the St. Louis Post Dispatch Lifestyle section on my Byzantine Bracelet Sterling Silver bracelet kits. It was very exciting to see this...

Any suggestions where I might try to wholesale a platinum, gold and diamond pin? I listed it on eBay ] but it's closing today with one bid of $75. I've had it appraised at a dealer value of $800-1,000 and a retail/ insurance value of $3,000 or so. Do any of you have any suggestion on how I...

Hi, I recently bought a sterling silver ring, which is properly stamped as ..925, and there's no other part of the ring that's not silver.. and on the band and around the face of it that surround the stone, are starting to develop little stains that are the color of a very light penny. This...