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Gold Plating by
Jack Schmidling
My fork tines are again beginning to show the blueing we previously
discussed so I guess my quick fix with the pickle was just a flash in
the pan.
My next attempt will be to "temper" the tines. I am thinking just
enough heat to almost get to the "straw color" and then cool. Quench
or air cool...
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Sticky wax for buffing by
eromlignod
Hi guys:
When I was in Jr. High crafts class, we did some lapidary work with
obsidian. When we sanded and buffed it we used some sort of green wax
that we heated up and used to attach the stone to the end of a wooden
stick. When it solidified it really stuck down hard.
I'd like to use some of...
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Soldering pad outside of abestos where did they go?!? by
Chris
Hi Folks,
I've got a project to solder and every time I make the attempt
stuff moves and I am REAL over re-doing this.
Granted, it has been a while since I did this, but back when I
did I had an asbestos pad that you could use pins to hold the
parts while you soldered them.
I've spent the last...
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August 10th 07 03:09 AM
by mikee
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Vincenzo Taormina and the Forum for The Jewelry Addicted | Google Groups by
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Do you love creating, designing, imaging, selling, purchasing,
trading, exchanging, showing, wholesaling, cutting, polishing,
criticizing, wearing, etc etc......JEWELRY?
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The Forum Hosted by Google for the Jewelry addicted
Join Us:...
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July 10th 07 05:09 AM
by Dougie
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experience with Gary Weiss Jewelry47 by
VC
Hello,
I wanted to post my experience purchasing from Gary Weiss Jewelry /
Jeweler in NYC, also called Jewelry47 on eBay.
I am a consumer (not a business) who found Gary through eBay. He did
not have the exact ring I wanted listed on eBay so I contacted him
about making a ring.
After several...
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Sparex pickle by
Don Robinson
I've just had a brainstorm that you good people may be able to help me with.
8D
It occurred to me that since sparex turns into a copper plating solution
when iron is added to it, that I could use that to give a coppery color to
pieces of a knife, such as a stainless steel blade, bolsters and...
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Cuttle Fish for Casting? by
Otsinekwar
Hi folks, I keep seeing folks mention using Cuttle Fish to cast
Silver, where can this be obtained? Approx cost? How many times can
you cast before it's time to make a new mold? Same Questions for Tufa
Stone another item I hear about for casting Silver tho more porous I
understand.
Nia:wen Thank...
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black onyx source request by
fred (remove underscores, add . )
Hello, all and happy holidays.
I have scanned these newsgroups and I think this may be the right place to
ask this question. I am in need of a single black onyx "marble" of 5/16"
diameter. As I understand from my research, black onyx is really brown onyx
which has been dyed. I have the one...
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Optivisor Help by
A.J.Martin
Hello friends,
I want to get my wife something for her jewelry making hobby for Christmas.
Can anyone recommend which optivisor magnification level is best for beading
and jewelry making?
Or...do you even like an optivisor? or would a flexible arm magnifier be
better?
Thanks to you all.
Andy
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casting-black silver by
Marion Margoshes
I cast two pieces , an orchid and a rose, in fine silver, since I enamel
these silver flowers. Using centifugal casting, melting the metal with a
torch --- they were cast separately, in two flasks. The rose metal looked
normal, silver, while the orchid metal was dark, evenly black. I have...
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Pickle by
Kendall Davies
Further to the string of some weeks ago about pickling agents, I have just
tested 'Cillit Bang' as a pickle and it removes oxidation in a few minutes
at room temp. I have not tried it on flux yet. It seems to be a new product
here in UK so is probably available in most Supermarket stores. The...
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Gold in Quartz?? by
geemike
I posted to this group a while back, looking for a source for a
nice fire agate cab. That ring project has been completed and I
wear the result with pride.
Now I want to find a gold-in-quartz cab to provide the same
jeweler, to have a ring made that pretty much matches the fire
agate ring he made...
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Tinning by
Jack Schmidling
This doesn't have much to do with jewelry but neither do most of the other
subjects.
I suppose I should have asked before I did this but...
I have a wonderful solid copper saucepan that was plated with something
silver on the inside when I bought it years ago. This wore off over time
and left me...
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October 2nd 04 07:45 PM
by Bert
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Soldering jump rings with glass by
Robin
I am making some bracelets made of large jump rings with glass beads
(furnace glass or cane glass). Seems to be working pretty much ok except
that I have an occasional glass bead crack (maybe 1 out of 10). To solve
this problem, I cut a strip of fiber blanket and am laying it over the glass
while...
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September 9th 04 04:41 AM
by NE333RO
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posting style by
Bob Miller
to Peter, I do not know if anyone else has commented on the style of =
posting
that you now post. However, for me, that equals sign (=3D) at the end of =
every
line=20
sets my teeth on edge and drives me crazy.=20
No need to post this. Just my opinion.
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My Antwerp diamond experience and advice on price please! by
simon3000
Dear Guys,
I wondered if any knowledgeable person could give me any indication on
what they felt the likely "fair" retail value of the diamond below
would be?
Although the answer is fairly academic now because I've bought it (for
4000 euros including the 18ct white gold ring and setting, which...
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Question about Moldavite by
porkchops
I just ordered a Moldavite ring from the online store
www.natures-emporium.com, and it's beautiful. When I asked if it was a
genuine Moldavite, they said yes it was. It cost $42.00 for the ring
itself.
Here's a link: http://www.natures-emporium.com/moldavitering.html
They say that Moldavite is...
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Help - Looking for Cameo Blanks by
Ralph Gibson
Hello all,
I would like to carve a simple Swan Cameo for my wife, but am having trouble
locating cameo blanks in either Agate or Shell. I don't have a lapidary
setup, so making my own isn't really an option. And the need for carving my
own is I can't locate a source for a large Swan Cameo. Say...
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Have diamond prices dropped over the past 2 years? by
P.Nichols
Hi, I did a lot of research before buying a diamond a couple years
ago, and got a very good price at that time.
However, while I cannot remember the exact price I paid, (I have the
paper work filed away somewhere, but right now do not remember),
looking at prices today, it SEEMS that the prices...
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