I am trying to find a good supplier for jump rings and hoops. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks,

i have some tiny gems 2mm, 4mm, 8mm...etc...am interested in making them into final pieces, if anyone outhere could please share their experience in drilling/mounting/setting them? have been doing lots of bezel settings(the only one i learned, and can manage doing a good job =); very much so want...

Can anyone recommend a good source for silver stampings?

I made a ring for my wife that needs to be fixed. The stone fell out and into a trash bin but fortunately, she found it. It's a very pretty 8 sided round brilliant I made from emerald green YAG. The stone is set in a tapered hole and held with 4 prongs. The prongs are 18 gage wire, soldered...

Hi All - I have been searhing the entire internet and so far I've not been lucky enough to locate a supplier of natural black diamond beads... I would like to find a supplier of 3mm - 4mm beads of at least 16" - 18" strand. If anyone knows of a supplier who may have these please post a message...

Hi, I was skimming through a jewelry making book today at Borders and it mentioned using gilding wire (spelling?) with twisted silver wire. I haven't heard of this before and don't think I've seen it listed in any catalog. Maybe it has another name? Thanks, Connie Ryman Cryman Studio

When I wear brass or bronze jewelry, it takes no more than an hour before my skin gets gets this green layer, and a Thor's hammer I once wore for a few hours left my whole chest green. Funny enough, friends of mine who wore the same had untainted skin. So: I bring out the worst in copper...

I'm making a series of cylindrical/octagonal salt shakers, and have to score the lines to fold into the proper angle to achieve the octagonal shape. Its straightforward scoring a narrow band of silver and then deepening the score by filing, but its proving a bear to do the same on lines several...

I'm writing a short story, and would be very grateful if somebody could refer me to a website that has the names for the different parts of jewelry on it. For example, what do you call the part on the top of a ring if there's a stone mounted in it? If there's an engraving on it? That sort of...

Hey all, just wanted to share some pics of my latest. critique expected and welcome. IMG SRC="http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/421497397/9.jpg" If that didnt work, go to www.stores.ebay.com/beautifulbugs Each of my jewelry pieces is designed around a real bug insect beetle. Check it out,...

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone would know what this means. Maybe I just need to change my pickle; it _is_ getting a little old. I've just never experienced this particular problem. Usually it just starts looking really blue and doesn't work as well. I'm working on a s/s pendant. Mainly it's...

I have been working on a sterling silver piece that I need to have a mold made of for casting and I am concerned that one tiny section of the metal where there is a fold is extremely thin - I'm pretty sure this will pose a problem when cast. It's in a really awkward spot and attempting to solder...

Is there something different or unusual about repaining rose gold rings? I have an old rose gold ring with a crack in it. I have taken it to several jewellers is my area but nobody is willing to do the repair. Can you help? Thanks, slawdog

Hi Linda, Soldering pastes exist in gold and silver in different karats. In soldering paste, like soldering sheets, there are a few levels of difficulties, soft medium and hard. The pastes come in a plastic syringe that a metal needle is attached or a plastic one with the diameter wanted. You...

So I'm making a piece with FS pins in a Sterling body. What I'd like to do is darken the Sterling to make the pins stand out as shiney vs. dark. Would the chemicals for darkening silver(the scary stuff with HCL and Teleurium) do that, or will it all turn black? Aaron

Hi folks, I'm looking for a replacement for a ring which I purchased at a Piercing Pagoda kiosk in 2001. This is the classic egg-shape head with almond-shape eyes and no nose or mouth, such as seen he http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/win-91.html?id=MSUWPTyc It was the last one they...

Way back in the 60's I can remember making a ring out of layered clear acrylic plastic and colored glue. The glue was slow enough setting to allow proper lamination, and you could still see through it (translucent, not opaque). Much more recently (this year) I have seen plastic sculpture made...

Hey everybody. Leaning on collective encyclopedia. I've emailed Foredom, but they're currently the black hole of information. I scored Foredom Series 975. The motor plate shows 110v, .8a, 15,000rpm It's mounted on a base, with a built-in speed control. There is also a reduction gear on the back...

Out of all the diamond simulants out there....is there a "best kind/type"? As has been pointed out, "created diamond" would suggest a true synthetic, which is actually diamond, just man made. These, of course are best in terms of duplicating the properties and appearance of natural diamonds. ...

Anyone know of a source of gilding metal in the UK? -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach Time for tea