Rio Grande charges 21.00 per ounce for any size/type of 14/20 gold-filled wire. I am thinking there is probably a cheaper source than Rio. Any ideas?

I use these guys from time to time and recently have had no luck contacting them. Tried phone, fax and e-mail and no response. Just wondering if anyone knows if they are having trouble or gone out of business or what....... chris

My Wife and I recently appraised some jewellery left to her from her mother. It was appraised at $23-24,000 CDN as a set. (I haven't looked at the actual certificates to see what items are worth what, as the appraisal was finished today, and I haven't picked the stuff up yet) I have two...

Is it possible to stop a rock tumbler for a while and then turn it back on? My daughter received one of those cheap walmart rock tumblers for her birthday, and I'm trying to figure out where to set it up where the noise won't be bothersome. The best place is our garage, but there's a band that...

Hi Carl, I've been meaning to get back and assuage your curiosity about attaching the pearls to the earrings. Unfortunately, I became overly curious about setting up my 'puter for "web sharing" as yours is. My computer, although a Mac, is not a friendly creature and hates being asked to do...

I make PMC jewelry, and 10 days ago I placed an order with Dreamland Jewelry for some silver chains. I haven't received my order nor a reply to an e-mail I sent Dreamland. Unfortunately, they don't have a phone number listed on their website :-( Has anyone else any experience with Dreamland...

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 02:36:13 CST, "Per Elmsäter" wrote: TEST YOUR MAILBOX wrote a bunch of crap: I thought this NG was moderated??????? I didn't get that post, my ISP probably killed it for the spam it was. Maybe Peter's did, too.

snip So, any plans available for building your own workbench? Check out the BenchEchange pages at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/BenchExchange for ideas.... Advice on setting up and organizing? Discussions over this topic took place few times over the last

can anybody recommend any good books to buy as I am looking for a new hobby and think i would be good at jewellery making but need all the stuff for beginers -- www.doohickeys.co.uk Desirable Devices

I'm not too new and have taken a few cab classes at my local club and want to buy a combo machine for home. I've looked the the Lortone, Covington, and the Barranca 6" Diamond Cab Combo Workshop. The Barranca is the most expensive but comes with all the diamond blade/belts/discs etc.. that I...

Hello, I have a couple who would like to consider cast palladium wedding rings instead of cast platinum. They are primarily attracted to the unusualness of the metal and I am sure the lower price and density are a nice bonus. I have not worked with palladium before, and I have a few questions...

Hi there! My wife and I are setting up a small jewelry shop in her new art studio. We've had the plumber install a NG connection to enable us to hook up a torch. I did a lot of jewelry in High School, and we always used NG and a compressor hooked up to regular air. Is this still a good choice...

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i have a few questions to clear out, correct me if im wrong, platinum and white gold are two different things right? so is there such thing as pure (100%) white gold then? i have bough a ring, just a plain normal design, about 5mm i would say, im not sure if it's white gold or platinum, it meant...

I am working on some earrings that are made of oxidized copper sheet - longish, thin triangles, melted around the edges and formed into a spiral with the widest part near the top. I have several sizes of dark freshwater pearls and want to attach a small one at the narrow bottom point and a large...

Can someone dispel my ignorance over what casting grain marked #22 Alloy would be? Is it 22 karat? It is gold colored. Thanks

I'd like to oxidise a bracelet in liver of sulphur, but it had rose quartz included in the design. Will the solution destroy the stones? What about others? Are any safe to be treated in this way? Charlie. -- http://www.kallistos.co.uk

Hello All. Just wanted to alert you to that the Orchid Archives have been redesigned and are easier than ever to search. Take a look at: http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200403/threads.htm Karen Christians Metalwers

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Are there any patinas that work on gold (18K)? I'm looking for something that would turn it a brown color. Also, I was at the SF Legion of Honor museum Art Deco exhibit recently and there was a coffee service that was listed as being made from 'silver, silver gilt, and oxidized silver'. The...