Hi all, Just finished drawing out the instruction on the beaded teddies I made for myself, Check out the photos at: http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/beaded_teddy_bear.html and the free instruction to share...

We inherited a beautiful gold cross with seven large diamonds. The piece is about 150 years old and, when shown to a local jewelry artisan, they said it was a very special piece and worth more than we probably thought. They have an appraiser come in every few weeks and they scheduled this...

On , in rec.crafts.jewelry "mtnrabbit" wrote: Thank you for an excellent reply, I understand a lot more than I did before ! Glad to help. I was not able to find my question on Orchid that why I used this group again.

Hello, I'm interested in having some of my better pieces hallmarked for sale in the EU. Does anyone have experience with waarborg holland -- the dutch assay office? They are at http://www.waarborg.nl/index.html PW

Is it common to cut diamond by laser machine in jewelry industry?? I mean just use laser to cut it into shape & hand works for polishing & finishing.... My company actually use diamond saw & diamond dust wheel for cutting diamond.... recently, a laser machine sales contacted my boss about their...

I am new to this site and have a question about bending wood to make finger rings. The ones that Ihave seen are available in two layers of wood and can have inlays. Any information about bending such small delicate items would be greatly appreciated. Bob

Hi all, Just finished drawing out the instruction on the beaded teddies I made for myself, Check out the photos at: http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/beaded_teddy_bear.html and the free instruction to share...

Thank you for your responses so far. To see what I am talking about please go to this site http://touchwoodrings.com/ The rings are beautiful and not inexpensive. They are works of art in my view. Thanks again Bob Jones

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Happy Holidays everyone, I'm playing with reticulation this weekend. Pretty easy so far. Can I tumble polish reticulated silver (22 g) with steel shot or will that take off the layer of fine silver on the surface? Does brass reticulate well? It seems to me like it would since it has copper in...

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Good evening to all, and I hope that you had a great Christmas. As a hobby, I'd been doing centrifugal casting for a while, but I left the hobby for a few years and I'm now trying to re-enter it. I used to use a polysulfide molding compound (Smooth-On FMC-200), but I've had a very difficult time...

They'll say pearls "not set in place" Does it mean they will fall out? Or do they wobble around? Does not set in place mean it's bad and needs to be fixed by a jeweler or is it a feature? Sometimes it also says "floating" -- Does this mean the same thing or something different and if different,...

Hi all, I was curious if anyone here had ever attempted and hopefully succeeded at making their own frames for eyeglasses. Thanks.

This may not be the right place to post but I can't find any other jewelry groups. I got a locket for my wife for christmas. I'd like to put a picture of our daughter in it. I hace the picture cut out to the right size the problem I'm having is how do you put it in the locket so that it...

Hello all, Here's another crazy question. I just talked to a jeweler who tells me a solid 14k gold ring has some rhodium plating at the diamond area to improve upon the setting strength. In other words, he says the rhodium helps keep the diamonds secure. This is a mens channel set diamond...

I'm considering buying a pulse arc welder and have seen ads for two: the Lampert PUK2 and the ABI Tack II. I've tried the PUK2 at a tool dealers here in the UK, and it seemed to work OK, giving results similar in some respects to a laser welder. I've read various articles where a Tack II was...

Greetings to all the Casters out there, It seems that all the ingredients required, except for de-bubblizer, are now assembled for my first lost wax casting in years. When I did this before all my castings came out well. This was because of the good instruction and equipment available at the time,...

Hello, second attempt at getting this out to ask.... Can someone please tell me if silver solder (Hard or easy) will work with 9ct Gold (yellow) I'm here in the middle of nowhere, with the choice of either fixing a chain with a small dab of silver solder, or posting out for gold solder, flux...

Hello, I have been casting my own designs but now I have an opportunity to cast for a local store and I have no Idea what to charge. The material will be Gold and Sterling, from one item ( ring ) to a complete flask ( full ) . Some of the items will be cast only and some will be cast and finish. I...