Le pere de Huckleberry Finn a sorti des perles de sagesse, dont certaines extraordinaires: "If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you cannot learn any other way." -Mark Twain

Did y'all (two of you) get your goo yet? (Brown's Snake Oil - For those of you on Orchid, "brownpolymer")

john wrote: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Peter, I appreciate it. Abrasha, dont worry you I think you are a very special person as well. And good luck on that shrine. I kind of thought the hall closet might have been a little too small. Enough already! You got what you...

hello ladies and gents ...located in southwest oklahoma here and always looking for new rockhound friends....and possibly doing some trading for materials not found in my area....ive e mailed a cpl from here directly hope they dont mind.......anyone interested please feel free to e mail me

Glass Retired Artist Sale. New and "new-to-you" hot glass, dichro, frit and more. All C.O.E. 90. Mostly Bullseye and CBS. Etched dichro pieces ready for fusing. Nice selection of chemical etching supplies. Some cold glass available. See our ad in Beadstyle Magazine. Come See Madam Ratt...

Does anyone know of a source for silver wire in a channel cross section? Or perhaps a rolling mill to roll my own? -- Saint Séimí mac Liam Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve Prophet of The Great Tagger Canonized December '99

] ****************************************** A friend of mine has been searching for a certain earring he saw while on a trip to Morocco ten or so years ago, in the ear of just another person in the crowd. While standing in a bazaar, a gentleman walked by who had a unique earring in his ear, that...

Hi - I'm looking for a 2 hole autism puzzle awareness bead/charm that can be made into a stretch bracelet. I've been looking online but haven't had any luck. Suggestions? Thanks! Lisa

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I'm trying to do some electro-etching of low-carbon steel and I keep having problems with undercutting. I'm using dilute (~8%) HCl for the electrolyte; the cathode is a flat sheet of steel roughly the same size as the workpiece. I'm trying to achieve deep etching (1/8" to 1/4") so the workpiece has...

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I don't really know much about rings, but I suddenly had the urge to go out and get one, and I know exactly what I want. I'm male, and I thought it would be really cool to have a single, fairly thin deep blue band. It could be all one material or, better yet, metal inlaid with some glass or stone...

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I'm sure this gets asked a lot on this newsgroup, but any recommendations would be great. I'm looking for a jeweler to work with in creating an engagement ring. I have some very specific ideas and would like to sit down with a jeweler to discuss the possibilities of creating a custom...

I'm not sure if I should buy the current model MDR 330 packeage or wait for the new owners to come out with the new "improved" model. Has anyone seen there booth at Tucson? Thanksa junior facetor.

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I've seen gold-on-steel jewelry, as well as gold applied to steel in sculptures (Daniel Brush, for example), and I find myself wondering how the gold is applied. Is it a plating, or gold leaf applied with a size, or mercury gilding, or a variant of Kum-Boo, or something else? My guess is that it's...

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

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If you were going to own only one of Oppi Untracht's books, which would it be -- "Metal Techniques for Craftsmen" or "Jewelry Concepts and Technology"? Based on a reading of the Amazon blurbs, I gather that "Jewelry Concepts and Technology" provides a more comprehensive (i.e., broader) coverage of...