by Doug Napier | Sep 8, 2018 | Community, Metal Working, Soldering, Tools
Old Habits are sometimes hard to break, and unless I can see WHY I need to change, I usually won’t. I am kinda stubborn that way. I have mentioned today’s soldering concept before to jewelers, but today I decided to show in pictures and video why I do what...
by Doug Napier | Aug 30, 2018 | Metal Working, Polishing, Texturing, Tools
Tool Modification and How to Deal With Pits and Porosity I have touched on this subject in the past, but yesterday I added a quick video lesson to better explain this tool and how I make it and use it. Click HERE, or the image to see the video. Ready for...
by Doug Napier | Jul 16, 2018 | Community
pesky: [pes-kee] – annoyingly troublesome; pesty: adjective,pes·ki·er, pes·ki·est. Informal. Have you ever been working on a piece of silver, and there is a “Pesky” scratch of dull area you are having a hard time getting to? Well, you are in...
by Doug Napier | Jun 20, 2018 | Community, Metal Working, Polishing, Tools
Let me play my “tool-geekery” card today. I like tools, especially ones that are easily modified and do good quick work. One of my favorite tools in my foredom arsenal is the Snap-on Disc. Let me give you my top 3 reasons I like them so much: The first reason I like...
by Doug Napier | Jun 11, 2018 | Metal Working, Polishing, Stone Setting, Tools
How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting I wanted to demonstrate how to set the 2mm stone in a 4 prong setting. In past blog entries I have set stones in shared prong settings, flush settings or gypsy settings, channel settings, bezel settings, and “V” prong...
