by Doug Napier | Feb 22, 2018 | Community, Design, Metal Working, Polishing, Stone Setting, Tools
In my last post, I showed how to Gypsy or Flush set a stone in a earring project I built. Today I will show, step by step, how I make the burnisher I use to set these stones….. and like last time, there is a Bonus Video attached to this lesson. Whenever I come...
by Doug Napier | Feb 16, 2018 | Community, Design, Metal Working, Polishing, Soldering, Stone Setting, Tools
Part 2 of the Tapered Rectangle Earring Tutorial Let’s finish this earring project we started yesterday. When I left off, we created the design and cut the pilot hole for the stones we are going to Gypsy Set or Flush Set into the flat earrings, so let’s...
by Doug Napier | Nov 20, 2017 | Community, Metal Working, Soldering
Over the years I have heard many jewelers express their concerns and struggles of trying to solder a thin loop or earring post to a thicker piece. They either melt the smaller piece, or the solder joint is not very clean or strong. I am soon going to release a video...
by Doug Napier | Nov 16, 2017 | Community
A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Video Course The A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Course is a video series that takes you through creation a piece of jewelry, from concept and drawing, all the way to the completed piece of reproducible jewelry. The videos cover, in...
by Doug Napier | Oct 25, 2017 | Community, Metal Working, 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...
by Doug Napier | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
How to Modify Your Tweezers I have heard it said, and attributed to Abe Lincoln, “If I had 4 hours to cut down a tree, I would use the first 2 hours sharpening the axe”. That must be one big tree…. But I get the idea. Tool Preparation is very...
