by Doug Napier | Jun 30, 2017 | Metal Working, Polishing, Texturing, Tools
Y’all know I like to make and modify tools whenever possible, so here is a quick one for you.Have you ever been working on a piece of jewelry, and needed a tool that just wasn’t in your tool arsenal? This is the story of just about every tool I have made or...
by Doug Napier | Jun 27, 2017 | Metal Working, Polishing, Tools
Polishing Tips Today It has been a while since I started jewelrymonk.com/, and when I started it a few years ago, I kicked it off with 90 tips in 90 days. There was a lot of great content in those first few months, so while I am away from my bench for a spell, I...
by Doug Napier | Jan 5, 2017 | Community, Design, Polishing, Tools
Quick Ultrasonic Tip for Today and Update Hey everyone! I have been so busy lately producing content for the first JewelryMonk Design Contest, I have lost vision for a bit. I do that, I get tunnel-vision when I am working on a project, and don’t look up till it...
by Doug Napier | Jan 18, 2016 | Metal Working, Polishing, Tools
How to do Detailed Polishing with Mineral Oil and Cotton Today I posted a tip on the JewelryMonk Facebook page about how I recycle old Syringes and repurpose them in my jewelry work. I have a bunch of these around, so I will show one way I use them. I grind off the...
