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013 Jewelry and Silicosis, Saw-blade Stress Relief, Solder Talk

Feb 24, 2016

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in Casting, Community, Metal Working, Podcast Episodes, Polishing, Safety, Soldering, Tools

013 Jewelry and Silicosis, Saw blade Stress Relief, Solder Talk JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 13 features: Health Tip I talk about Silicosis, the dangers, and how to prevent this. Silicosis is a lung disease caused by breathing in tiny bits of silica, a mineral that is part of sand, rock, and mineral ores such as quartz………

How to Detail Polishing with Mineral Oil and Cotton

Jan 18, 2016

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Doug Napier

in 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 sharp point…

Jewelry Tumbling Quick Tip

Dec 4, 2015

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Doug Napier

in Metal Working, Polishing, Tumbling

String Em’ Up Hey everyone, after the podcast episode from yesterday (Episode9), I vowed to post here more often. So while I am doing different projects and I run across things that I think others might find value in. Today I was taking some of my castings and running them through my tumbling process, I…

009 Casting Talk, Polishing Tip, Jewelry Posture, Health

Dec 3, 2015

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Doug Napier

in Casting, Community, Metal Working, Podcast Episodes, Polishing, Safety, Tools

009 Casting Talk, Polishing Tip, Jewelry Posture, Health It has been a couple weeks since I posted here, and a few weeks since I recorded a podcast, so I had better get into gear. In the podcast I layout my plans for next year which includes my plans of podcasting once a week and writing…

How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting

Oct 15, 2014

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Doug Napier

in Polishing, Stone Setting

How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting On the last post, I soldered a 4 prong head onto a shank I made and I mentioned…. ok, I promised I would demonstrate how to set the 2mm stone in a 4 prong setting. In past blog entries I have set stones in…

Category: Polishing

013 Jewelry and Silicosis, Saw-blade Stress Relief, Solder Talk

How to Detail Polishing with Mineral Oil and Cotton

Jewelry Tumbling Quick Tip

009 Casting Talk, Polishing Tip, Jewelry Posture, Health

How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting