Category: Safety
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014 Younger Next Year, Soldering, Prongs, Ventilation
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Good To Be Back It has been a couple of months since I sat down behind the microphone for an episode of the JewelryMonk Podcast, and you know what? It feels really good to be back. I apologize for rambling on in the first part of the show, but I just wanted to let y’all…
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How to Anneal Sterling Silver
If you have done much silver work, then work hardening the silver is something you are probably familiar with. Work hardening is when you have beat, bent, stretched, folded, etc the silver so much that it has lost its flexibility or workability. One example I will give here is I have a piece of shanking…
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3 Reasons I like Snap On Discs and How to Use Them
Let me revisit one of my favorite tools. As you know, I like tools, especially ones that are easily modified and do good quick work. So one of my go-to 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…
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013 Jewelry and Silicosis, Saw-blade Stress Relief, Solder Talk
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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………
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Episode 10: Contrasting Jewelry Textures, Fiber Discs, and Sleep
Episode 10: Contrasting Jewelry Textures, Fiber Discs, and Sleep In this blogpost I will touch on some of the subjects I covered the JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 10: First I have been reading this book this week by Greg McKeown called Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. It has a lot to do with business and business practices, but…