Category: Tools
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How to Make a Sizing Gauge
Hey all, Most of you know, I am a tool and gadget junkie. I like things that make my jobs quicker and easier. In the next few posts, I am going to cover ring sizing, both sizing up and sizing down. If you have been making jewelry for any amount of time, you have friends…
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015 Jewelry Back Health Soldering Mini Saw Frame
JewelryMonk Podcast #15 In todays episode, we cover my work-life balance struggles, back injury and back health, soldering techniques, and I introduce a new tool I use. Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in South Dakota and the Black Hills and the highest summit in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains at over 7200 ft. I am trying to…
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Pre-Polishing Tips (Finishing)
Pre-Polishing Tips (Finishing) Hey everyone, I have been absent from the site for a bit, but I am doing good, staying healthy, and still making jewelry every day. I thought I would post a tip from the past, just to let y’all know I am still here. I will get back in the “groove” soon.…
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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…