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What exactly can a flex shaft do?

The flex shaft is essential. It’s almost impossible to think about making jewellery without a [...]

How To Make Ear Wires

Simple guide: creating ear wires How To Make Ear Wires June 11th, 2019SHOP

Choosing Jewellery Pliers

There are 4 basic types of pliers that are the most commonly used tools for [...]

Make Your Own Texture Hammer

Tools & Materials Required: Dremel or Flex shaft Vice Fine tip Sharpie Cut off wheels Various grinding stones [...]

Top 5 Jewellery Hammers

Top 5 Jewellery Hammers June 11th, 2019SHOP

Tips to Care for Jewellery Making Pliers

  Every jewellery maker must have the right tools to get the job done. A [...]

Hammers

One of the tools a silversmith reaches for most often is their hammer. We all [...]

3 Torch Tips For Soldering Jewellery

Understanding how your torch tip works helps you understand jewellery soldering. Learn how to adjust [...]

How to solder earring posts

Learn how to solder earring posts on blanks or other ornaments in this 6-step how-to [...]

Soldering Tip

If you need to solder from underneath but don’t have a tripod, there are other [...]

6 Pickling Steps for Soldering Jewellery

 Quench, Pickle, Rinse and Dry! The instructions for most metalsmithing projects that involve the use [...]

Soldering with flux

Flux is an oxidation protector used for gold and silver soldering. Without flux the solder will [...]