Jewelers Benchpin Forums

Simple enough. This is basically what we do.

How do you make your own gold shot? Do you just melt gold over a bucket full of water and let the gold drip into it?

I haven't used that resin before but have you tried making a vent and blowing air through it?

Platinum sometimes scares me.

Would this work if the ring has emeralds channel set in it just above the half mark or do you have to pull the emeralds first? Does the ring still heat up when you size it like this? Can you put heat shield or keep the ring in water without pulling the emeralds?

Not with the XL. I have used the normal Kaya Cast Model 10.

https://www.arbemachine.com/View/Kaya-C ... ng-Machine

Pretty convincing article. Now I want to go buy 3Design!

This is my first tutorial. I have been annealing gold alot latey so I figured I’d start here. Annealing makes the gold soft for easy work. Here's what you do: Step 1. Take your gold piece and make sure it clean. Put it in an ultrasonic, scrub it, steam it. Step 2. Turn the lights down or off. You do...

Javier Odom wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:52 am I forgot to mention the oracle ...

https://news.google.com/search?q=jewelry

Google News is a great go-to because it is already compiled from around the wild wild web. It is also may pull from some of the above sources mentioned, and can be tweaked to your preferences.

Wow! This is amazing!

A lot of the news sites listed here do not update very often.

The Jewelers of America link seems to just be a page where they want you to login or signup.