Greetings Group! Okay gold experts, I've got a question for you. I've been doing a great deal of refining lately, and I am thinking that it might very well be worth my while to sell my refined gold on Ebay, but to do that I have to have a saleable product - and that means that beauty is the key. ...

Hi I have a casting lab for sale. It includes all kinds of goodies. Can anyone tell me if there is a web site or trade paper to offer this equipment for sale? Thank You Mickey

Hello, I'm new to this group. I was just poking through some old jewelry tools and stuff of my Dad's, and came across several packets of "United States Bronze Powder Works, Inc. #801 Light Gold Burnish - One Ounce." Would anyone happen to know what this may have been used for? Also, would anyone...

After Abrasha posted a link to Contenti's web site, for LOS if I recall, I clicked his link just to verify it, and was surprised to find the site unavailable, at least to me, with firefox unable to find the server. An email to them got a reply that as far as they know, their site is up and...

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A friend of mine was asking about buying jewelry online. During the discussion of pros/cons, he mentioned that he had read in a forum about something to do with the "ability to have your ring tested every year" for things like settings, and how it might be hard to find someone local who would work...

I'm considering buying a pulse arc welder and have seen ads for two: the Lampert PUK2 and the ABI Tack II. I've tried the PUK2 at a tool dealers here in the UK, and it seemed to work OK, giving results similar in some respects to a laser welder. I've read various articles where a Tack II was...

Old question that I've seen on this board but I have a memory loss to the answer. What is the best way to quench after annealing?

I hope I'm in the right place. I was given a set of small files called BeadSmith Needle Files. Told they are used for filing the rough edges of wire (and I'm sure other things but this is what I want to use them for.) Problem is they came with no information as to what each of the 12...

Hi All, I have 8 very close friends & once a month we get together for drinks & talk for hours. We even came up with a name for our group. For Mother's Day I'd like to give each woman a gift with our group nameon it but I have no idea what to make? I'm never made jewlery before so I'm new at...

I hope that all of you who celebrate Christmas or another holiday at this time of year, have a warm and safe time. Enjoy family, friends, good food, and if you drink, please don't drive. Leave the computer alone for a little while, perhaps. Might as well, I'll be away from moderating duties for...

I bought a box of assorted burrs at a garage sale. There were two Foredom handpieces in the box, one of witch I have not been able to find anything about on the web. The mystery handpiece was in an original Foredom plastic sleeve labeled "HANDPIECE NO. 7". As far as i can tell there is not a...

We have just installed a sand blaster in our Jewelry Class. The instructions clearly state not to reuse the "sand". I understood that it could be used again. We are using beads at the moment. Is there any situation when we can or can not reuse the abrasives? Thank you for any help. Norma (Please...

Where online can I buy new sanding sleeves for my 8" SCOTT-MURRAY drum. I saw them somewhere a month ago and it seemed the price was a reasonable $4 or so to other places that wanted $10 (unreasonable) any help? thanks

The watch is a cheap, 'fashion' item. It seems to be plated with the warm-grey-white plating often found on the really crappy knock-offs, the ones with the mold marks still visible on the band links. The customer broke the crystal. I gutted the watch and removed all the broken glass I could then...

I had to finish, size and set a platinum ring alloyed with cobalt. I really don't like the color or the way it works. And the damned crap is magnetic fer Pete's sake! Who thinks these things up? Stuller? Jeez!

hi. I want a 80mm bar pin but after hours and hours of web search couldn't find a single supplier of bar pins this big... Now i'm trying to have this custom made but I'm seriously struggling to find a company that will do the actual "pin". I can have the "support" for the pin done with laser...

Hi All does anyone spincast pewter here?? Thanks Craig

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