Does anyone have any experience with ultrasonic jewelry cleaners that just use tap water? I'd love to be good the environment and not use chemicals if I can. But I don't want to buy something that doesn't work and end up tossing into a landfill. Any advice would be appreciated. -- "Be...

I have a Roland Pixca 30 Touch Probe Scanner for sale that has been used very little. www.rolanddga.com/products/3D/scanners/pix4_30/default.asp This address should have all the info you need about it. I would like to get $2850 plus the shipping. Could deliver in the Seattle area. I also have...

I was asked by a friend to try to produce a ring for a costume she's working on from an animation series called Utena - it's a sort of silver and pink seal ring. I managed to turn out a version I'm quite pleased with by cutting the top off a domed silver ring and filling the hole with pink Fimo,...

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but maybe someone can help me anyway. My friend has a ring with the number 297 engraved on the inside. Is this a Hallmark stating the percentage of gold? If so what does it mean? If not then what does it signify? Thank you Peter

Yesterday i was asked to solder closed the decorative "jump ring" on a silver pendant. It was pretty daunting because the owner told me how much the pendant was worth before I started work on it, but I got through anyway. I cut up a potato and embedded the pendant in the potato to protect...

Lots of people have tried to assign various genre names to Dota, but we think Action RTS is probably the most descriptive. And while we don’t spend a lot of time trying to figure out what genre the game is inventing, we can’t stop playing it internally and we’re pretty excited to...

Hello all, Can anyone recomend a good sonic cleaner? I currently own a sonic cleaner I bought from Gesswein. I am a long standing customer of Gesswein but I am very unhappy with the cleaner. It's a Gesswein/Elma Ultrasonic Cleaner LC30H an it just doesn't seem to do a good enough job. Any...

I've got an idea in my head for a set of pendants. They're carved from wax with raised details such as dots and squiggles - think lampwork beads. Firstly, is there any difference between green, blue and pink wax? Except, obviously the colour. Secondly, can I make a base sphere and then melt...

Out of all the diamond simulants out there....is there a "best kind/type"? As has been pointed out, "created diamond" would suggest a true synthetic, which is actually diamond, just man made. These, of course are best in terms of duplicating the properties and appearance of natural diamonds. ...

Hi, A few months ago I set a lab-grown sapphire into a sterling silver Comfort-Fit ring for my son's girlfriend, who gave it to her mother for Christmas. Her mother wore it daily but it now has a small chip in the side. (You can't really notice it from the top) There's also a small scratch on the...

I need to sell my diamond ring( with certificate) original price was 1000$, never wore this ring Any advice where to sell it and how? I dont want to sell it for 20$ thats obvious M Seattle

Hello all, I would like to carve a simple Swan Cameo for my wife, but am having trouble locating cameo blanks in either Agate or Shell. I don't have a lapidary setup, so making my own isn't really an option. And the need for carving my own is I can't locate a source for a large Swan Cameo. Say...

Here's a long-shot Despite months of searching, even at the Cyma website, I have not been able to find information about my watch. It's a CYMA Rubisaphir, gold, onyx and diamond mens dress/formal digital chronometer. I've put it up for auction on ebay for a fraction of it's value in the hope I...

I woke this morning with the above title in my head. So I asked myself the question? why is it that this trade is accused of being reluctant to divulge its knowhow? particularly on this newsgroup and I include myself in this when other skills like those recently mentioned here, for example beer,...

Can one of y'all tell me, ballpark, the price difference between a princess cut diamond and a round diamond of similar weight, color and clarity? Thanx

I found this post and feel it needs to be corrected on one point. According to federal law, to be marketed as Black Hills Gold the item MUST be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The point was settled in court when Coleman Corp. started manufacturing jewelry in Arizona and began...

Anyone know where to find silver hinges suitable for small jewelry boxes? Would prefer to buy "off the shelf" from someone who supplies them on a regular basis and has made lots of them. (A silversmith told me they are a PITA to make and take practice -- for whatever it's worth..) I want to use...

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