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  • Re: Salt Etching

    I loved experimenting with this technique. Unfortunately I didn't have any luck with the technique on sterling silver, I also tried etching it with the same solution but using the rectifier and that didn;t work either. Perhaps I didn;t give it enough power. The metals that it did work on was *copper...
  • cleaning ancient coins

    Hello friends, I make jewelry out of ancient and irreplaceable old coins pre 400 AD. What is the best and fastest way to clean bronze, copper, silver & gold. any help would be most welcome. Ripley
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by Ripley44mag on 12-29-2008
  • Re: Bezel Setting Sea Glas

    I'm so much the novice working with metals, but couldn't you use the new Argentium Silver since it doesn't tarnish -- a new form of this metal is becoming available everytime I turn around, so I kind of think you could find whatever you might need -- try Rio Grande.
    Posted to General metalsmithing (Forum) by baglasslady on 12-23-2008
  • Soldering brass cut out on silver ring

    Hi All, I'm failry new at this. Have made several simple silver rings and now want to add a brass design strip on top of the silver ring. actually 2 strips, so can I use hard silver for the first and then medium for the second and them form the ring and use soft for the fille seam on the ring band...
    Posted to Soldering (Forum) by greer on 12-11-2008
  • Another Tumbling Question

    I just tumbled polished some silver focal beads that I believe are Thai silver. They came out sort of greyish-bluish and shiny, not the shiny silver color I expected. I have polished lots of silver in my tumbler with stainless steel shot and Dawn dish liquid and it has come out beautifully. Is there...
    Posted to Polishing/finishing (Forum) by SueW on 12-10-2008
  • Etoile jewelry

    Hello, I would like to introduce to you my art, my jewelry. Currently I live in Los Angeles where I design and make everything. I have always been inspired by nature (of course). You can see that in many of my pieces. I love textures and contasts of colors. I love everything in art that provokes me and...
    Posted to Meet the community (Forum) by pitta on 11-21-2008
  • Meet the newbie!

    Hello all. I am very new in this world, I register in this forum cos one of my client is a jeweller, my company do web design( my client website : http://www.silver-thailand.com/ ). I'm trying to find general knowledge, to help with my designing idea. If I don't fit here, please let me know.
    Posted to Meet the community (Forum) by Danbkk on 11-21-2008
  • Re: is this how I would enamel sterling silver?

    Normal 0 21 Hi Aspin, I accompany to Mame. If you start enamelling, start with copper and a good book. If you want to enamel Sterling silver with transparent enamels, you have at first to prepare the surface of the Sterling in a special way. Otherwise the transparent enamel can become dull! I think the...
    Posted to Surface embellishment (Forum) by emailkunst on 10-29-2008
  • 3d printing and laser cuting

    hi my name is tom, i live in jersalem israel, end i study design i specialize in creating two formats with my 3d program (solidworks) which you can use. the first format you can use (for rapidprototiping) when you want to print a 3d wax object which you can later on use for casting all kinds of metals...
    Posted to General metalsmithing (Forum) by tomash on 10-16-2008
  • Hi everyone

    I live in Devon in the UK close to the sea and I love reticulating silver. Having started metalsmithing just over a year ago it's taken me some time to produce pieces that I'm pleased with, but I'm getting there. I usually try to set the pieces with found sea glass which I pick up on my local...
    Posted to Meet the community (Forum) by slicksilver on 10-10-2008
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