Tips From The Community

Here is a tip I shared awhile back on my jewelry page @corkieboltonjewelry using the wax from a @babybelus cheese to create a stone-picker-upper...

To reduce “chatter” when using a ball bur, try rotating the bur as you cut. Chatter is super annoying, the definition is: to vibrate during cutting...

Here is a setting tip from @haroldstudio -“When setting cabochons that have corners, set the bezel around all the corners first to ensure a good,...

Here is a decorative bezel tip from @lucywalkerjewellery - “Is it a prong setting, is it a bezel setting - it’s a PREZEL setting. Setting styles...

Here is a tool modification from @atelier_hanki - “Here’s a tip on how to make a cabochon cut stone stay in the ring with the tension of the metal...

Here is a stone storage tip from @rcs.bench - “ They use pill organizers to sort out their small stones for stone setting practice! They have them...

Here is a bead setting tip from @lucywalkerjewellery - “When raising and rounding out beads for bead setting, we're aiming to create boiled eggs,...

Our friends @turquoise_moose carry a wide variety of calibrated turquoise but some of you may be asking “what does that mean Corkie?!?” Calibrated...

Mesmerized by this setting video from @lucywalkerjewellery save your old toothbrush and use it to set your bezels! The plastic of the toothbrush is...

Yes, that is a toothbrush! Throwing it back to this video from @lucywalkerjewellery setting a bezel with a toothbrush, it won’t mar your metal or...

Here is a video from @melissajoymanning showing how they use a miter jig to hold a gold stud for stone setting. The miter jig is held in place by...

Chamfering a bezel with @lucywalkerjewellery first using calipers to mark the area you will file, I love how she rotates the vise as she is filing...