Setting Bench Height for Good Posture
A tip from @wellnessformakers on setting your bench pin level with the center of your sternum by adjusting your chair or bench.
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Demagnetizing Tools With a Demagnetizer
Learn how a demagnetizer returns magnetized tools to normal in seconds so steel slivers stop sticking to them.
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Rounding Thick Rings in a Dapping Block
A tip from @refraction_manufacturing for bending, soldering, then gently tapping a thick ring in a dapping block until it is perfectly round.
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Soldering a Jump Ring Closed and to a Toggle Bar
A tip from @sara_kratzer for sanding a flat on a jump ring and soldering it closed and onto a toggle bar in one step.
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Presoldering Earring Posts for Batch Stud Making
A tip from @tribomo for balling solder on charcoal and transferring it to fluxed earring posts so a batch is ready to solder.
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Agate Burnisher for Setting Tall Bezels
A tip from @anna.maria.designs for using an agate burnisher to smooth and push down tall bezels over the sides of a stone.
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Wax Carving Tools From Broken Drill Bits
A tip from @anna_nalder_jewellery for turning broken drill bits and burs into wax carving tools in a pin vise, plus how I shape mine.
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Saving Magnetic Finisher Water for Metal Refining
A tip from @letsmakejewelry for drying magnetic finisher and ultrasonic water into sludge to save the precious metal for refining.
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Using a Sandbag for Stamping and Forming
Learn how a sandbag under your steel block deadens noise and deepens stamped impressions, and how hammering on it forms concave shapes.
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DIY Forming Mandrel From a Wooden Rolling Pin
A tip from @rudeparasol for taking apart a cheap rolling pin to get a wood form for truing large cylinders, plus handles for files.
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Rubber Duck Hangers for the Ultrasonic
A fun idea from @stonesetting for hanging items in the ultrasonic cleaner from rubber ducks.
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Fixing a Wiggly Bench Pin With Alligator Skin
A tip from @meritmadeworkshop for stopping a wobbly bench pin by shimming it with alligator skin tape, no drilling required.
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