A tip from @sterling_perch: a ring clamp makes a handy miter jig in a pinch for holding a piece while you file it flat.

A tip from @argentumvapor: make a little holder out of 3M tape to protect your fingers while holding something small.

Magnetic strips keep tools accessible but off your bench, as shown by @metalsmith4you, @adornedinsilver and @argentsilversmith.

Eight community ways to wash polishing compound off your hands, from baking soda and soap to Fast Orange, sawdust and Gojo.

Tips for a Lortone rotary tumbler from @seattlefindings: using a strainer, Dawn soap, filling it 2/3 full and sealing a new barrel.

@morrisonmaestudio supports a piece on a leather wrapped dapping punch in a vise to stamp a hallmark inside a bezel without bending it.

A tip from @earthandstonestudio: hang your flex shaft from a portable clothing rack if you do not have a traditional jeweler's bench.

Solder storage from @meritmade, @dwccreative, @love_beyond_the_moon, @luckydanajewelry and @J.WILLdesigns, including coiled wire solder.

@knotandsplice brushes on Ronda Cornell's masking mud to stop solder reflowing near stamps and joints, a safer choice than whiteout.

A tip from @tkiplinger: grind dried Handy Flux with distilled water in a mortar and pestle and store it in an airtight pill bottle.

A step-by-step guide to making hoop earrings: anneal and coil wire, form and solder the loop, match the pair and shape the ends.

Learn how a miter cutting vise and jig file wire, tube and strips to 90 or 45 degrees and cut pieces to the same length.

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