Tips for drilling sea glass with diamond core bits: go slow, control the dust with water, and add settings or rivets to your treasures.

A tube setting tutorial from @lucywalkerjewellery with clear instructions, plus a note on her online class membership.

Join me and eight other speakers at @halsteadjewelrysupplies Summer Camp 2024, a $40 online event with 10 demos and a live Q and A.

A tip from @jen_surine on sawing straight through a slight gap in a ring or bezel seam so the ends meet flush before soldering.

A wax carving technique from @sophie.cunliffe.jewellery for making the base of an accurately sized stone setting in wax.

Steps from @metalsmithsinflorence for refining clean gold dust yourself: remove ferrous bits with a magnet, mix with borax, melt and cast.

How a @grstools mandrel with equidistant lines helps mark a ring to space out stones, solder points or engraving.

A work holding tip from @johnnyoro using @grstools Thermoloc to make a holder the ring lifts out of easily, plus cutting a seat.

A tip from @goldschmiede_raspe on annealing, closing and soldering eyelets with a small amount of solder and controlled heat.

A tip from @mossrockmetals on shaping three square wires and pinning them to a honeycomb board to solder a split shank ring.

How a ring bending tool from Pepe closes a ring seam for soldering, shapes soldered rings and bends 60 and 90 degree angles.

A tip from @shayne.suttie.silver on wrapping a delicate piece in wet paper towel to protect it while soldering jump rings.

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