Registration and scholarship info for the @metalwerxstudio Virtual Spring Symposium of recorded jewelry presentations and demos.

A throwback tip from @martillo_azul for holding mandrels upright in a pair of brass knuckles, and a nod to studio problem solving.

An invitation to listen to my podcast episode about safety equipment and tips for the jewelry studio.

A technique from @carry.a.torch for sawing identical pairs by folding one sheet in half instead of gluing two sheets together.

A tip from @hebel.design for repairing a broken stone kintsugi style with clear 5 minute epoxy and 24k gold foil along the seam.

A production tip from @westry.co for making a batch of blank ring bands at once and storing them in an organizer labeled by size.

Learn to sand protruding teeth off a file's safe edge, collect the steel dust with a magnet and demagnetize the file afterward.

A compilation of ways I use a @sunstoneweldjewelry pulse arc welder to save time: tacking, positioning, and attaching chains and findings.

A tip from @suethomascreative for winding 0000 steel wool onto a pointed bur to polish tiny details, then washing off the shed fibers.

A tip from @atelier32jewellery for taping wire lengths together with masking tape to file them to the same 45 degree angle.

A tip from @fourpence for carving custom shapes into a charcoal block with a rotary tool to melt and shape gold or silver.

Learn to stamp your mark on separate sheet, coat it with graphite, then sweat solder it onto your piece so stamping cannot warp it.

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