Highlights from a mail time live, including work shorts, fidget toys and a bench vacuum station mount from @gesswein.jewelry.

Tips from @silvermaplestudiome on soldering bangles with a butane torch: reflect heat with a charcoal block and add a second torch.

A summer studio tip: toss saved silica packets into bench drawers and tool containers to help keep steel stamps and tools from rusting.

Highlights from a mail time live covering a GRS vise, ceramic stones, a Halstead overstock sale and a Patreon giveaway.

A beginner tip: tape an irregular stone to an index card with double-sided tape so both hands are free to shape the bezel around it.

How to turn a thick bezel into prongs by removing metal between them with a cylinder bur or needle file and shaping even scallops.

A production tip from @deglation on carving grooves into a honeycomb soldering brick with a ball bur so earrings sit still for posts.

A hinge tip from @cognac_jewellery_school on holding parts with pencil lead and drawing graphite on moving parts so solder will not flow there.

How I run a thin saw blade through a closed ring seam, without lubricant, to get a flush seam that solders cleanly.

A light hearted roundup of jewelry industry news I spotted while browsing jewelry websites.

Tips from @materialmaya on sand casting prong settings with a core kit and a vacuum that pulls trapped air out of the sand.

A tip from @alexmalexdesigns on weighting steel wire gauze on a charcoal block with a coin so you can heat work from below.

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