A tip from @makeitwithkim for cutting fancy edges into thin fine silver bezel strip with paper craft scissors.

A tip from @dangbravegirl for dividing shallow pencil storage drawers with cut bamboo skewers to sort cabochons.

A tip from @martindenoch on using an inexpensive hardware store deburring tool to clean up edges fast.

A tip from @sunlightsilver on loading, using and storing a watercolor brush pen filled with patina, plus how to clean it.

A tip from @sunlightsilver for filling a watercolor brush pen with Jax Silver Blackener to apply patina exactly where you want it.

A favorite tip from @lm6d and @refraction_manufacturing: true up heavy jump rings or ring bands with a few hits in a dapping block.

Japanese finger guards from @pepetools_usa, how they should fit, and why not to wear them at a polishing machine.

A tip from @misjapaulina for sawing a split shank precisely, opening it with a butter knife and correcting it with a triangle file.

Learn how I get a satin finish with affordable satin wheels and a dark black with JAX Silver Blackener from @gesswein.jewelry.

A tip from @foxtailjewelry for lighting a wax carving bench with an arc nail lamp to work without shadows.

A technique from @lbouton018: hold square wire in a vise and vise grip, heat one spot and rotate to twist just that section.

A tip from @lindsayminihan for moving a dust collector on a flat scooter and holding its hose to the bench with a magnet.

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