A tip from @laaracerman: paint the same end of your saw blades to identify the size and know which way to load them.

A video from @foxtailjewelry on making clever, inexpensive tools when the right tool for the job does not exist yet.

Learn to make a bench brush by sawing off the handle and grinding and sanding the edges smooth, shared by @todddanielsdesigns.

A tip from @tuggledesigns for grinding and polishing carbide setting burs into tools for flat bottomed stones and rose cuts.

An organizing tip from @allieperrydesigns using stackable drawer organizers, found at @stullerinc.

A tip from @mklahn for cutting a small depression in a bench pin with a hart bur to support work while filing its edge.

A tip from @everthine_jewelry for stamping straight words using a marker line, an electrical tape guide and starting from the middle letter.

Learn to draw graphite pencil on areas where you do not want solder to flow, shown on a textured ring shank.

Learn to make a quick prong setting from 19g sterling wire, trimmed with @lindstromtools shear cutters and shaped with a Moore's disc.

A tip from @willowandtwigg: lay jump ring joins just over the block edge to avoid flat spots, using paste solder.

Learn to fit a heart bezel by shaping the upper cusp first with pliers, using annealed wire and a toothbrush bezel pusher.

A tip shared by @janet.wise and @pyrus_designs: hold small, hard to grip pieces with an eraser while sanding.

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