Learn to twist copper and brass wire with control using a bench vise and a Whaley hand vise, and other uses for the hand vise.

Learn how a phone lamp mount on a stable bench stays steady while filming heavy hammer strikes with an oval disc cutter.

Learn which saw blade sizes suit 16 to 20g sheet and detailed work, why to start with a sampler, and why premium blades pay off.

A video from @melissajoymanning on winding and snipping jump rings, standing them in cutouts in a soldering brick and using solder paste.

Learn the main areas to plan in a jewelry studio: workbench, storage, cleaning, soldering station and photography.

Learn how an adjustable lamp with a magnetic phone mount makes it easy to film process videos over your bench pin.

A stone storage idea shared by @newstoneagecabochons, plus a question about how you store your cabochons.

A tip from @mcoledesignz on painting patterned wire with water based liquid paper so solder won't fill its fine details.

A tip from @colorfieldsjewelry on sticking small work in progress parts to squares of painters tape with folded edges so they don't get lost.

A tip from @inizibychristina on coloring metal with Sharpie so layout markings are easy to see.

Learn to tension a saw blade by flexing the frame against the bench with your hip, then plucking it for a high pitched sound.

Learn how a modified bench pin area holds small curved castings securely while you file them.

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