Learn to hang pliers on a 9 inch towel bar over your drawers or bench edge, a tip from @marquisjewelryacademy.

A tip from @moptopjewelry on cleaning, applying Black Max with a cotton swab, neutralizing in room temp water and polishing back patina.

Learn to make earring cards by punching pre-marked card stock with a craft hole punch.

Learn to put your pickle pot or tumbler on an outlet timer so it never runs all night by mistake.

Learn to load a saw blade facing outward with teeth pointing down and check tension by plucking for a high pitched sound.

Learn to protect fine chain and a clasp with masking mud, hold the jump ring seam up in a third hand and aim the flame upward.

Learn to make delicate 14k gold chain studs with a pulse arc welder, faster than soldering and without softening the findings.

Learn how a ring bender with sized delrin inserts bends thick 2mm ring shanks easily without marring the metal.

A tip from @juneshin on trimming wax perpendicular to the model with a wax trimmer, and using cornstarch to make divider lines visible.

A tip from @ihanajewelry on marking backplates and stone orientation with a small ball bur when making several bezels at once.

Learn why to collect silver and gold dust in a dirty sweeps container for refining, and where to find a refiner directory.

Learn to drill a hole for an earring post before soldering, and clean messy backs with a flipped Moore's sanding disc.

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