A tip from @nevadaw on stringing hollow beads on titanium wire so solder won't stick and using spray flux to coat them evenly.

Learn to solder an earring post by sandwiching a hard solder chip under it and holding it with pressure in a third hand.

A process video from @zarlyjewelry on opening prongs, cutting a seat with a hart bur, rounding prongs with a cup bur and a beading tool.

A video from @estona.jewelry.tutorials on altering your bench pin and other tools until they work for you.

Learn to weld fine chain by bracing your hands, test firing for power, narrowing your tweezers and working under magnification.

A tip from @hammeredheartjewelryco on carving a hollow in a charcoal block with a bur so melted scrap forms round balls without flat bottoms.

Learn how the reducer on the bottom of a ring stretcher evenly makes an annealed ring slightly smaller.

A tip from @marta.oms on heating a file's tang with a torch and pushing on a wooden handle so it burns in and holds tight.

A video from @junglesilversmith showing how they apply liver of sulfur gel to patina silver.

A tip from @bethanyjo__jewelry on strapping a torch tank to a bench leg with a bungee cord and a welded box to keep it from tipping.

A tip from @garry_brisdion on sliding colored heat shrink tube onto needle file handles to tell coarse, medium and fine cuts apart.

Learn what calibrated turquoise is and how to make a bezel prototype from 1mm wire for molding, allowing for wax shrinkage.

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