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October 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Copper Wire Jewelers Magazine - Issue 4

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Added by Lois Linquist on October 27, 2010 at 7:56pm — 16 Comments

cheap stone cutting and grinding box

To avoid the high amount of dust coming from cutting / grinding stones I

constructed a grinding box. An opening was cut with a sharp knife and a metal shear into a

plastic container from wal mart (4.50 $). (If the plastic breaks you

can melt the fracture lines together again with the small reducing flame

of a torch).

Water was added. Now I can grind stones under water, thus there is no

dust anymore, and the container lid prevents the water from… Continue

Added by Wolfgang Schweizer on October 26, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Stumbling in........

I am so happy that I stumbled in to making metal & wire jewelry & art. I have had a passion for shiny things since I can remember. I have collected antique & vintage jewelry most of my life, I have had a great, long, successful career as an antique dealer . We even had the pleasure of building and owning a large antiques mall with many active dealers. No one could predict the turn in the economy, the change in attitudes toward our chosen… Continue

Added by Nancy Pace on October 8, 2010 at 2:24pm — 3 Comments

cheap polishing tool for hard to reaching places

I had to polish a piece of jewelry with hard to reaching areas, so I had to think of how to do it. I constructed a cheap and effective new polishing tool:

cut a cotton swab (I took one with a pointed end and a plastic shaft) and stick it onto a tooth pick. This has to be done for stability reasons. The toothpick fits into the Dremel collet nut. Now the polishing tool is ready for use with polishing compound!

A toothpick by itself can be used as an effective polishing tool for very… Continue

Added by Wolfgang Schweizer on October 1, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

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