I meant to post this back in 2019 😆🤦‍♀️ no joke, I have been a solo person doing this page since I started it in 2018 and there are many tips I started DMing someone about and then they got lost in the flood. If you are I were talking about a tip at one point send it to me at tips@metalsmithsociety.com!<br><br>Tip for holding earring posts for soldering from @lindseysnellmetal<br>
"Something I love about learning from other jewelers is finding out about that ‘so easy I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it’ trick! This one saved me from dozens of headaches. If you are making a pair (or a dozen!) earrings and are tired of that tiny earring post slipping or soldering at a funny angle—you’ve got to try this:
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Secure the earring post to fit perfectly level (straight up from the surface it’s soldered to) by using a small square needle file and filing a set of vertical grooves in the cross locking tweezers. I filed a grove about 2mm from the very tip on both of the sides that clasp together and the earring post fits nice and snug. This doesn’t impact the normal function of the tweezers at all and will cut down production time 🎉👩🏼‍🏭 "

Thank you Lindsey!! 5 years later but we did it LOL <br><br>#metalsmithsocietyshare #tweezermodification #toolmodification #tooltalk #metalsmith #modifiedjewelrytweezers #diyjewelrymakingtools #solderingtip