Metalsmith Society Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tips

Here is a safe way to polish a piece that has an attached chain from @dangbravegirl - โ€œTo save your chain, your fingers and your sanity, I tuck my soldered chain into a small baggie (and zip it closed around the chain) when I'm using my flex shaft to... more

CONGRATS TO @netcreativedesigns ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿซถโค๏ธThis video is supported by @lindstromtools and Iโ€™m excited to announce their new, AFFORDABLE shear cutter EDGEโ„ข available from @riogrande ( They retail for $24) ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“... more

Here is a saw blade organizing tip from @laaracerman - Paint the ends of your sawblades for easy identification. This trick is especially useful when you canโ€™t remember which blade is in your saw! If you paint the same end of all your saw blades... more

Beginner sawing tip: if you are having a hard time catching the metal on the first few saw strokes use your fingernail as a guide to rest the saw blade next to. YOU ARE NOT SAWING INTO YOUR NAILS HERE. It will prevent it from sliding around so you can... more

If you want to understand what โ€œhalf hardโ€ is, whether you should use sterling or fineโ€ฆor simply which gauge (mm) of wire you need for a ring band that will be durable? Comment including the words โ€œI love learningโ€ (doesnโ€™t need to be exact ๐Ÿ˜‰) and I... more

Congrats @hello_heylo ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ I use my @lindstromtools EDGE Flush Cutters DAILY (model 6152), they are available from @riogrande at the affordable price of $25. ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ โ€œ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐Œ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐‹๐”๐’ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž... more

Tips from the Bar Studs Project in my book โ˜บ๏ธ if you are an absolute beginner, try this project! I cut two pieces of square wire and mark the center with sharpie, this allows me to solder my ear posts straight! Once soldered I twist the ear post to... more

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