Metalsmith Society

🚨 For today’s tip I want to talk about how much money I received for this bin of studio garbage 👆at the refiner. $518.33!!! I’m serious! This 5 gallon bin is from Precious Metal Refining Services and I filled it over the course of 10 months. I emptied... more

Love this idea to store and organize your flexshaft bits from @seaspraylove - “Here is one frugal bench tip that actually works! A floral foam block from Dollar Tree cut in half makes an excellent place to store your bits and burs.” Thanks for sharing... more

#sponsored For this #tooltalktuesday I am showing off my John Frei Custom Workbench which was created for me, by @ottofrei1930 😭It is so amazing I’ve actually been worrying this post would not fully do it justice but here it goes. This bench started... more

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Today’s episode is #sponsored In part by our friend’s @riogrande In episode 7 I’m talking about the beautiful stones from lapidary artist @eckel.lapidary and doing a GIVEAWAY (congrats to winner @kristalavonasdesigns )of four of his gorgeous stones... more

We have so many new members of this community I wanted to talk about the annual design! Every year I hire a new artist to create a design for Metalsmith Society and then I create merch that is only available that year. The 2020 design is the Panther... more

Here is a tool modification from @meszarosjohn - “The problem with holding flat components in scissor action pliers is that items can spin or flick out . So I modified these pliers to hold components in the jaws evenly 💎💎💎” Steel tools like these... more

Here is a tip to check that your bezel is properly soldered from @phoenixmtncreations - “A small flashlight works great to check if the solder flowed completely around the bezel. It works best in low lighting. Turn the flashlight on, move it around... more

I’m so stoked about this I can’t stop talking about it 😆 in case you haven’t seen this yet: I now have a TIP SEARCH PAGE ! You can type in words like: stone setting, photography, filing, soldering, chain, safety equipment and ANY post from the... more

This amazing tip for creating chain links deserves a re-post in honor of this month’s #metalsmithchallenge theme being Handmade Chain ⛓ Thank you so much @goldandjayejewelry - “I was talking to a friend about getting nice ovals yesterday and thought... more

Here is a tip for applying a pattern or design to your metal from @lutrisjewellery - “I’ve used a few different methods for applying a pattern/layout onto sheet. Super glue does work, but it’s not my favourite to remove and double sided tape is... more

#sponsored For this #tooltalktuesday, I am excited to show off the GemLightbox which is available from our friends @riogrande. The GemLightbox (#115800) is a photography light box that was designed specifically to shoot jewelry and gemstones. If you... more

Here is a tip to quickly differentiate between your burs and other bits from @goudsmederijlamoon - “It's a pain in the *** to always look for the right size bur for the job. This way it's way easier! I used a sharpie to mark the size. For example 1.5,... more

Love this visual about choosing the right plier to bend your metal from @jewelrymonk - “Right tool. Wrong tool. Use the correct tool for the job and you will have less tool marks, less time cleaning up your projects, better results, and more JOY!”... more

Hey friends! Corkie here 👋 I have these awesome bonus holographic stickers for anyone that buys a Holographic Sticker Donation (while supplies last) So you get two stickers ☺️ Every purchase from the Society Shop supports the page, plants a tree and... more

Here is a soldering tip from @rumistone - “metalsmith friends : if you drink coffee while you work and have shaky hands, these stainless steel pins are a life saver. they withstand a higher temp and hold silver in place while soldering. it took me a... more

Here is a tip for when you place gemstones in your ultrasonic from (SOUND ON if you want to hear him explain it 😁) @refraction_manufacturing - “Could save you a lot of money listening to how we clean colored stones in the ultrasonic. If your... more

Here is a great storage tip for flexshaft bits from @shiny_bree_silver - “I like everything super organized so I don’t waste time looking for what I need or guessing what I need to reorder. I placed all my flax shaft attachments in this neat Home... more

Here is a tip for holding those tiny pieces while filing, sanding and polishing from @thesovereigncrow - “Props to my ring clamp for saving my fingertips tonight. This is most likely not news to any smith out there 😜 but I've been trying to figure out... more

For this week’s #tooltalktuesday I wanted to talk about my anvil! Some people who follow me over at @corkieboltonjewelry have asked about it so I thought I’d share it here! I got it at @riogrande it’s their Large Cast-Iron Bench Anvil (Item # :... more

Here is a tip to easily transform your file into a sanding stick from @dapontejewellery - just wrap the file with sandpaper and some tape and it can help you get into those hard to reach spots! Thank you fo sharing this with us!... more

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🚨 For today’s tip I want to talk about how much money I received for this bin of studio garbage 👆at the refiner. $518.33!!! I’m serious! This 5 gallon bin is from Precious Metal Refining Services and I filled it over the course of 10 months. I emptied... more

Love this idea to store and organize your flexshaft bits from @seaspraylove - “Here is one frugal bench tip that actually works! A floral foam block from Dollar Tree cut in half makes an excellent place to store your bits and burs.” Thanks for sharing... more

#sponsored For this #tooltalktuesday I am showing off my John Frei Custom Workbench which was created for me, by @ottofrei1930 😭It is so amazing I’ve actually been worrying this post would not fully do it justice but here it goes. This bench started... more

Today’s episode is #sponsored In part by our friend’s @riogrande In episode 7 I’m talking about the beautiful stones from lapidary artist @eckel.lapidary and doing a GIVEAWAY (congrats to winner @kristalavonasdesigns )of four of his gorgeous stones... more

We have so many new members of this community I wanted to talk about the annual design! Every year I hire a new artist to create a design for Metalsmith Society and then I create merch that is only available that year. The 2020 design is the Panther... more

Here is a tool modification from @meszarosjohn - “The problem with holding flat components in scissor action pliers is that items can spin or flick out . So I modified these pliers to hold components in the jaws evenly 💎💎💎” Steel tools like these... more

Here is a tip to check that your bezel is properly soldered from @phoenixmtncreations - “A small flashlight works great to check if the solder flowed completely around the bezel. It works best in low lighting. Turn the flashlight on, move it around... more

I’m so stoked about this I can’t stop talking about it 😆 in case you haven’t seen this yet: I now have a TIP SEARCH PAGE ! You can type in words like: stone setting, photography, filing, soldering, chain, safety equipment and ANY post from the... more

This amazing tip for creating chain links deserves a re-post in honor of this month’s #metalsmithchallenge theme being Handmade Chain ⛓ Thank you so much @goldandjayejewelry - “I was talking to a friend about getting nice ovals yesterday and thought... more

Here is a tip for applying a pattern or design to your metal from @lutrisjewellery - “I’ve used a few different methods for applying a pattern/layout onto sheet. Super glue does work, but it’s not my favourite to remove and double sided tape is... more

#sponsored For this #tooltalktuesday, I am excited to show off the GemLightbox which is available from our friends @riogrande. The GemLightbox (#115800) is a photography light box that was designed specifically to shoot jewelry and gemstones. If you... more

Here is a tip to quickly differentiate between your burs and other bits from @goudsmederijlamoon - “It's a pain in the *** to always look for the right size bur for the job. This way it's way easier! I used a sharpie to mark the size. For example 1.5,... more

Love this visual about choosing the right plier to bend your metal from @jewelrymonk - “Right tool. Wrong tool. Use the correct tool for the job and you will have less tool marks, less time cleaning up your projects, better results, and more JOY!”... more

Hey friends! Corkie here 👋 I have these awesome bonus holographic stickers for anyone that buys a Holographic Sticker Donation (while supplies last) So you get two stickers ☺️ Every purchase from the Society Shop supports the page, plants a tree and... more

Here is a soldering tip from @rumistone - “metalsmith friends : if you drink coffee while you work and have shaky hands, these stainless steel pins are a life saver. they withstand a higher temp and hold silver in place while soldering. it took me a... more

Here is a tip for when you place gemstones in your ultrasonic from (SOUND ON if you want to hear him explain it 😁) @refraction_manufacturing - “Could save you a lot of money listening to how we clean colored stones in the ultrasonic. If your... more

Here is a great storage tip for flexshaft bits from @shiny_bree_silver - “I like everything super organized so I don’t waste time looking for what I need or guessing what I need to reorder. I placed all my flax shaft attachments in this neat Home... more

Here is a tip for holding those tiny pieces while filing, sanding and polishing from @thesovereigncrow - “Props to my ring clamp for saving my fingertips tonight. This is most likely not news to any smith out there 😜 but I've been trying to figure out... more

For this week’s #tooltalktuesday I wanted to talk about my anvil! Some people who follow me over at @corkieboltonjewelry have asked about it so I thought I’d share it here! I got it at @riogrande it’s their Large Cast-Iron Bench Anvil (Item # :... more

Here is a tip to easily transform your file into a sanding stick from @dapontejewellery - just wrap the file with sandpaper and some tape and it can help you get into those hard to reach spots! Thank you fo sharing this with us!... more