Jewelry Making & Repair Posts

      

• Benefits of Electrocleaning Jewelry

  Why electroclean? Electrocleaning before plating is necessary to remove oils, grease, rouge, passive oxide films, and other surface... more

• Jewelers Saw Blade Sizes Chart

    Use this handy saw blade size reference chart to help determine the correct size saw blade needed. Finer saw blades are great... more

• Wire Gauge, MM, Inch Conversion Chart

  Wire Gauges: In reference to wire gauge sizes, the larger the number, the smaller the diameter of the wire. The most commonly used sizes... more

• Weight Comparison Chart

  To find the weight of an article in a metal different from that in which it is now made: Find the present metal in the first vertical... more

• Stone Weight Estimation Formula

    This is a guide on how to estimate the approximate weight of a gemstone based on its length to width... more

• Metal Weight Conversion Chart

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• Measurement and Weight Conversion Chart

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• Inch to Millimeter Conversions

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• Gauge to Inches to Millimeters Conversion Table

  Gauge to Inches to Millimeters Conversion... more

• Dwt-Oz-Gram Conversion

    Pennyweight (dwt) to Ounces to... more

• How to Sharpen Screwdriver Blades

    If the tips of your screwdrivers are too wide to fit in the small spaces where you need to use them, like in the heads of those... more

• A Guide to Watch and Clock Cleaners

    Ultrasonic Waterless Watch Cleaning Solution - Ammoniated An ammoniated cleaner designed for cleaning watch... more

• White Gold Basic Metal Streak Test

  Much like the basic yellow gold streak test, with the white gold streak test you will rub the unknown metal against the testing stone and... more

• Testing Gold by Karat Weight

    When you are testing gold to see if it is a particular karat weight, either because it was stamped a certain karat weight or you... more

• Testing for Gold Filled Metal

  You can test items that you suspect to be gold filled in much the same way that you would test any other type of gold using the streak... more

• Silver Metal Shavings Test

  This method of testing involves you opening up the unknown silver piece, taking metal shavings from the inside and applying acid directly... more