Jewelry Making & Repair Posts

      

• How to Use a Draw Plate

  While it may be 100 times easier to buy wire than make it, sometimes you need wire in a pinch and can’t go out and buy it. When that... more

• Herkules White Label Saw Blade & Drill Size Reference Chart

    Click here to purchase our Herkules White Label Saw... more

• Guide to Jewelry Ring Repair Tools

  Below is a collection of jewelry tools that will come in handy when you are working on repairing rings or sizing them. These descriptions... more

• Guide to Jeweler’s Files

    There are many different types of files for jewelers and watchmakers. Each job may require a different type of file, so to ensure... more

• Jewelry Photography

  Jewelry photography is important and can be the key to the best presentation for jewelers. However, jewelry has many factors that make it... more

• Tips For Soldering

  Soldering Smart: A few tips to help you ensure your repair work is of the highest quality.   Always use a heat source that... more

• Metal Melting Point Chart

  The specific gravity of a metal or alloy is merely the weight in grams of one cubic centimeter. When it is more convenient to work in troy... more

• Fire Scale and Fire Coating

  Soldering and Fire Scale When copper bearing alloys like pink, yellow, and green gold, as well as sterling silver, are heated in the... more

• Choosing Your Solder

    When you are repairing jewelry and soldering, you must always use the type of solder and flux that each unique piece of jewelry... more

• How to Size a Ring by Stretching

    When a ring only needs to be sized up by a small amount, you can easily size the ring by stretching. This is the perfect way to... more

• How to Size a Ring by Compression

    When a ring only needs to be sized down by a small amount, you can easily size the ring by compression. This is the perfect way to... more

• How to Remove a Half-Size from a Ring

  Just as people need their rings made larger to accommodate for changes in their hands like arthritis or weight gain, people also will need... more

• How to Install Sizing Beads

  Arthritis can make it difficult to ensure that your ring fits because the ring has too be large enough to be able to slide over the... more

• How to Hammer a Ring Up in Size

    Not all rings can be hammered up in size, and it’s never a good idea to hammer a ring up a large amount as hammering is a type of... more

• How to Add One Size to a Ring

  When it is impossible to stretch a ring to make it the correct size, you must cut the shank and add metal to the ring. That is the method... more

• Common Ring Sizing Terms and Tips

  Butt Joints: A butt joint is probably one of the simplest sizing methods for joining sizing stock and the shank of a ring. A butt joint is... more