I am getting close to using my new mold making and wax injection tools. I am making two new designs for pendants that I will first cast in silver the standard way. I will highly finish them and then use them as the masters for the rubber mold making. The result should be that I will have two master ...

It's a very cold wet miserable day. But it is February so it is what should be expected. This is what makes one appreciate the nice days. That's the problem with thinking heaven is having everything always perfect. That is NOT a good forever experience in my way of thinking. HA! I need to be working...

I have a customer that contacted me and is interested in a very small but accurate drill press. So am I, as I have been using my Foredom handpiece to chuck small drill bits and make tiny holes in my jewelry work. The Foredom works because I am very careful. However a small drill press would be much ...

Thanks Edgar for the inspiration! The last post hinted at a creative project making bells. After additional thought I find that to be a very intriguing idea. Bells have been made for thousands of years but there is always an excuse for more. My imagination suddenly became flooded with hundreds ...

A couple of posts back I boasted that I had ordered a jeweler's bench to use as my wax carving workstation. True story, and I have been working with it for a few days. I just figured out how to use my PanaVise with the bench and I just published an article in the tools section. I have many of m...