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 ...

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 ...

This is my newer Taig CNC mill that I have set up for doing 4 axis wax carving.  I am standing in a narrow isle between the HB2 gantry CNC machine to my left (picture right) and the Taig mill. The taig has run several projects and has about 8 hours run time. The spindle bearings are actual...

I have taken a “squint” at what is sometimes called a water torch for use in my jewelry work. It is a rather simple water electrolysis system that creates a mix of hydrogen and oxygen that is fed to the torch tip in a single hose. The technology has been around since the very early 1800’s so it is n...

I just posted a short article under SHOP NOTES in the main website. It's titled: MAKER - Why Not DIY?. Click on the link and it will open to a new page. This is response to the many folks who are begging then crying (at least to themselves) about the cost of outsourcing a prototype or one-off c...