Video - Jewelry Tools Basics

Here's a video about the basic tools for jewelry making from WigJig Jewelry Making Basics. This is a really great basic beginner video! Wish it had been around nine years ago!

Get everything on this video below:

Flush Cutters                                               Chain nose pliers
Round Nose pliers                                       Chasing hammer
Bent Chain Nose pliers                               Anvil
Nylon jaw pliers                                          Bench Block
Step Jaw pliers                                            Nylon hammer
Bent Closing pliers                                     Cup bur and pin vise

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Video - Choosing and Using a Chasing Hammer

Here's something for beginners! A little video on how to choose and use a chasing hammer from Beaducation!






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Using a Jewelers' Saw Video

This video is by Susan Lenart Kazmer, queen of cold connections! She's using an 8" saw frame because she works with large pieces of metal when creating some of her art. She also makes jewelry and that requires a smaller saw frame, around a 4" jewelers' saw is a general all-purpose size for smaller items.

She's a rather interesting artist, I really like her demos.
 
Jewelers Saw Blades
4" Jewelers' Saw Frame

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Product Review - Beadsmith Thing-A-Ma-Jig

Thing a Ma Jig Deluxe

Review from Amazon.com 
July 5, 2010
By Humming bird
4 stars  ★★★★☆ 
Very Well Constructed,
I really like the way this one is constructed.It is made of Stainless Steel. The first Jig I had bought was plastic and the pegs kept falling out causing my wire to lose place and my designs to mess all up. With this Jig you get several different pegs and you get clear rubber tubes to put on the bottom of the Jig so that your pegs don't fall out while you are wrapping the wire. Also it comes with templates that you can put on the top and use those designs as well as a blank template. What I did though was make copies of the templates so that if they wore out I could just make more copies. There are several Jewelry design books out that have jig patterns that you could go by as well and make some really nice Jewelry. Plus it is only a fraction of the cost of the Wig Jig and the Delphi etc... The only difference between those is that they come in spirals and other shapes where as this comes only in a rectangle but as I stated earlier you can make some beautiful designs with this Jig.

Review from Amazon.com
April 14, 2010 
S. Reilly
5 stars ★★★★★
Great little piece!,
It's so much fun to use!! Great for keeping multiples of designs consistent. Just get it!

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Product Review - Dremel 8000

    I received this from my husband for Christmas 2010. (And no, I didn't kill him, I REALLY wanted it! Badly!!) I've expanded into making filigree and metal jewelry and wanted a hand held rotary drill to make holes for cold connections. I also use it to polish and sand my metal pieces, and to shape and sand glass. I love this drill!

     Now the Dremels that you plug in may have a bit more power, but my work station "drifts" in my tiny apartment. Although I mainly use the dining room table, which is not near an outlet, there are times when I need to sit by the window for better light or at my assembly station in the next room. So portability is a must!

     It's also light weight. I was a bit concerned at first that it would be awkward to use because it seemed too big for my hands. But once I started using it, it was like it was made for me. I get a lot of control from the pencil/pen-like shape of it. It drills right though 18g brass like butter and at 20,000+ rpm it can take on heavier gauges with only slightly less speed. It's fantastic on removing burrs and polishing metal. Gives me a satin finish and I'm having a blast with it.

     The one-hour charger is definitely an advantage over the old 3-hour charge models. When I'm planning a day of drill work and the battery is lower than I'd like, I just pop the battery in the charger and have my breakfast and coffee. By the time I'm ready to start, so's my drill. Pretty cool!

     I've also bought a gang of attachments for it, above and beyond what it comes with. The nice thing is that there are plenty of Dremel attachments that don't cost a lot of money. Really important when you're on a budget!

     Oh, did I say it was a variable speed tool? That's a handy-dandy feature if there ever was one! It gives you the right speed for the job. There's no need to put pressure on it at all, which is more than I can say for hammers and pliers!

     My best advice is to read all the instructions first. A handheld rotary tool like this is not like the power drills used for heavier tasks. Get to know it and its capabilities (and limits), and I promise, you won't be disappointed!

    You can get this little honey right HERE!

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