Category: Jewelry Making

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Under Pressure – Understanding how stress and corrosion combine to create stress corrosion cracking

Author Stewart GriceCategories Jewelry Making, Repair and Soldering, Ring SolutionsTags , Leave a comment on Under Pressure – Understanding how stress and corrosion combine to create stress corrosion cracking

Stress corrosion cracking. It’s the bane of many a jeweler, even if they don’t know it’s happening. Ever wonder why a couple of perfectly good 14k white gold prongs failed for what appears to be absolutely no reason? Or why a 10k yellow gold chain link fails when all the others seem fine? Chances are,…

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Stress Cracking and Prong Failure

Author Fred KlotzCategories Jewelry Making, Repair and Soldering, Ring SolutionsTags ,

Few things can be as upsetting to a jeweler as having a customer return a ring due to prong failure. In some cases, the stone has fallen out and has been lost. This causes additional problems such as replacement cost, possible damage to the jeweler’s reputation, and the likelihood of liability. Also, many pieces have…

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Preserving the Past – Adding a Sleeve to Great-Grandmother’s Wedding Band

Author Mark MaxwellCategories Consumer Tips, Eco Friendly Jewelry, Jewelry Making, Ring SolutionsTags , ,

Precious metals are recycled time and again. When a jewelry piece is melted down, the material value remains but the history attached to the piece is lost forever. Sometimes retaining the sentimental value is more important than gaining the value of the raw materials.

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Argentium Silver – General Product Guidance for Argentium® Sheet and Wire Products

Author Steve BernstromCategories Alloys, Jewelry Making, Metals, Mill Products, Sheet and WireTags , ,

The aim of this document is to offer guidance as to the best practice to be followed when using pre-fabricated sheet and wire products in Argentium® silver.

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Finish Line – Creating cool finishes with inexpensive tools

Author Lee KrombholzCategories Jewelry Making, Textures and Finishing

A subtle finish is often a very important part of the design of a jewelry piece. To build the repertoire of finishes that I use in my shop, I study and experiment. I love looking at heirloom pieces and observing the details and textures in them. When I see something that I like-a nice contrast…

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The Advantage of Hoover & Strong Mill Products in Custom Fabrication

Author Hoover & Strong, Inc.Categories Casting, Jewelry Making, Metals, Mill Products, Sheet and Wire, Ring SolutionsTags , ,

When deciding whether to fabricate or cast a ring design, the value of Hoover & Strong mill products should not be overlooked. This article will show how to combine various Hoover & Strong mill stock products to produce a custom-fabricated platinum ring.

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Working Palladium

Author Johnson MattheyCategories Alloys, Jewelry Making, Metals

With the resurgence and increased popularity of palladium for jewelry design and manufacturing comes the need to examine its unique working characteristics. In a series of technical briefs extracted from their evolving palladium technical manual, Johnson Mathew New York will identify the optimal manufacturing opportunities for this intriguin ‘new’ metal.

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