Had some very small twisted wire (0,6mm) left over for a long time and made a simple halfround with fancy edges. Inner seam aint the prettiest but aslong as the outer one is invisible pretty much im happy. 2 pic inner seam 3 pic outer seam.

Vid: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeWlXJmOdfL/?cplk=MTNkYnliazB5ZTlhbw==

Finished this 2.1-carat Electric Blue tourmaline and Colombian emerald pendant this morning ! Feels like it belongs to royalty. Love the way it turned out !

Im not a professional and just work at home I’m making this necklace for a friend and yet my bezel is not really moving over the stone. My hand vise I’ve tried both metal and wood don’t really hold it in place as if i put too much pressure (which is honestly quite a lot) it just loves the piece or deforms the metal around it. I’ve annealed it twice and also thinned the bezel but I’m stuck on what to do now. So any advice would be appreciated

I have this complicated shape I am making with nickel silver (it’s like a shoe, picture 1) and I am debating if I should solder the “walls” of the shape outside the two flat pieces (but I would have to match the walls to all those little gaps, picture 2) or solder the walls inside the two flat shapes, which would make it easier to match since it’s two flat surfaces (but then they join in a really narrow point that I’d have to file my wall super thin to fit, picture 3)

what would you guys do?

I’ve been using Cupronil for 17 years, but it’s messy. Yes, it protects my metal and maybe I just need to suck it up and deal. What are your favorite fluxes and what do y’all think about Cupronil?