Posts tagged with 'soldering'

  • Mad Metal Chain on the Cheap

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 03 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

     

     

    In video episode number 4, Victoria brought us on a virtual shopping trip to Metalliferous. Along with some cool tools, she showed us the yards and yards of chain you can bug there by the foot. I love working with chain. It's a super easy way to make jewelry, and today, the whole "link look" is really popular.

    If you've been thinking of branching out into chain but aren't ready to make a huge investment yet, one option is your local craft store. You'd be amazed at how many jewelry...

  • Metal Chickens and Torches

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, SEPTEMBER 26 2007 02:14 PM | PERMALINK

    When I took my very first serious metal class at an adult education facility in Orlando, Florida, I'll never forget my first turn at the torch when learning to solder. I took the class with a girlfriend from work and my husband, and when we turned those babies on, woow moma! Our eyes were as big as saucers. At least my girlfriend's were, and I bet mine were as well. My husband was too macho to be chicken of the torch like we were.

    One problem with using a torch for us was that neither of us had any...

  • Tool Time with Metalchik

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, SEPTEMBER 17 2007 12:12 PM | PERMALINK


    Sterling and 18K Gold Ring with Tourmalated Quartz

    Tools, glorious tools!
    What wouldn’t we give for those extra bit more? That’s all we jewelers live for! Why should we be fated to do nothing but brood on tools, magical tools, wonderful tools, marvellous tools, fabulous
    tools!!!


    So much for my Metalchik ode to Oliver Twist. Seriously, tools are the most important, and most debated, aspect of any jewelry making. So dizzyingly diverse is the array of jewelry tools that it’s enough...

  • Metal Clay Controversy?

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, SEPTEMBER 11 2007 04:46 PM | PERMALINK

    Jewelry making may seem innocent enough, but at times, it can be filled with controversy. For example, there's been a lot of chatter on the web lately about the safety of metal clay. Kate McKinnon writes about it on her web journal:
    This page is presented as an overview of my ongoing research into the current practices in the field, and the relative safety and effectiveness of various working and firing techniques.

    My thoughts at this time are simple- I believe that the kilns should be...