You don’t need a fancy rotary tool or even an electric power drill to be able to drill through soft metals for jewelry making! A Jeweler’s Spiral Twist Hand Drill is entirely hand operated and very easy to use for drilling small holes in silver, brass, copper, aluminum, and gold. You can also use it…
Smooth Wire Ends with a Wire Rounder Tool (Video Demo)
If you make your own earwires for your handmade earrings, then you know that smoothing the ends by hand can be somewhat of a pain. Using sandpaper or a file works well to get rid of those painful sharp pointy bits, but having the right tools certainly speeds up the process, which is great when…
How to use Flush Cutters (Xuron Flush Cutter Demo Video)
Watch this video for a straightforward demo on two different types of Xuron brand flush cutters. Learn how your flush cutters work to give you a nice clean cut when working with wire for jewelry making. Using your shears correctly will ensure you’re getting the most out of them and that your tools will last…
Memory Wire Cutters
It is important to have a separate pair of cutters for cutting memory wire so you don’t damage your good flush cutters! Memory wire cutters are more heavy duty cutters which will not be damaged by the hardness of the steel. Xuron makes a really good pair of memory wire cutters, but as long as they…
Basic Jewelry Making Tools: Flush Cutters
Flush cutters are one of the most important basic jewelry making tools, whether you’re making wire jewelry or beaded jewelry. Flush cutters have nice pointed tips so that you can cut wire or stringing material and get right up close to the work to cut exactly where you want to cut. This minimizes the steps required to get…
