REFINING CUSTOMERS - Due to gold market prices at all time high rates, our refining lead times have increased by 10 business days. Please allow 10 business days for refining clean scrap and 15 business days for stone removal and/or sweeps.
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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...Read More
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,...Read More
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...Read More
Tubing can be bent into 1″ to 2″ diameter hoops by inserting wire through the tubing and wrapping it around a mandrel. The tubing wraps easier if it is annealed first (especially in the larger gauges). To prevent kinking, let...Read More
The following article offers guidance to the best practice to be followed when using Argentium silver casting alloys. **FLASK BURN-OUT** - The flask should stand for 2 hours before the burn-out cycle proceeds. - The furnace used for the burn-out should not be...Read More