All posts tagged "tumbler"

  • Featured Tool of the Week: Lortone 3A Tumbler TUM-110.00

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for November 21, 2011 sponsored by JewelryTools.com This week’s tool: Lortone 3A Tumbler, Item # TUM-110.00 This video requires Adobe Flash player. If you don’t already have Flash Player,...

    • Posted November 21, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip July 14: What Stones Can Be Tumbled?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for July 14, 2011 Question: I’ve tried several sites for this question, and can’t get a straight answer, just generalities. I have a tumbler, wet, and I need to know what I...

    • Posted July 13, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip June 8: Dawn for Tumbling

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for June 8, 2011 Question: I know you don’t tumble much Dale, but maybe one of your co-workers can answer: Why Dawn for tumbling? I’ve seen so many people say use Dawn...

    • Posted June 7, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 13: Tumbling Chain Maille Jump Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 13, 2011 Question: I have started making chain maille jewelry. But I find that most rings are too soft for my liking. I hear that tumbling the rings will temper...

    • Posted February 12, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 12: Tumbling Silver Plated Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 12, 2011 Question: If I tumble silver plated items, will the plating be removed? -Faye in Middlesbrough, England Answer: From the research I have done, you can successfully tumble polish...

    • Posted February 11, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 30: Vibratory and Rotary Tumblers

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for January 30, 2011 Question: The article Polishing Your Wire Jewelry mentioned using a tumbler. I have a tumbler, but mine vibrates instead of rotating. Can I still use it? The article...

    • Posted January 29, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 24: Tumbling Lapis and Other Natural Stones

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for January 24, 2011 Question: I put a lapis lazuli pendant in a rotary tumbler to harden the wire, and when I took it out, the lapis had faded. How do you...

    • Posted January 23, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 6: Tumbling Jump Rings for Chain Maille

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for January 6, 2011 Question: I have started making chain maille jewelry, but I find that most rings are too soft for my liking. I hear that tumbling the rings will temper...

    • Posted January 6, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Oct. 21: Black Goop on Tumbled Silver

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 21, 2010 Question: Hi Dale, I read your tips every day, and you give great advice. I recently had a problem with my tumbler. It left a black sticky residue...

    • Posted October 20, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip July 25: Tumbling Finished Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip July 25, 2010 Question: You’ve mentioned tumbling wire work to harden it. Could you please explain this for new members like me? -Linda in Portland, Oregon Answer: Yes, I do mention tumbling...

    • Posted July 24, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip April 16: Can You Use Flitz in a Tumbler?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip April 16, 2010 Question: Can you use flitz in a tumbler to protect silver jewelry? If so with what media? Answer: I have to admit that neither my husband nor I had ever...

    • Posted April 16, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 28: Metal Jump Rings in a Tumbler

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 28, 2010 Question: What kind of media do I use in my new tumbler when working with metal pieces such as jump rings? Answer: For working with just metal like jump rings...

    • Posted January 28, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 19: Why Would My Silver Tarnish?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 19, 2010 Question: In July I sold a piece of silver.  Three weeks later the customer returned the piece and to my amazement it was black.  I re-tumbled the piece and it...

    • Posted January 19, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 14: Removing Burrs

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 14, 2010 Question: I do a lot of chain maille projects. I make my own rings with a pro ring maker out of gold filled and sterling with a copper core. What...

    • Posted January 14, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 10: Types of Tumblers and Use

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 10, 2010 Question: What type of tumbler (vibratory or rotary) is best for tumbling finished wirework jewelry to remove any small nicks or scratches on the wire? What is the best media...

    • Posted January 10, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 9: How to Keep Stainless Shot Free of Residue

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip January 09, 2010 Question: How does one keep stainless steel shot, used for tumbling a piece, free of black oxides that build up and can impart a dark residue to silver? Answer: First...

    • Posted January 9, 2010
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