Fire Stain: What is it and how to prevent it
This post looks at the problems of fire stain in silver soldering and shows examples of how to prevent and remove the stain.
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Spoon Part 5
This is part five in a series on how to make a baby spoon. This post shows the ultrasonic cleaning and photographs of the finished piece.
Spoon Part 4
This is part four in a series on how to make a baby spoon. This post goes through the different stages of polishing and finishing the piece.
Spoon Part 2
The second in a series of posts on making a spoon from scratch by Eileen Moylan, Irish Silversmith. While this example is in copper, the same methods apply to silver.
Video Blog on Annealing
One of the basic techniques you learn as a silversmith is how to anneal metal. Annealing is the process of heating your metal to soften it after it has been work- hardened with steel tools.
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Cake Slice Part Four
This is part three of a series on making a cake slice. Click on the links to see Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3.
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Silver Surfing
Since I’ve started blogging I’ve found some great silversmith-related websites. So rather than keep this all to myself every now and then I’m going to dedicate a post to some of the new and great things I’ve found.
Etching with Acid Part 4
This is part four of a series on acid etching silver. Click on the links to see Part one, two and three.
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Etching with acid part 3
This is part three of a series on acid etching silver to see part one click here and to see part two click here.
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