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Micromaille Cutter
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2024
Jump Ring Stretcher, V2
Micromaille Cutter
Review: Drill Doctor 500
Full of Hot Air
Give Me a Price
What Would Aliens Do?
Hydraulic Jewelry Press
Kumihimo Chains
This Ring Will Fit
Bullion Bracelet
Ode to the Drawplate
Update Those Displays
Fly on the Wall
Greed Won Out
German Silver
Save It for Desert
Toeing the Line
Time for a Redo
USPS Is Broken
Not Enough Space
Jump Ring Stretcher
Nope! That's Not Green
2023
Mandrels
Twistin' the Night Away
A New Batch of Lazy
Industrial Origami
Just a Jig-olo
Seeing Stars
How Much Do I Know?
I'll Believe in AI When...
Making Chain Link Jewelry
I Used the Mother Excuse
I Can't Read
My 200
Jeweler I Am Not
Cuts Like a Knife
Rolling on a...Roller
A Matter of Perspective
Making an Earring
Laser Focused
"Made in the USA"
The Earth Is Flat
Review: Microfold Brake
Mining, Whining, and Pining
Toolbox Upgrade
Jewelry Lies
Spring Back or Jump Ring Ahead
Steel...in Pure Silver?
Food for Thought
Cloudy, Chance of Buttercream
Step It Up
Artist? It's Relative
Chemical Dependency
2022
Free Energy
Nose, Septum, and Cartilage Rings
Price Gouging
The Lottery Bite
Forgiveness
I've Been Served
Criticism Welcome
Improved Driver's License
Pinch-Cut Ring Excuses
Mind Your Own Business
Look What You Bought
Review: Rustoleum Floor Coating
Cleaning the Floor
Five-Star Reviews
Artist Collaborative
Not So Believable
Monopoly: A Bored Game
Responsible Jewelry
A Difficult Customer
Viking Knit Chains
Too Many Choices
Made in America
Are You Qualified?
Hallmarking and Selling
Just an Earwire
Apostrophe 'S'
Handmade Lie Revisited
My Private Idaho
Display Booth
Parameters
Synners, All of You!
Death of a Prototype
Get Jiggy With It
Doping Ain't Bad
Manufacturing Time
Toxic Jewelry
I'm Stumped
Elegant Impressions
Experience Matters...Sometimes
2021
The Other Seventeen Fifty
What Is Your Superpower?
Repurpose Your Heirlooms
It's All About Price
That's a World Record?!
Welded the Proper Way
Honesty Is a Bad Policy
Yep, It's My Fault
Don't Give Up
Sharpening a Pencil
Thanks for the Fraud
Recall Gone Crazy
Oops, Wrong Baking Soda
Four Days of Work
House It Goin'?
Hunting Flies
It's Only a Hole
Beauty Is a Story
Invasion of the Bugs
Changes Ahead
How Campy
Me the Not Gourmet
Aftermath
Scared Shitless
A Riveting Experience
With
Review: Disc Cutter
Let's Get High!
Movin' on Up
Clothesing Time
Lemonade
Closing Jump Rings: Fixes
Closing Jump Rings: Action
Closing Jump Rings: Primer
But Is It Edible?
A Short Pencil...
Stamp of Approval
Storm the Capitol
Wire Drawing Machine No. 2
2020
Man Versus Machine
Review: Durston Rolling Mill
How Much Wire?
This Holiday Season
Loop-in-Loop Chains
Byzantine Graduated Necklace
4:33pm Saturday
My Personal Jewelry
Chainmaille Finger Rings
Leather-n-Lace
Show Booth
A Most Difficult Bracelet
Location, Location, Location
It's a Win/Win But I Lost
Follow Me - I'll Bribe You!
Wire Drawing Machine
Unique, One-of-a-Kind, Custom
Clasps Everywhere
Reward Yourself with Jewelry
It's the Tumbler's Fault!
Riveted Cuff Bracelets
Boycott Power
Review: Tronex Carbide Cutters
Pricing Items - Labor
Pricing Items - Materials
Pricing Items - Your Market
Micromaille Challenges
New Earwires Are Here
Some Are Dreamers; Others, Weavers
Jewelry from the Stars
Barter: The Permanent Currency
Gerbil Exercise Balls
Solid Gold Chain, V6
Solid Gold Chain, V4 & V5
Your Privacy Is Yours
Solid Gold Chain, V3
Hypo-allergenic? Maybe, Maybe Not
2019
Solid Gold Chain Updated, V2
Review: PEPE Superior Ring Bender
Does Handmade Matter?
Quality Is Important!
Sustainably Harvested
Another Paper Cutter?!
Solid Gold Chain Updated
Eco-
UN
conscious Recycled Packaging
Celebrate Your Hobby
Internet Selling Venues
Review: Ringinator
Spoon Rings and Utensil Jewelry
Make It Stick
Aspect Ratio
Road Trip
Those Damn Findings!
Weld, Solder, and Braze
Ironing the Shower Curtain
Townies to the Rescue
A Lesson Learned
Let's Get Ready to Tumble!
Hardhat? For Real!?
Coil Winding Machine
Coiling Wire on a Mandrel
Which Mesh Purse?
Pre-ruined Jump Rings
Anatomy of a Bad Closure
What Picture?
The Lowly Jump Ring
Jewelry Has Meaning
Drawing and Making Wire
A Tactile Element
2018
Shop Local
Schwag Conundrum
Sterling Silver Plated
Custom Pumpkin
The Crucible
Energy Jewelry
Theory of Art
Assets Beware
It Sing Lush
Be a Better Liar
Cutting Jump Rings
It's Hammer Time
Building a Chain
Solid Gold Chain
Customer Service
An Unexpected Deal
Refining Process
Panning for Gold
Shipping
F*#k This
The Scrap Pile
Imperfections Everywhere!
2017
Craft Fairs
Corrosion Proof...NOT!
Conflict Materials Revisited
Ethics, Please!
Bigger Isn't Always Better
Value and Price
Handmade Jewelry
Gold What?
More Chinese Fake Silver
New Digs
Silver Is Special
2016
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 6
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 5
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 4
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 3
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 2
Chainmail Buyer's Guide, Part 1
Things That Don't Exist
Chainmaille Not Welcome
Intellectual Property Theft
Know What You're Selling
Blinding Stupidity
Call a Medic!
Recent Commission
Bracelet Sizing
Extreme Jump Rings
2015
Holy Micromaille!
What Business Name?
Collectibles: Trash or Treasure?
Weights of Common Sterling Items
The Quest for Tools
Reporting Fraud
Jewelry Myths
Counterfeit Precious Metals
Conflict Metals, Minerals, and Gems
Softness of Silver and Gold
2014
Troy Weight Measurements
These Metals Are Not Silver Either
Testing for Silver, Conclusion
Testing for Silver, Part 2
Testing for Silver, Part 1
Identifying Silver Alloys
Silverplated or Sterling, Part 2
Silverplated or Sterling, Part 1
How Thin Is a Mil or Mill?
What Is Silver?
What Are Precious Metals?
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