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    <title>Unknown Jeweler</title>
    
    
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    <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1575048</id>
    <updated>2010-04-10T13:54:13-04:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Anonymous Bench Tips &amp; Tricks from a Mystery Author</subtitle>
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        <title>Bench Tips Seminars</title>
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        <published>2010-04-10T13:54:13-04:00</published>
        <updated>2010-04-10T13:54:13-04:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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    <content type="html">This year at the Bench Jewelers Conference the following Bench Tips seminars will be offered. Favorite Tips &amp;amp; Tricks - Stonesetting Jurgen Maerz &amp;amp; Brad Simon Customize Your Tools Steve Satow Favorite Tips &amp;amp; Tricks – Jewelry Making Jurgen Maerz...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/YKHKWVTiMZs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2010/04/bench-tips-seminars.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Bench Jewelers Appreciation Christmas Specials</title>
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        <published>2009-12-18T10:10:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-18T10:10:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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    <content type="html">The 12 Days of Christmas Sale December 15th to 27th Year after Year Your Hard Work goes Unnoticed and Unappreciated. Until Now! This Christmas Treat Yourself. Not only will you receive High-Quality Instruction to Improve Your Skills from Working Jewelers...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/BsZZQC7gESI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2009/12/bench-jewelers-appreciation-christmas-specials.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Wax Carving Tip</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61502266</id>
        <published>2009-01-16T22:16:28-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-01-16T22:16:28-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Bench Tips" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Casting Jewelry" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Jewelry Making" />
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    <content type="html">Buy a cookie sheet that will fit over the opening in your lap tray. The kind with a half inch lip all the way around works best. Place the cookie sheet over your lap tray when carving wax. You can...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=SjCZRA4Fqk4:LnIOZFq-cx0:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/SjCZRA4Fqk4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2009/01/wax-carving-tip.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>PENCIL POWER: Gaining Bur Control</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-60730600</id>
        <published>2009-01-02T16:29:49-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-01-02T16:29:49-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Tools" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="goldsmith" />
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    <content type="html">With the help of a modified pencil stub, you can have a simple little grip that will give you more control when you are cutting or grinding with a bur. To begin, measure along the shaft of a pencil stub...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/gdq1od2n6z0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2009/01/pencil-power-gaining-bur-control.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Gluing Pearls</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56017108</id>
        <published>2008-12-26T07:22:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-12-26T07:22:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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    <content type="html">Use a wooden clothespin to clamp pearls while gluing. A ball bur can be used to carve a recess to help hold the pearl, and a hole can be easily drilled through it to accommodate an earring post. ~Unknown Jeweler...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/65IeHYaEWFs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2008/12/gluing-pearls.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Retipping Prongs</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56016920</id>
        <published>2008-12-19T13:15:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-12-19T13:15:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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    <content type="html">The best method to retip a stone with a point is to make a cap in the shape of the prong. Then with a minimum of solder, attach the cap to the top of the prong. Do Not allow solder...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?i=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?a=9pCKw6sfjAw:0EmLsMJW2jM:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UnknownJeweler?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnknownJeweler/~4/9pCKw6sfjAw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://benchmedia.typepad.com/unknownjeweler/2008/12/retipping-prong.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Customize Your Tools &amp; Favorite Tips DVDs</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-60064528</id>
        <published>2008-12-15T22:14:55-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-12-15T22:14:55-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
        </author>
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    <content type="html">Your Busy Making Christmas Presents for Everyone Else… So Here Is A Christmas Present Just For You! Bench Media’s Half Price DVD Sale http://benchjewelersnetwork.com/halfpricedvds.html Including Customize Your Tools &amp;amp; Favorite Tips DVDs Plus More! We know this time of year...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Prong Setting</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56016858</id>
        <published>2008-12-12T10:13:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-12-12T10:13:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
        </author>
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    <content type="html">After cutting a seat for a stone, clean the burs off the prongs before placing the stone into the crown. Use a graver to cut the burs away, or scrape them off with your tweezers. Then, polish the inside of...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Stonesetting</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56016802</id>
        <published>2008-12-05T11:09:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-12-05T11:09:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Stonesetting" />
        
        



    <content type="html">When pave or channel setting, place a strip of double stick tape in your stone tray. Then stones can be laid out on the tape in the same order as in the mounting. The tape will keep them in order...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Colored Stone Setting</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56016602</id>
        <published>2008-11-28T13:05:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-28T13:05:00-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Brad Simon</name>
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    <content type="html">Sometimes it is difficult to see where the stone’s pavilion is hitting the inside of the crown. To help in determining where the stone touches the crown, dust the inside of the crown with powder. Then, carefully place the stone...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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