https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/sterling-post-earrings-how-to-question/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/sterling-post-earrings-how-to-question/#comment-615045 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:56:57 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=20612#comment-615045 What Alan Revere recommends in some of his books is to grab the post at one end and the earring at the other and twist the post about 90 degrees on one direction, then repeat in the other direction. (Not for the faint of heart!)

]]> https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/sterling-post-earrings-how-to-question/#comment-615016 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:02:06 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=20612#comment-615016 I have found that putting them in a tumbler doesn’t really harden them all that much. In addition, there are a lot of stones you don’t want to tumble. The easiest method I have found is to use a pair of flat nose pliers, preferably with nylon tips, grab the wire 1/3 of the way down and GENTLY twist until I get good springback, usually just 4-5 times. This method will also test your solder join. Better you find out than your customer.

]]> https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/sterling-post-earrings-how-to-question/#comment-614999 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:58:24 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=20612#comment-614999 I have used the twist method Alysen mentions (be sure to grasp in the middle of the post and not the tip), and also my tumbler with good results.

]]> https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/sterling-post-earrings-how-to-question/#comment-614989 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:56:57 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=20612#comment-614989 Hi Joanne, here are 3 methods: use a tumbler; hold each end in pliers and twist gently a couple of times; hammer gently with rubber hammer or VERY gently with jeweler’s hammer.

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