i didn't know that you can use an arkasaw stone to sharpen a graver.  The graver sharpeners at Rio are around $50.  But I think a chisel or nail will do.  What happens is small pieces of metal get in grooves when the wax melts during casting. Thanks for the advice on using nails etc.  I don't need to redo a groove to ...

what I am trying to do is to take out little chunks of metal that are in little valleys of the piece that gets that way when the wax is cast.  Think of a thin line in a piece of metal with a little chunk in it.  I am thinking that maybe a tiny chisel will take them out.  Keep in mind that a sharpener for a graver is around ...

I noticed that the price of gravers are quite high and they seem to wear fast.  Any substitue tool for a graver that might not be so expensive.  Maybe something at Home Depot or someplace like that?

It seems all I read about is enameling being done on copper.  Can I do it on sterling silver?

I am trying to solder a sheet of gold onto sterling silver but am afraid of applying the torch directly to the gold sheet.  So what I am thinking of doing is using  very easy solder and applying the heat underneath the silver while not touching the gold with the torch and hopefully the very easy solder will melt maybe that will ...

I need a solder that melts at the lowest possible heat because I am trying to solder a thin sheet of gold to silver and don't want the gold to melt. 

For the first time I will be having something cast in argentium silver and will solder it to a piece of sterling silver.  Should I expect it to be the same as working with sterling?  I assume I will still have to anneal it?

could you explain what Zam is?  Never heard of it and where do I get it?

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No matter how much I polish my silver jewelry it doesn't get as shiny as the jewelry that I see in jewelry shops.  Do they apply something to get that shine?