Saturday, February 26, 2011

Jewelry Tool Junkie

I am completely and unapologetically addicted to making jewelry.  And eating chocolate, but that's not what this post is about.  I had a decent year of jewelry sales last year so I figured I would put the money back into Metalicious AND BUY SOME JEWELRY TOOLS.  Plus some of my vendors were having major sales so how can a girl resist a jewelry tool sale??? 

I know it sounds like an excuse but my flex shaft motor was dying.  For reals.  And I'm always looking for ways to improve my production time.  So here's what I bought:

-1 magnetic pin tumbler

-1 new pickle pot

-2 flex shafts


-2 sets of wax sheets


-1 set of inverted cone burs

And the question my sweet husband keeps asking me:  WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ALL OF THIS STUFF???

Just between us, I'm working on getting more sales this year so that I can invest in a real studio space.  *winks*  Think I can do it?

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I sure hope so [wink]

Unknown said...

Was that your husband's comment above? I hope so, otherwise some other man is winking at you. . .;)

Lisa Lehmann @StudioJewel said...

yay tools!!!!

why for so did you buy 2 flex shafts?

and i love my magnetic tumbler! so fun to hear it whirl!

Ida @ Adroit Jewelers said...

I bet getting those was like having Christmas all over again! Looking forward to seeing you progress towards getting your own studio space.

Beadsme said...

Yayyy new toys, oh I mean tools.

Made By Tammy said...

Oh YES you can!

Drooling over all your new toys (I mean tools)!!!

Metalicious said...

yes that is my sweet husband winking at me after all these years. i got 2 flex shafts, one is a low speed/high torque machine for grinding sprues/stone setting/etc and the other is a normal speed one for everything else. Now I want a quick-change handpiece. eep.

Lisa Lehmann @StudioJewel said...

oooo...quick change hand piece...NOW your talking!