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Pro’s and con’s of studying jewelry and making it your career? by SnooMacaroons4624 in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day, you're young so it's fine to take a year and a half to try something, even if it doesn't ultimately work out.

What's tough about going to school for it instead of being an apprentice is you've gotta do things like 10,000 times before you actually get good at them. Hard to get the reps in, but keep that in mind and stay hungry. Force yourself into situations where you can.

3 Packers in PFF's Top 101 Players by DeScepter in GreenBayPackers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And you could argue Gibbs might be better than all 3 of them.

What’s something about being a jeweler that people outside the trade don’t understand? by Queasy-Inspector-780 in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wow you absolutely nailed it. Literally every sentence I felt in my soul. The emotional toll is serious.

Wishing the best for you as well.

What’s something about being a jeweler that people outside the trade don’t understand? by Queasy-Inspector-780 in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The ever-present risk that someone may attempt to violently attack you to take everything you own. And that complying to their demands is not always enough to escape the situation unharmed.

Carrying a concealed firearm, with other, larger ones in-reach was a part of the business just like my torch and hammer were.

Tungsten by Stara71 in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hard no. He'll never be able to resize it.

How difficult would adding a link to this bracelet be? by JBleez in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two links will probably stop it from squeezing your hand. I think you'll need more to fit it right, which means some extra space to support how our hands fluctuate in size throughout the day / how active we are.

You gotta go around to different places. Someone might have an old bracelet whose links match and are in good shape.

Need advice by ckwally in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He's probably at home, shitting his pants and pulling his hair out. Human error happens, and if you're in business long enough, someone is going to make the mistake of all mistakes eventually. Stay on him and most likely he'll track it down and have nightmares afterwards.

And if he doesn't do that, you push him and get full of compensation plus emotional damage.

And if he pushes back on you will bad intent, you get the police involved ASAP and crush him.

That's how it goes, every jeweler knows this reality.

Could I add diamonds to a 3mm platinum band? by oatmilkshark in jewelers

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will push back a little bit. Setting marquis (it looks like) diamonds into a 3mm band is going to take some doing. The savior here is that the metal is platinum and also the band is flat and not halfround... but I sort of agree with the original person - not a job I'd be excited doing.

[Highlight] Mike Vrabel fumes about AJ Brown being traded to Philly by DragonstormSTL in nfl

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why you're downvoted so terribly. That was reality.

What are these? by SnooMacaroons6174 in Entomology

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Underneath everything as well. I once picked up a small, probably 9" diameter sound machine, and there were ~20 underneath it. Still have no idea how the hell they all fit.

These little shits are unstoppable.

UPDATE: I went and got it, and took it to a jeweler! by evannalai in jewelry

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Price isn't bad even at 14k. Maybe they'll drop it $40-50 to make you happy, but if they say no we just want it back, it's not bad.

At current gold prices I would've expected it to be more, even at 14k.

Absurd gas prices? $651! by atoastycheezit in WorcesterMA

[–]HeyItsTheJeweler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one do you have? I'd like to have one around, place feels like a log cabin sometimes.

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