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Facebook Live: Are You Watching?

February 10, 2018 by Abby Robey Leave a Comment

Brenda Schweder's Now Thats A Jig! shows up on Facebook Live at least twice a week

Find XuronCorp on Facebook.If you’re on Facebook (and who isn’t these days),  you’re likely familiar with Facebook Live broadcasting.  Live broadcasts are just that, ‘live’.  Media outlets are using this as are many businesses and individuals.

What do I like about Facebook Live?

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Filed Under: Jewelry Making Tagged With: Beading, Cutters, Facebook Live, Hand Tools, jewelry, Jewelry Making, Xuron Tools

Q&A with Kristal Wick

December 8, 2017 by Ashley Bunting Leave a Comment

Have you met Kristal Wick?

Kristal is an internationally award winning designer and official worldwide CREATE YOUR STYLE Swarovski Ambassador.  She is a creative expert in numerous mediums; known for her work in silk, fibers, crystals, metal clay and much more.

Additionally she is a talented singer, knitter and dog lover.

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Filed Under: Beading, Jewelry Making Tagged With: Beading, fiber arts, Hand Tools, jewelry, kristal wick, Micro-Shear® Flush Cutter, Pliers, silk beads, silkies, Xuron Tools

Scale Model Painting with an Airbrush

October 12, 2017 by Gerald Voigt 2 Comments

Pencil and trigger pull airbrushes for scale model painting.

As a scale modeler I started like most of my peers with a variety of old fashion stick type paintbrushes to paint my models. Even today there are some aspects of scale model painting that require the use of a paintbrush. Before I really mastered the stroke of a paintbrush I was introduced to painting my models using spray cans of paint. What a time savings and a more realistic appearance (no brush marks) they provided.

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Filed Under: Scale Modeling Tagged With: airbrush, dispensing bottle, painting, scale modeling

Restore Model Railroad Equipment Using Precision Tools

June 4, 2017 by Tom Piccirillo Leave a Comment

Xuron® Model 485 Long Nose Plier was used to restore a vintage model railroad car

Tom’s Corner

Tips, techniques and commentary from Master Model Railroader Tom Piccirillo

One of my favorite hobby activities is rebuilding old model railroad equipment that I have acquired over the years from friends, estate sales, and flea markets. I think it’s really cool to transform what appears to be a pile of junk into a high quality model. So, the time came to restore a beat-up O scale brass model of a Pennsylvania P54 coach that’s been in storage for about 35 years.

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Filed Under: Model Railroading Tagged With: Hand Tools, Model Railroading, O Scale, Pliers, rebuild, restore, solder, xuron, Xuron Tools

Q&A With Ceramic Raku Jewelry Artist Marianne Kasparian

April 23, 2017 by Abby Robey 2 Comments

Ceramic Raku Jewelry Piece created by Marianne Kasparian

Marianne Kasparian, known to most as Mak, is a ceramic raku artist and the visionary behind MakuStudio.

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Filed Under: Beading, Jewelry Making, Wire Art Tagged With: 2193, ceramic, Cutters, Hard Wire, Jewelry Making, Nichrome Wire, raku, wire

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