Beads, Jewelry Wire, Tools & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Newsletter 11/10/2009

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Contribution to Race for the Cure:  WigJig contributed $486 to the Race for the Cure in October.  This represented $1 per order for a 30 day period.  For those who want to contribute to the Komen Foundation directly, you can visit http://ww5.komen.org/

Blue Topaz Jewelry Making GemstoneSky Blue Topaz Jewelry Making Gemstone AAA GradeBirthstone for November:  The birthstone for November is the topaz.  Please select here to view more information on topaz gemstones.  We sell both mined blue topaz gemstones and man made simulated blue topaz cubic zirconia gemstones.  In the picture near-left you can view a mined Swiss blue topaz gemstone in AAA grade.  In the picture far-right, you can view a blue topaz colored cubic zirconia.  Please select either picture at right to view these products in our Internet store.  This month, we have placed our mined, 6mm AAA grade Swiss Blue Topaz Gemstone, item 3359, on sale for $17.88 per pair.  

On Sale:
We update the jewelry supplies that we have "On Sale" with every newsletter.  A small sample of the products we have for sale at discounted prices are shown below.  Please click on any of the links below the pictures to view our entire list of sale items.  Select the picture itself to view that specific item in our Internet Store.  This sale will be effective through November 30th 2009 or until we run out of that item. 


Swarovski Amethyst Light 4mm Bicone, Faceted Beads
Swarovski 4mm Bicone Amethyst Light Beads
$2.31 per package of 24 beads.

Swarovski Rose Crystal Bicone 6mm Beads
Swarovski 6mm Aqua AB Round  Beads
$2.39 per package of 12 beads.

Swarovski Crystal Round 6mm Beads
Swarovski 6mm Crystal Round Beads
$3.59 per package of 12 beads.

 Fine Step Jaw Pliers WigJig Jewelry Making Tools
Fine Step Jaw Pliers by WigJig
Sale Priced $10.36
 


3x6mm Gold-Filled Beads Jewelry Making Finding  Gold Filled Round Bezel finding for setting 8mm Gemstones

3x5mm Oval Gold-Filled Beads or
 8mm Round Bezel setting for Gemstones

$3.99 per Round Bezel Setting or
$4.63 per 12 Gold-Filled Oval Beads
 

       Blue Topaz Jewelry Making Gemstone

6mm Swiss Blue Topaz Mined Gemstone
$17.88 per pair.   
Birthstone for November.  Great Choice for
Christmas Gift!


Leatherette Gift Box for Earrings

Leatherette Gift Box for Earrings
Sale Priced $1.59 each
 

20 Gauge Non-Tarnish Silver Jewelry Wire

20G Non-Tarnish Silver, Silver-Plated Wire
$3.92 for a 18' Spool
(This wire resists tarnish.)

 

3 Strand Jewelry Wire & Beads Necklace Jewelry Making ProjectsFree Jewelry Design:
With every newsletter we provide a new jewelry design from WigJig University to spur the creative juices.  This week's new design is our design for the 3 3:1 Jewelry Wire ComponentStrand Jewelry Wire & Beads Necklace shown at right.  In this project, we make a 3:1 wire component that allows us to connect three strands of beads to a single clasp.  This 3:1 wire component is shown at left.  When the strands of beads are connected to the 3:1 wire component using crimp beads, this is an advanced beginner's jewelry making project.  In the sample necklace shown at right, we used a more advanced technique for connecting the strands of beads to the 3:1 wire component.  We will document this more advanced technique for connecting a strand of beads to a loop, in wire or in a clasp finding, in our next newsletter. 

This project uses 4 1/2 inches of 18 gauge wire for each of the 3:1 wire components.  This component can be made using any WigJig jewelry making jig, but we provide a template for making the wire component using the WigJig Centaur. 

Please select here, or select the picture above, to view our detailed instructions for making the 3 Strand Jewelry Wire & Beads Neclace. 

Past Techniques:
We maintain a techniques web page that provides links to the discussion of techniques in our prior newsletters.  You can visit this web page here.  Follow the links on that page to the discussion of the technique in that newsletter. 

Jewelry Technique: Bending wire for making jewelry for a left handed crafter.
This month's jewelry making technique is some discussion on how to follow our jewelry making instructions for a left handed person.  We try to describe our instructions using terms like "use your dominant hand" or "non-dominant hand" and perform the action described.  Our jewelry making instructions are good at avoiding descriptions that focus on using your right hand, we just discovered that we have a hidden right hand bias in many of our instructions.  In the following paragraphs we will describe two ways that the right hand bias impacts our instructions and how to overcome that bias. 

When we take a picture of an action performed with your pliers, we tend to show a picture where the pliers are held in our left hand and therefore the pliers enter the picture from the left side of the picture.  When we push wire while holding it in our pliers, a right handed person will normally hold the pliers in their left hand and push the wire with the thumb of their right hand.  The picture above-right is one of the few pictures on our web site where the pliers are shown being held in the right hand.  Please note that the picture above-right demonstrates how a left handed person would hold the pliers and subsequently push the wire with their left thumb. 

Peg placement for making jewelry by a right handed personWe have another right handed bias in the way that we lay out the pegs in a pattern.  We did not recognize this until very recently.  Shown at right is the way we recommend laying out the pegs for a right handed person.  If you are left handed, we would recommend transposing pegs 2 and 3.  In effect, peg 2 would be on the left and peg 3 would be on the right, while peg 1 would remain in tLeft Handed peg orientation for using a jewelry making jighe same position.  See the picture at left, for the left-handed peg pattern for our !Queen of Clubs Earrings.  The reason for this is that a right handed person should push and guide the wire with the tip of the index finger of their right hand, while moving the jig with their left hand.  By contrast, a left handed person should push the wire with the tip of the index finger of their left hand, while moving the jig with their right hand.  Because we flip the wire component over (mirror image) after every loop we make, a right handed person would make all their loops on the right side of the pattern.  By contrast, a left handed person should make all the loops on the left hand side of the pattern, still flipping the wire component over after each loop of wire. 

When making a series of loops in a line or row, around pegs on your jewelry making jig, a right handed person should have the initial loop on the left and add additional loops to the right side of the wire component.  By contract a left handed person should have the initial loop on the right and add additional loops to the left side of the wire component.  There is a simple rule that applies to almost all cases.  If you are right handed, add loops on the right side.  If you are left handed, add loops on the left side. 

Let us try to summarize.  When using pliers, hold the pliers in your non-dominant hand allowing you to push the wire with either the thumb or index finger on your dominant hand.  When making wire components on a jewelry making jig, hold and move the jig with your non-dominant hand.  Push and guide the wire with the tip of the index finger on your dominant hand.  If you are left handed, please remember that our instructions have a hidden right hand bias.  Please adapt our patterns so that you are making new loops on the left hand side of the wire component. 

Please select here to view a web page that discusses tips for using our instructions by a left handed jewelry crafter. 

Nostalgia Corner:
Wrapped Chain Jewelry Wire & Beads Bracelet Jewelry Making ProjectWrapped Jewelry Wire Chain Bracelet Jewelry Making Project
This week's featured design in our Nostalgia Corner is the design for our Wrapped Jewelry Wire Chain Bracelet.  This bracelet project uses jewelry wire and hand tools to make a simple, but strong chain. 

We really like this chain because it is elegant and simple yet strong.  It is also very easy to make this chain in a consistent manner because we use our WigJig tools to establish a pattern. 

Please select here, or select the picture above right to view our free instructions for making our Wire Wrapped Chain Bracelet.

Warning! Joke Follows.  
This is only a joke.  We tell jokes because we are in favor of smiling, laughing and being happy.  This does not mean that we are opposed to anyone or anything. 

If you have ever in your entire life been offended by any joke  -- please skip the below paragraphs.  It is not our intention to offend anyone!  We don't write these jokes, we only re-tell jokes that we have heard on the public radio, television or over the Internet. 

Boomer Humor: 

A Lawyer dies and goes to heaven.  The lawyer is somewhat upset about this circumstance and says to Saint Peter "I'm too young to die, I'm only 52!"  Saint Peter replies "According to our records you are 82 years old."  The lawyer replies "how could that be?"    Saint Peter replies "We are pretty certain about this, we added up your time/charging sheets and it came out to 82 years." 

This joke is a modified version of a joke originally presented on the www.innocentenglish.com web site. 

An older man visits a jewelry store with a young, attractive lady.  The older man says to the jewelry store owner "I would like to purchase a special ring for my lady friend." 

The jeweler goes into his display counter and pulls out a diamond ring with a $3,000 price tag.  The jeweler says "How about this nice diamond ring?" 

The older man responds "How about something a little more special?"  The jeweler says "Wait one second" and goes into the back room and removes a $10,000 diamond ring from his safe.  The jeweler shows this ring to the older gentleman and says "how about this 4 carat diamond ring?" 

The older gentleman views the expression on the young lady's face and says "We'll take it.  I will give you a check for that ring."  The jeweler says "I am sorry sir, but for a ring that size, we will need to wait before you pick up the ring so that the check can clear."  The older gentleman says "That will be fine.  We will return on Monday to pick up the ring." 

On Monday morning the jeweler telephones the older gentleman and says "I am very sorry sir, but your check did not clear the bank, it bounced."  The older gentleman says "I know, but let me tell you about my weekend." 

The above joke is a modified version of a joke that was posted on http://davesjokes.blogspot.com/

Boomer Philosophy on Global Warming: 

During the past month a lot of new information has become available on the topic of global warming.  We are going to share facts and sources below.  Here is the short version of the facts as we now know them.  There is a lot of information.  Please read and check our sources so that you can understand that we are not making this up. 

1.  Over the 4+ billion years since the moon was cast off from the earth, the earth has been on the average 10 degrees warmer than our current temperature.  Our current temperature is so cool because we are coming out of an ice age that started about 110,000 years ago and ended about 9,600-9,700 BC.  There is no history of the earth prior to 4 billion years ago because the global catastrophe that resulted from casting off the moon wiped out any data.  You can read data on the last ice age here.  If you want to look at climate temperatures prior to the last ice age visit Wikipedia and look up the geologic periods Neogene (Same temperature as today), Paleogene (+4degrees), Cretaceous (+4 degrees), Jurassic (+3degrees), Triassic (+3degrees), Permian (+2 degrees), Carboniferous (Same Temperatures as today), Devonian (+6degrees), Silurian (+3degrees), Ordovician (+2degrees), Cambrian (+7degrees).  That covers the past 540 million years and you can see that the earths temperatures has never been cooler than our current temperatures for the past 540 million years.  Did life survive those warmer temperatures?  If you are alive today please raise your hand.  By the count of hands we can see that life didn't just survive, it thrived in these warmer temperatures. 

2.  Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is actually a good thing because it supports and encourages the growth of plant life.  Without Carbon Dioxide, there would be no life on earth.  In the 4 billion year history of the earth since the moon was cast off, there have been many periods with Carbon Dioxide levels much, much, much higher than our current levels as much as 20 times our current levels.  During those periods, plant life flourished.  Some of the abundant plant life from that period is very important to mankind, because it has been turned into fossil fuels, both coal and oil.  Please select here to view "Phanerozoic Carbon Dioxide" levels tracking back 500 million years.  You will need to scroll down about 1/2 way on the page to view the graph.  You can also look up any geologic period on Wikipedia to view the atmospheric carbon dioxide for that period.  Select the links in the above paragraph. 

3.  Cold is the enemy of life.  In planets that are significantly colder than earth, there is no life as we know it.  A moderate temperature, up to 10 degrees warmer than our current average temperature is necessary to sustain life.  Science shows that temperatures that are about 1 to 3 degrees warmer than our current temperature are better for mankind than our current temperature.  During a relatively recent period of warmer temperature called the Medieval Climate Optimum, mankind flourished.  Man settled coastal locations in Greenland and the population of Europe thrived and expanded.  With a temperature that is 3 degrees warmer than our current temperature, the polar ice caps did not melt and inundate the land masses.  Polar bears survived.  The only real negative outcome of warmer temperatures is that Al Gore can't make any money unless there is a crisis.  Please select here to view data on the earth's average temperature for the past 3,000 years.   Unfortunately, for the past 14 years, the average temperature for the earth has been cooling. 

4.  Unfortunately, Al Gore lied.  This has been proven unequivocally in a court of law.  The available data shows that Mr. Gore had the facts and climate data available to him and he took that data and painted a picture that was just a fabrication.  Here is just one example.  Al Gore's movie forecasts a rise of sea level of 20 feet in a period of a few 10s of years.  The Internet Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a very liberal organization,  forecasts a rise of sea level of 7 to 23 inches by 2100.  (Thousands of scientist disagree with the IPCC finding.  The IPCC finding represents a worst case estimate by global warming proponents.)  Al Gore exaggerates the worst case forecasts by a factor of 12 times in magnitude and 5 times in timing.  There is no scientific data that supports Al Gore's exaggerated numbers and this has been proven in a court of law.  Please select here to visit a web site that discusses the Nine Lies of Al Gore.  These nine lies were proven conclusively in the British High Court.  In addition to the above web site, please select here to visit another web site that shows "35 Inconvenient Truths:  The Errors in Al Gore's Movie". 

5.  Since Al Gore's movie was released, we have learned that the scientist who provided Al Gore with much of the data used to prove Mr. Gore's case for global warming (Dr. Michael Mann from American University) had analyzed the data with a flawed computer program.  When a mathematician from Canada conducted an unbiased review of the raw data used, that Canadian mathematician was able to show conclusively that the computer program used by Dr. Mann to interpret the climate data was flawed.  We can't say that Dr. Mann intended to present flawed data.  What we can say is that Dr. Mann and other people involved, once the flaws in their analysis were proven unequivocally, have destroyed the raw data sets that they used so that there is no longer an option to objectively view the flawed data.  We were able to view a video where Dr. Mann was interviewed and he said that it didn't matter that his data was absolutely wrong.  In essence, he said -- don't confuse him with the facts, the sky is still falling.  The movie "Not Evil, Just Wrong" provides documentation on this.  Please visit the following web page to view the proof for this paragraph.

6.  There is a new video now available that refutes Al Gore's movie.  The new movie is called "Not Evil, Just Wrong".  The science is settled that Al Gore is wrong.  It remains an open question whether he is evil or not.  We at WigJig have viewed this movie and it is a compelling video on the topic of the global climate change.  For those interested in viewing the facts about Global Warming, you can download this video here.  You can also order this video here.  This video provides many factual interviews with respected scientists.  

7.  The founder of the Weather Channel has many free videos on the Internet where he discusses Global Warming. His name is John Coleman.  He also wrote an article published at ICECAP.  Mr. Coleman is quoted as saying that "Global Warming is the greatest scam in history".  Unlike Al Gore, Mr. Coleman does not make money from his positions on Global Warming.  You can view a web page with information on Mr. Coleman's paper here.    You can view an interview with Mr. Coleman on You Tube here Mr. Coleman has another video on Global Warming where he is interviewed by Greg Gutfield here.  Finally, Mr. Coleman has a series of four videos where he speaks on Global Warming, please select one of the following: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4Please view all these videos.  Mr. Coleman is far more eloquent on this topic than we are. 

8.  Let's briefly discuss why some reputable scientists might have published studies that indicate that global warming is possible and that mankind might be the cause.  Succinctly put -- follow the money.  Some climate researchers found many years ago that there is more research money available if things are looking bad and no money available when things are looking good.  Why should we be surprised that some scientists are requesting funding for study of a significant problem?  The Internet Panel on Climate Change can only continue if there is Climate Change and if climate change is bad.  Without climate change, or if global warming is good, then the IPCC would be disbanded.  Many of the videos referenced above discuss this, including John Coleman's videos.  Select here to view Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Green Peace, Dr. Richard Lindzen (MIT) climatologist and several other climate experts talking on the politics of Global Warming and environmental extremists.   

Please select here to read Dr. Richard Lindzen's (Professor of Climatology at MIT) article on the "Climate of Fear".  Dr. Lindzen says "Alarm rather than genuine scientific curiosity, it appears, is essential to maintain funding.  And only the most senior scientists today can stand up against this alarmist gale, and defy the iron triangle of climate scientists, advocates and policymakers."

9.  There are a few videos that discuss "The Great Global Warming Swindle".  You can view one video by selecting here.  There is also an similar video that discusses The "Facts Behind The Great Global Warming Swindle Part 1"  You can find that video here.  Here is a follow on video, called "The Facts Behind the Great Global Warming Swindle Part 2" 

10.  Please select here to read our small company's philosophy on Global Warming and the impact of the proposed Cap and Tax legislation on this small business. 

11.  For anyone interested in the real science and not the political science of global warming, please read Dr. Arthur B Robison, Dr. Noah E Robinson, and Dr. Willie Soon's excellent paper on global warming here.  This study is posted on the Internet as part of a petition project that includes signatures of over 30,000 physical scientists, including 9,000 PhDs with degrees in physical science and climate research.  Al Gore refuses to debate these people.  They have facts on their side.  Mr. Gore doesn't want to be confused with the facts, after all, the sky is falling.  The Petition Project has cut off new signatures.  With over 30,000 climate researchers signing the petition, there doesn't seem to be much point in adding more signatures.  Please understand that there are more than 30,000 scientists who believe that global warming is not man made and is not a catastrophe, it may even be good. 

Announcements:
Online Books.  If you are looking for new and interesting jewelry projects -- try one of our Online Books.  Our most detailed instructions are for sale online.  Please select here to view our selection of online books.  These books are delivered over the Internet and there are no shipping costs on an order with just online books. 

Shipping Policy.  We waive the shipping charge on orders over $60 shipped within the US (as long as these orders remain over $60).  For International orders we ship via Global Priority Mail and charge $5 over the US Mail charge for this shipping service.  Please select here to view our entire shipping policy.

WigJig University.  We provide over 3,000 web pages of free information, tips, techniques and free jewelry making designs in WigJig University.  We encourage everyone to view this information as a source for new ideas, projects, or a way to learn new techniques.  We now have a page in WigJig University that shows our designs sorted by the WigJig tool used to make them.  Please select here to view that information. 

International Vendors.  We do have vendors who sell our WigJig products outside the US.  We encourage customers to contact these vendors in their home country.  Please select here to view our list of overseas vendors.  We are also happy to sell our WigJig tools to stores.  Please send us an e-mail if you are interested in selling our WigJig tools. 

Classes.  We have a listing of various jewelry making classes using our WigJig tools that are offered by bead stores throughout the country.  If you are interested in classes, please select here.  If you know someone who has classes in using our WigJig tools, please ask them to send us an e-mail at custsrv@wigjig.com so that we can include them in these pages. 

We are continuing to improve our newsletter, so please feel free to provide feedback at custsrv@wigjig.com

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