I am a full time plumber, that started making jewelry,I use that word loosely, after a bad fall at work, gave me time to learn something new. Why jewelry?, My wife had a old gold ring, that was missing its' center stone. I don't like to re-invent the wheel so I looked for info, the why,how etc. I soon developed the bug. And this website is to blame, an artistic side of me is developing. I have a long way to go, thank's Bert V.