Our finished jewelry sets are ready to offer to your customers for simple upsells. These fashion jewelry favorites come in many fun themes across full sets of earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings. Choose from sterling silver finished jewelry sets, gold-plated necklaces and earrings and even trendy copper jewelry designs!
Find the right tool for any jewelry making project. Rio Grande offers the best selection of jewelry bench tools and equipment available, backed by our world-class technical support. Reach for Rio Grande whether you need beading tools, a new jewelry work bench, or any other jewelry tools and supplies. We even offer jewelry making equipment for casting and other advanced techniques. We carry trusted jewelry bench tool brands like Swanstrom, Beadalon, Foredom Flex Shaft, Bonny Doon, Fretz Hammers and more. Find the best-quality jewelry making tools and supplies at the best prices.
Bead stringers know: you can never have too many beads! Whether you need colorful Swarovski beads, briolette beads or glass beads, or your design calls for a classic pearl or a natural stone bead, Rio Grande is your bead stringing source! Don¹t forget about gold beads and sterling silver beads and other metal beads; they¹re all here, too.
Bold creations meet bold jewelry displays at Rio Grande, where you¹ll find specialty displays to complement your designs and help increase sales. Rio Grande offers a variety of jewelry card displays from revolving to stationary, as well as striking organic fabric displays including silk, suede, velvet, faux leather and hemp.
Versatile and inspiring silver precious metal clay has been available from Rio Grande for more than a decade‹and today the passion for metal clay continues to evolve with colorful BRONZclay and COPPRclay. Make Rio your first source for innovative metal clay tools, products, and ideas‹such as fire-in-place Embeddables findings‹and any other metal clay supplies you need.
At Rio Grande, you¹ll find the media you need to create unique, colorful pieces and expand your jewelry-making repertoire. Stock up on supplies for enameling, the art that welcomes the newcomer, yet challenges the expert. Add a splash of color with Colores, the fashionable epoxy resin that brightens up your work.

The term "conflict diamonds" refers to the diamond rough used to fund violent criminal insurgencies in several African countries. The Kimberley Accord is a compact that regulates the sale and transfer of diamond rough to prevent the human destruction that conflict diamonds cause. Rio Grande has long asked our suppliers to provide documentation proving the safe origin of the diamonds we buy. You can be assured every diamond you buy from Rio Grande is certified “conflict-free” by both our strict standards and the Kimberley Accord.

This 30-ga. sheet is sold by the oz. and is cadmium-free.
Selecting Silver Solder
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When assembling, start with your highest melting point solder. As you assemble each piece, use a lower temperature solder. The chart below describes the uses for and flow temperatures of four standard types of solder. |
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Solder |
Flow Points |
Use for |
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Extra-hard |
1490°F/810°C |
Laser welding, repair operations |
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Hard |
1450°F/788°C |
First soldering operations |
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Medium |
1360°F/738°C |
General soldering; |
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Easy |
1325°F/719°C |
General soldering and repairs; |
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Extra-easy |
1207°F/653°C |
Final soldering |
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Use this handy guide to quickly, easily and accurately convert gauge sizes into inches or millimeters—or vice versa. |
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Gauge |
Inches |
Millimeters |
| 0 |
.325 |
8.26 |
| 2 |
.257 |
6.54 |
| 4 |
.204 |
5.19 |
| 6 |
.162 |
4.12 |
| 8 |
.128 |
3.26 |
| 10 |
.102 |
2.59 |
| 12 |
.081 |
2.05 |
| 13 |
.072 |
1.83 |
| 14 |
.064 |
1.63 |
| 15 |
.057 |
1.45 |
| 16 |
.051 |
1.29 |
| 18 |
.040 |
1.02 |
| 19 |
.036 |
.912 |
| 20 |
.032 |
.812 |
| 21 |
.028 |
.723 |
| 22 |
.025 |
.644 |
| 23 |
.023 |
.573 |
| 24 |
.020 |
.511 |
| 25 |
.018 |
.455 |
| 26 |
.016 |
.405 |
| 27 |
.014 |
.360 |
| 28 |
.013 |
.321 |
| 29 |
.011 |
.286 |
| 30 |
.010 |
.255 |
| 32 |
.0080 |
.2019 |
| 34 |
.0063 |
.1600 |
Temperature Conversions |
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Using Recycled Metal Spacer Beads To Create a Ring, Part I
Findings harvested from discarded or unwanted jewelry pieces need not go to the scrap bucket! See how to repurpose findings into new, contemporary jewelry pieces!
Using Recycled Metal Spacer Beads To Create a Ring, Part II
Findings harvested from discarded or unwanted jewelry pieces need not go to the scrap bucket! See how to repurpose findings into new, contemporary jewelry pieces!
Rio's very own Mark Nelson sets a jet black onyx cabochon into a handmade sterling silver and gold-filled bezel mounting. Check out our take on Project Accessory's Week Six, Kenneth Cole challenge in this sleek ring project.
Rio's Mark Nelson sets more than a dozen cobalt blue druzy cabochons into sterling silver bezel mountings, then links them together to create a glamorous bib-style necklace. Check out our take on Project Accessory's Week Seven, Red Carpet Buzz challenge.
Here's how to use the Swanstrom rectangle disc cutter to create an intriguing multi-layered cuff bracelet.
Here's how to use the Swanstrom oval disc cutter to create a gorgeous multi-layered cuff bracelet.
Use silver-filled sheet and bezel cups to create these remarkable stone-set earrings. Designed by metalsmith Lauren Tobey, these earrings show you what you can do with the Swanstrom disc cutter and silver-filled sheet!
Subtle design variances can make quite a difference in style and statement when it comes to men's belts. In this project from Rio Grande, we show you how to solder sterling rod to make a simple belt buckle--and how, with just the slightest design changes, you can easily transform it into a different look.<br/>
Cuff links are making a comeback. Learn how to craft sterling silver and 14K gold cuff links and customize them to speak to the wearer's unique style in this project from Rio Grande.
Money clips are a classic accessory for the well-dressed man of any era, and an utterly unique clip lets him make a statement without saying a thing. See how to create unique, customized money clips in this project from Rio Grande.
Create a storm of brilliance with white crystal druzy set into radiant earring mountings and finished with a black freshwater pearl drop in this project from Rio Grande.
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