Hans Meevis, Jeweller (& very funny blogger)...



Citrine ring designed & created by Hans Meevis



We always look forward to hearing from old customers/friends & we were delighted to hear from Hans Meevis again recently, who needed some bearings to repair a jewellery laboratory handpiece. 

Hans Meevis

Formerly based in St Maarten Hans & his lovely wife, Anne, have recently relocated to Germany - you can see more about their adventures (& Hans' amazing jewellery) at their blog & jewellery website.


We've previously supplied some bearings to Hans for a "spinning ring" jewellery project - you can see the bearing seated in the ring here, with a screw throught the centre...

A miniature bearing positioned in Hans' ring

And this is the beautiful, completed ring...

Whilst we hope that our bearings last for a very long time Hans,

we look forward to hearing from you again soon(-ish)!



Hans Meevis's latest creation...

We've had the fun of following Han's work since he bought some bearings from us for a project two years ago - check out his latest project...  The Dino War Machine

And here's the miniature boiler that he has just completed... BEAUTIFUL!

And actually a working model, producing steam after seven minutes. 

To see much, much more of Hans' cool stuff, visit http://hansmeevis.blogspot.com/

The Art Jeweller strikes again...

Thanks to our favourite Jeweller in St Maartens for the following shout, we are honoured to be featured!

Making Small Screws and a Bearing Housing
This is a short Hidi ( how I do it ) on how I make some screws and a small bearing housing for a spinning ring. A Hidi on how to make a complete spinning ring can be found here. I order the bearings from SMB bearings in the UK at http://www.smbbearings.com/. In this Hidi I am using a bearing with a 6mm flange and a 5mm diameter and a bore of 2mm. If you go check out SMB's website, they got all the schematics of the various type of bearing available.I start this Hidi with the screw making part first. I use only bench tools, no lathes or milling machines.I bought a tap and die set from Rio Grande. It is quite nice, adequate for the job and costs about $115.

For the full report, visit Hans Meevis' blog http://hansmeevis.blogspot.com/ . Thanks Hans!

Bearings in Jewellery

We have just been talking to a jewellery designer, Hans Meevis, based in St Maartens & were thrilled to see images of what he uses bearings for in his jewellery. Visit his blog for more fascinating designs: http://hansmeevis.blogspot.com/ .