Nope don't mind at all JR Harp.
I use an item called a product box. I have some friends who are professional photographers for a living so i asked them the best way to do this. I will post pics later if anyone is interested in seeing what it is.
basically you have a box (think of a shoebox without a top) it is solid white. In the box you have a half dome with a flat spot on the top the size of a dime. The half dome is solid with as well. You place the half dome in the box and put what you want to photograph on the flat spot. One side has a hole cut in it that is the size of your camera lens and this is where you take the pictures from. You want to use three light sources. You have one shining down from the top, one on the left, one on the right. Make sure they are the same wattage bulbs and bright too. They will cancel out all the shadows. Then you need to adjust your focus (there is a great tutorial on here about f-stops and focus, but i forgot where, I'll try to find it.) Then snap your picture and then you have your photos.
I somethimes use a sticky tack on the flat spot if i want to angle the shot any.
I hope this helps and if it is confusing let me know (my wife says i'm horrible at explaining stuff) and i will take some photos of the box for you.
