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[Ganoksin] [Issue #109] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
The Ganoksin Project
S i n c e 1 9 9 6 Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques http://www.ganoksin.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganoksin is run by a group of people who believe in and love what they're doing. If you enjoy our efforts, then please feel free to show your support! Purchase the official Orchid Pin http://www.ganoksin.com/splash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition: 1. Elegant Vessels - the work of Michael Boyd 2. Lamination of Non Ferrous Metals by Diffusion 3. Sheet Metal Tool Modification for quick, tight, crimping 4. Tool Modification of Industrial Tube Wringer 5. Metal Corrugation from a Coil 6. Finishing the Inside of a Platinum Ring 7. 3M XR and Scotch-Brite Wheels 8. Hoover & Strongs Tru-Seat Setting System 9. New Warrior Power Tool System 10. Wax Tools Update ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganoksin offers Webmasters with Free Website Content! Integrate the most respected gem and jewelry content in the world into your Website easily and free! More than 150,000 articles are available in virtually every aspect of The gem and Jewelry trade can be integrated to your website by simply adding a few lines of source code. Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/tipsgate.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganoksin's Guide to Industry Web Sites Announced http://www.ganoksin.com/resources A comprehensive trade directory entirely devoted to online resources for the gem, jewelry and metals industry. Each suggested entry is reviewed by knowledgeable editors insuring the quality and accuracy of websites included in the Guide. If you know or maintain a website that you feel should be listed in the Index please share it with us! http://www.ganoksin.com/resources/add.php?cat= Is there a subject that piques your interest? Do you posses knowledge in a specialized area of the jewelry trade? Would you like to contribute to the growth of Ganoksin's Industry Trade Directory Index? Then we want to hear from you! Come and volunteer to be an Editor for Ganoksin's Trade Directory Index. Please contact us for more information. http://www.ganoksin.com/contact ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video has arrived at Ganoksin! Sometimes, the written word on a process performed in the jewelry trade like metal casting, pales in comparison to the beauty of watching molten metal in action. Now available for online viewing, Daniel Ballard from PM West, shows viewers the seductive glamour of making grain and casting. Blaine Lewis from New Approach School for Jewelers teaches us how to sharpen a graver and why it is important to keep them sharp. These are just a few of the many offerings you will find at the Video Library! Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/video ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Elegant Vessels - the work of Michael Boyd Jewelry artist Michael Boyd fills his cup with newfound forms and shapes. Well known for his contemporary roll-on cuff bracelets of colorful stones and mixed metals, Boyd captured me from the start with his architectural designs. While Boyd remains on the cutting edge of contemporary jewelry design , he has branched out. For the first time, he is introducing to the public his hand-fabricated teapots and vessels made from stone and mixed metals..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...nt-vessels.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Metalsmith Papers Lamination of Non Ferrous Metals by Diffusion - Adaptations of the Traditional Japanese Technique of Mokume-Gane We have been interested in Mokume-gane for a number of years. The only information we could find was by the soldering of different metals, cutting in half, resoldering to increase the number of layers and then exposing those laminates by punching from the reverse side and removing those embossments or by carving drilling, etching from the top. These methods have many drawbacks; namely, air pockets, cracking and peeling. Its limitations are basically that it cannot be effectively formed or raised into complex forms. During a recent trip to Japan we visited three craftsmen who practiced Mokume-gane and worked with one of them Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...-diffusion.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Sheet Metal Tool Modification for quick, tight, crimping Sheet Metal Tool Modification, Look for: WISS Hand Seamer (as LAST resort BRAMEC or VISE-GRIP) sheet metal bending tools and modify as shown. Recommended for quick, tight crimping! I prefer the Wiss Hand Seamer Model HS-1 or as a LAST resort you can purchase Vise-Grip Locking Sheet Metal Tool #23 or Bramec sheet metal tool-straight handle.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...dification.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Metal Corrugation - Tool Modification of Industrial Tube Wringer Following the 2002 SNAG conference Barbara Minor forwarded this tool modification made by Chris Hentz of Chris's Cables which is a hand saving alteration that you might also want to consider..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...dification.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Metal Corrugation from a Coil While researching ancient design I have been fascinated with basic shapes from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Celts, pictographs and petroglyphs. Did you know that zigzag or wave pattern was the earliest symbolic motif recorded? Neanderthals used this symbol around 40,000 B.C. or earlier. This pattern was used with and on anthropomorphic, bird, fish, and phallic images and objects. The symbol was used on Near East Neolithic ceramics and in reference with the M sign mu, meaning water, in Egyptian hieroglyph and the ancient Greek letter. The coil is another early motif incorporated by ear ly man in artistic expression..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...orrugation.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Finishing the Inside of a Platinum Ring Jeff Mathews has developed a process for polishing the inside of platinum rings using 3M abrasive technology. To illustrate how he performs the job, I follow his procedures using this hand fabricated flat platinum band. Tool and forming marks are easily visible. The quality and identification marki ng has been completed..... Complete Story: http://ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/mn...tinum-ring.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. 3M XR and Scotch-Brite Wheels 3M XR wheels, formerly known as XK wheels are ideal for sprue removal and smooth deburring with minor surface reduction. A channel can be created in the wheel for repetitive multiple part processing. They replace stone wheels, have superior edge retention and last up to 4 times longer. The side of the wheel can be used as a lap to produce crisp edges and they generate less waste than conventional wheels..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ite-wheels.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Hoover & Strongs Tru-Seat Setting System Hoover & Strong, Inc. in Richmond, VA provides a line of Tru-Seat settings that include solitaire earrings, pendants and solitaire rings in yellow, white and palladium white gold alloys. By using Tru-Seat mountings and the system outlined below, jewelers can reduce material costs, labor and improve quality..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ing-system.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. New Warrior Power Tool System New patented Warrior Power Tool System kit provides a revolutionary proficiency advantage for bench jewelers and jewelry manufacturers for split-lap abrasive pre-finishing, finishing and polishing.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...power-tool.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Wax Tools Update Euro Tool, Inc. has developed five wax tool kits and a cordless wax pen for the overall improvement of wax working projects..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ols-update.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ganoksin Project (http://www.ganoksin.com) is the largest virtual single information source for searchable archived content for jewelry and metals in the world. Its 5200 Orchid members foster sharing, support community, enhance productivity and encourage studio safety, by promoting education in the jewelry and metal arts worldwide. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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