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The Ganoksin Project
S i n c e 1 9 9 6
Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques
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In This Edition:
1. How Much? - Jewelers share their repair pricing strategies
2. Theory and Practice of Goldsmithing - Granulation
3. Enameling Copper Balls
4. The Earliest Cloisonne Enamels from Cyprus
5. Self Protection: Safety and Litigation
6. How jewelers approach working with their material?
7. Processes for refining gold jewelry scraps and wastes
8. Waste Not Want Not - Recovering Precious metal
9. Let's Talk Gemstones - Aquamarine: a cyclosilicate
10. Let's Talk Gemstones - Axinite: A Cyclosilicate Group
11. Stone Setting - Royal Flush
12. Stone Setting - Beas It!
13. Tools - Restoring a Jewellers Vulcanising Press
14. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other RSIs and the Jeweler
15. Consignment Agreement
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Here are some very exciting news! Our friends at Rio Grande
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Ganoksin Project a SECOND Neutec J2R Casting Machine !!
Again, we will raffle it to among Orchid members for $40 per
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New Book: The AJM Guide to Lost-Wax Casting
In November, MJSA/AJM Press released its third book, The AJM
Guide to Lost-Wax Casting. It covers all steps of the casting
process, from creating trouble-free master models to building
uniform trees to proper techniques for investing, burnout, and
breakout. Sample chapters are now available on both the Ganoksin and
the AJM Web sites.
In honor of AJM's information partnership with Ganoksin, all Orchid
subscribers can receive a 10% discount on the price of the book
($33.95 for non-MJSA members, $28.50 for members). To order, e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask for the Orchid discount.
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-- Tucson 2004 --
Join us at the
8th Tucson Orchid Dinner - February 6, 2004
The El Parador Restaurant
2744 East Broadway
Tucson, Arizona 85716
(520) 881-2808
Orchid Dinner Information and Online Registration Page:
http://www.ganoksin.com/events
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More spaces, workplaces, benches, faces and hideaways at The Orchid
BenchExchange program:
88. Adrian Ashley - England
89. Khatchik Mazlemian - Netherlands
90. Angelika Bona - Germany
91. Evgeniy - Russia
92. Michael Sturlin - USA
http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/BenchExchange/jeweler-bench-11.htm
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In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
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1. How Much? - Jewelers share their repair pricing strategies
Repair pricing strategies used by the three jewelers....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/ajm-pricing.htm
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2. Theory and Practice of Goldsmithing - Granulation
The revival of granulation in our century has been accompanied by
many wrong ideas and misunderstandings, many stemming from the
incorrect notion that the secrets of a mysterious process were long
lost. To better understand granulation, we should therefore start by
examining the myths and laying them to rest....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/granulation.htm
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3. Enameling Copper Balls
How to use enamel on round or oval copper balls. Step by step
illustrated guide
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/gom-copper-balls.htm
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4. The Earliest Cloisonne Enamels from Cyprus
An island in the eastern Mediterranean, with a history of more than
8000 years, Cyprus was one of the earliest producers of copper in
the world, had a flourishing metal industry and during the 'Golden
Age' of Cyprus, the island enjoyed a high level of prosperity. This
brought a great number of settlers and craftsmen from neighboring
countries....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/gom-cyprus.htm
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5. Self Protection: Safety and Litigation
After writing my recent safety book something unexpected happened. I
had a number of calls from lawyers about safety issues. These guys
were suing jewelry store owners in different places in the US. The
litigation was on behalf of the store's goldsmiths, when working
conditions, storage of chemicals and so on had injured them ....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/litigation.htm
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6. How jewelers approach working with their material?
This diagram shows how jewelers approach working in the field in
terms of how they relate to the material. The approaches chosen will
'filter' the results available, that is that what kind of work you do
is partly a reflection of the way you approach working with the
material. Traditionally much jewelry has been 'cut and bend'. This
diagram allows you to examine how you approach working with metal and
then perhaps gives you clues about where you might want to experiment
so as to push yourself.....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/work-flow.htm
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7. Roads to Recovery - Processes for refining gold jewelry scraps and
wastes
When questions arise about manufacturing quality gold jewelry,
manufacturers are eager to talk shop with their peers and industry
experts. They want to know if they are using the right alloy for a
specific application, casting at the appropriate times and
temperatures, and annealing properly when work hardening a piece.
Rarely, though, does the conversation turn to refining-an area of
jewelry manufacturing that poses more questions than answers in many
manufacturers' minds. Refining is a practice that must be done
precisely and methodically to ensure the full recovery of gold, as
well as an end product that is free of impurities, which can lead to
quality problems when the metal is reused in production....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/ajm-roads-2-recovery.htm
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8. Waste Not Want Not - Recovering Precious metal
When it comes to recovering precious metal, nothing is worthless.
However, if you walk into many repair shops you will find people
behaving as if it were. Many people do not realize what a valuable
asset their scrap is, and have been pleasantly surprise by the amount
of additional revenues received from a refiner when a clean
and orderly shop is maintained....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/metal-waste.htm
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9. Aquamarine: a cyclosilicate
The region of pegmatite dikes in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil
has been the primary source of gem beryl and several other species of
colored gemstones for many years. Rivers have cut places through the
dikes and alluvial deposits, called "cascalho", which are scattered
throughout the region. It is notable that the extensive gemstone
deposits in Minas Gerais often yield large aquamarine crystals
accompanied by all the other colored varieties of beryl. According
to....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/aquamarine.htm
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10. Axinite: A Cyclosilicate Group
On an excursion in the Alps in 1797, mineralogist, R. J. Hauy
discovered some highly vitreous, piezio-electric wedged-shaped
crystals that resembled schorl, the dark variety of tourmaline. The
incorrect designation, 'vitreous schorl', was used even after
axinite was identified as a complicated borate silicate group of
minerals. The characteristic axe shape of its crystals gave it its
name.....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/axinite.htm
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11. Royal Flush
The tables of the stones are set even with the metal surface in a
modified bezel. This is where the name 'Flush Set' derives from; as
the stones are set flush with the metal. Flush setting is an advanced
setting procedure. Precise craftsmanship must be executed
throughout the process to accomplish the desired look....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/royal-flush.htm
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12. Bead Stone Setting - Beas It!
Bench Jewelers often use different methods to accomplish the same
work. I believe the end results are what is important, not the method
used to get there. In jewelry work the ends often justifies the
means. This is not more evident than in bead setting. I know jewelers
who cut the seat with round, bud, cone, setting, heart, or bearing
burs. Then they cut the excess metal away with flat, knife, or
onglette gravers, or they use heart, wheel, round, or knife edge
burs. Some even use needle files or saw blades....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/bead-setting.htm
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13. Restoring a Jewellers Vulcanising Press
This vulcaniser came to me in a poor condition. It would not heat up
and had seized because of corrosion. The bodywork around the base was
also badly corroded and needed treatment. Having decided this would
be a worthwhile restoration, I began researching the makers and
identified them as....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/rvlp.htm
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14. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other RSIs and the Jeweler
Carpal tunnel syndrome is only one of many kinds of repetitive
strain injuries (RSIs) and cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). RSI,
CTD and 'overuse syndrome' are reasonably interchangeable in
meaning. Carpal tunnel syndrome is, however, the most....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/carpal_tunnel.htm
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15. Consignment Agreement
The following is Consignment Agreement contract. It is intended for
information purposes only although if you wish to use it that's okay
too....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/consignment-agree.htm
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