<p>"Buy this Book!! - Mel Wolski, MAGazine."Once in a while a master takes time to record the tricks amassed during a lifetime, although among jewelers this is very rare." - Alan Revere.This is a loose, eclectic collection of short cuts, bench tricks and alternative equipment options for goldsmiths. Cheap tool making, conversions and unexpected sources for tools are all described. Sections include shop machines, tools, setting tools, soldering and more. Lots of drawings, lists and reviews of sources round out the book. A good table of contents and index make finding information easy. 80 pages. 82 line drawings.</p>

Cheap Thrills in the Tool Shop: Inexpensive Equipment Options and BenchTricks for Goldsmiths

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Charles J. Lewton-Brain

Antiques & Collectibles

Brain Press

Essential for jewelers, professionals, schools, small studios, factories, students. This book reviews issues of studio safety and discusses strategies for recognizing risks in the jewelry workshop, and for reducing hazards by using substitution of materials or processes. The premise is that any reduction in risk improves safety conditions for the goldsmith and artist. It is written in a easily readable, warm style with plenty of examples and safety anecdotes backed by extensive citations and references. A workshop tour gives you a new approach to learning about safety issues and procedures, with safety and health concerns listed by the jewelry procedures and tools used, and a good index, all design ed to help you find the information you want rapidly and easily. Chosen as a required course text by New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), The New Approach School (Virginia) and the Paris Texas Jewelry Training Program.

The Jewelry Workshop Safety Report

Arts & Photography

Study & Teaching

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