Subject: If you are a metalsmith You don't want to miss this info

From: [email-masked] (Dr. E. Aspler (Hanuman))
Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 14:51:16 GMT

Read the following articles on line at the

"Tips from the jeweler's bench - search engine"

http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm

(ORCHID is coming soon)

 Articles by Charles Lewton-Brain

   1.On Jewellery Career Options 
   2.An investing procedure for lost wax casting 
   3.Keum-Boo 
   4.Some thoughts on Fire scale 
   5.Cleaning Metal Surfaces 
   6.Brief Notes on Shakudo 
   7.Jewellery Repair 
   8.Files From the book "Cheap Thrills in the Tool Shop" 
   9.Shop Machines About Anvils, Buffing Machines, Casting Machines,
Drill Press Machines, Flexible
     Shafts, Hydraulic Press Machines, Rolling Mills and more... 
  10.Notes on Gemstone Fluorescence 

Some recommended books for Self Education:

     Diamond Setting 
     Bead Setting Diamonds 
     Channel Setting Diamonds
     Source: 
     Robert Wooding,
     Dry Ridge Co,
     PO Box 18814, Erlanger,
     Kentucky, 41018, USA

     The Complete Metalsmith - Tim McCreight 
     Practical Casting - Tim McCreight 
     Jewellery Making Manual - Sylvia Wicks 
     Practical Jewelry Rendering - Tim McCreight 
     The Complete Metalsmith Video
     Source:
     Tim McCreight,
     Brynmorgen Press,
     33 Woodland Road,
     Cape Elizabeth, Maine,
     04101, USA

     Basic Wax Modelling 
     Practical Wax modelling by Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yoko Ohba,
     Source:
     ASQ Corporation
     17356 West Twelve Mile Road
     Suite 200
     Southfield, MI , 48076, USA
     Tel: 313-557-3170

     Professional Goldsmithing
     Alan Revere, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY
     ISBN 0-442-23898-3
     Source:
     Revere Academy,
     Suite 900, 
     760 Market Street,
     San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA

     Get the complete set of Alan Revere videos as they come out.
     Source:
     Rio Grande,
     6901 Washington NE,
     Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA
     Tel: 800-545-6566 

     Practical Goldsmith: Mounting, Settings 
     Practical Goldsmith: Modelling 
     Practical Goldsmith: Mounting 4, Joints, Electroplating
     Source:
     Ruhle-Diebener Verlag
     Postfach 70 04 50
     D-70574 Stuttgart, Germany 

     Cheap Thrills in the Tool Shop
     Charles Lewton-Brain
     Source:
     Brain Press,
     Box 1624,
     Ste M, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1N3 

     Designing Jewelry M. Galli, D. Riviere, Fanfan Li
     The Art of Jewelry Design M. Galli, D. Riviere, Fanfan Li
     (These are both books with numerous examples of traditional
jewelry renderings)
     Source:
     Schiffer Publishing Co,
     77 Lower Valley Road,
     Atglen, PA, 19310 

     For studying gemology:
     Gem Testing get the latest edition by Anderson (and Webster) 
     Handbook of Gem Identification (latest edition) by Richard
Liddicoat 
     Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann.
     These three books offer a very good start on the field. 

Dr. Aspler
http://www.ganoksin.com/
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