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for Bench Jewelers
June 2007
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Tips for Jewelers Who Do Repairs
From Alan Revere
Making a Florentine Graver-File
Ordinarily, jewelers use the cutting face of a
highly sharpened Florentine graver to apply a
standard overlapping Florentine finish. But
here is a neat trick for adapting the graver to
work in a new way. It
is excellent for
applying this finish to wedding bands or other
curved surfaces.
Take a separating disc and cut a series of
about six parallel grooves into the belly of a
Florentine graver, toward the handle end. Each
groove leaves sharp edges, which will act like
multiple cutting faces of a graver.
Now use the belly of the graver to file over
the surface to be engraved, at an angle of 45
degrees to the side of the ring. Go back and
forth, making parallel marks on the entire
band, as you move the graver-file along to the
next area. Then come
back at 90 degrees for
the overlapping cuts...all made with your new
Florentine graver-file.
This tip is from 101 Bench Tips for Jewelers
written by Alan Revere and published by
MJSA/AJM Press.
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Learn all about Handling Colored Stones from
Gemstone Cutter
Feldspar Group
The feldspar group of minerals contains many
materials used as gemstones. Some are more
commonly seen in cabochon form like microcline
(amazonstone) or moonstone, while others such
as
usually faceted. Mineralogically, the feldspar
group is quite complicated. For our purposes
here, the chemistry of the many minerals in the
feldspar group is irrelevant; we are more
interested in their physical properties and
handling characteristics.
All members of the feldspar group vary in Mohs
hardness from 6-6.5 and often show exceptional
durability because some of them, like
moonstone, tend to be tough and wear very well.
Intergrowths of various feldspars are common,
and extend the durability even further,
although a sudden sharp blow can sometimes
develop a cleavage.
The clear varieties which are faceted, such as
orthoclase,
the newer brownish-red to red andesine (which
has appeared in the last year or so) are more
fragile and can be easily chipped. None of the
feldspar group will withstand great heat or
sudden temperature changes, but moonstone in
particular seems to resist the ultrasonic quite
well. Test this at your
own risk, however!
Pickle has no adverse reaction on any of the
feldspar minerals.
Most cost only a few dollars per carat, but
good blue sheen moonstone can be expensive.
The newer andesine in fine reds can fetch
$200/ct wholesale, and
reds can reach $750/ct in 1 carat sizes, and
$700-1000/ct over 5 carats in deep green or
deep red! The medium
greens, medium reds and
orangey-reds fetch about half that price in
similar sizes.
There has been some downward pressure on these
prices recently as more and more fine material
is coming from the
scale mechanized mining has begun. Operations
such as the Dust Devil Mine open themselves up
to the public for collecting a few weeks every
year, but the conditions there are primitive
and the nearest water is many miles away.
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It comes from an indomitable will.
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Be careful when retipping
any stone with points
such as pear, marquise, and
princess shape
stones. The thin points of the stones heat up
quicker than the body of
the stone. Uneven
heating of the stone can
cause it to crack.
In addition, metal and
stones expand and
contract by different
amounts when heated and
cooled. A problem can develop during retipping
if solder is allowed to
flow completely around
the point of a stone. The solder will contract
as it cools, squeezing the
point. This may
cause the point to break
off.
The best method to retip a
stone with a point
is to make a cap in the
shape of the prong.
Then with a minimum of
solder, attach the cap
to the top of the
prong. Move the flame of
your torch over the length
of the stone,
gradually raising the
temperature evenly in the
entire stone. DO NOT allow solder to flow
under the stone, completely
encircling the
stone point. If the prong is worn to the point
that it needs more work
than just a cap, it is
best to remove the stone
and replace the crown
or prong.
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divided between many studies confounds and saps
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Tips That Make Working With Platinum or
Working at the Bench in General - Easier
from Jurgen J. Maerz CMBJ,
Director of Technical Education
for Platinum Guild International
http://www.pgi-platinum-tech.com
To repair a kinked herringbone chain, start by
using pliers to gently push the bent links
down. Then use a
regular wallpaper roller to
flatten the links. Be sure to roll on a sturdy
surface. Once the chain
is flat again, polish
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Tips for jewelers taking in jewelry at the
repair counter.
Proper Take-In Procedures Help Everyone!
When taking in a ring to be sized measure the
width and thickness of the shank and write them
on the envelope.
For example: Shank: 2.6 mm X 1.3 mm
Then after sizing if there is any question if
the shank was thinned too much you can re-
measure and check.
This takes just a little time at take-in but
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Workshop Safety Tips From
If you know what the chemicals are that you use
and what their dangers are you will be less
likely to hurt yourself with them. You should
have a list of the chemicals in your workshop
(a chemical inventory), MSDS sheets and
chemical profile sheets which tell you
important information about the chemical. A
chemical profile sheet is theoretically easier
to read than a standard MSDS sheet. There are
several places on the internet where chemical
profiles are available. One is
http://nsc.org/ehc/ew/chemical.htm.
Mishandling of chemicals is the main cause of
accidents with them: spills, accidental
reactions, contamination, breathing, etc.
Because so many products contain chemicals, you
should ideally have information for every
product in your workshop that contains
chemicals, as well as those clearly
identifiable ones that you think of immediately
when one says chemical.
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