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	Back Articles by Charles Lewton-Brain Page: Previous  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Next   [57] Notes on Scoring and Bending Scoring and bending is one of the most important ways of constructing jewellery. Scoring is a method of obtaining very sharply defined bends in metal sheets. The angle of the bend is determined mainly by the amount of material removed from the groove. It allows rapid and accurate work to specific angles.... (1994) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Fabrication]   [467] Notes on Soft Hammers Jewelers spend hours fixing damage that they themselves did to the metal. Soft hammers and shaping tools limit the injuries to the metal being worked, with the best quality of all (the least damage to metal while still shaping it) being paper mallets. Leather however remains tried and true as material for making mallets from.... (2004) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Homemade Tools]|[Bench Tips & Tricks]   [103] Notes On Specific Gravity Archimedes is said to have discovered that when a body is placed in water the volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the body and that when the body is placed in water that it undergoes an apparent loss of weight. This loss of weight is equal to the weight of the water displaced. When a gem is weighed in air and then weighed in water the loss of weight is equal to.... (1994) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Gemology]   [228] Notes on Studio Lighting How you light your shop, illuminate your working area, experience the reflection from surfaces and the paint you choose for the walls all have an effect on your ability to work in your studio. Poor lighting can strain the eyes, contribute to accidents and make working uncomfortable..... (1999) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Beginner's Corner]|[Workshop Safety]|[Critical Notes]   [4] On Jewellery Career Options One of the most interesting things about the jewellery/metals field is that there are so many career options, so many contexts that one can choose to work in. There are even ways of becoming wealthy if that is important in one's goals. There are some broad categories of career choice.... (1993) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Business & Marketing]|[Beginner's Corner]   Page Previous  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Next
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