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	Back Excerpts from: Brain Press Publications Page: Previous  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Next   [18] Some thoughts on computer use in the Metals/jewelry Field If you are involved with computers you know how rapidly things are changing, prices are sinking and capabilities increasing. Computer use in increasing in the jewelry field and at some point, probably sooner than you think you will see computers used in ordinary jewelry stores to manufacture jewelry and its components. The following comments are intended to introduce some of the issues concerning this coming change.... (1996) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[CAD/CAM]|[Jewelry Design]   [7] Some thoughts on Fire scale Fire scale or fire stain is a reddish purple toned 'bloom' or 'stain' that appears on silver/copper alloys such as sterling silver when they are heated in the presence of oxygen. It even occurs in gold alloys with high copper contents. As it generally appears in the form of blotchy patches following abrasive polishing it is seen as a blemish which destroys the clear reflectivity of finished silver surfaces.... (1990) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Soldering]|[Beginner's Corner]   [197] Some Thoughts on Modes of Working This short paper offers a set of names to describe how the jewellery metals field is made up in terms of the way practitioners approach their medium. There is no great truth to the way this has been done; it is just to have tools to discuss the subject with.... (1996) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Jewelry Design]   [160] Some useful North American addresses for equipment, materials and information (1994) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Business & Marketing]   [139] Stonesetting: Engraved bezel with vertical walls Stonesetting has been a part of goldsmithing for as long as people have worked in precious metals. Perhaps the oldest and most used setting has been the bezel. The simplest form of the bezel is a ring of metal fitting the circumference of the enclosed cabachon or tapered material soldered onto a base plate. The stone fitted inside, and the metal is pushed, burnished or hammered towards the stone.... (1977) Complete Story Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] Releated Categories:[Stone Setting]   Page Previous  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Next
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