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| [229] Have your studio separate from your home |
Often craftspeople start out making craft objects in their living space, a kitchen, a living room, and sometimes continue working in them even when they have grown to the point that they need a separate studio. It is not wise to share one's living and family space with workshop space. Usually there are chemicals, tools, equipment, processes, sounds, materials, wastes, dusts and so on that are unhealthy to be exposed to that are produced in a work shop.... (2000)
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| Show me more articles from: [The Jewelry Workshop Safety Report]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] |
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| ISBN: 0969851049 |
| [1004] How to Modify a Goldsmith Hammer |
Jewelers and metalsmiths have had to make their own tools throughout the ages to accomplish different tasks at the jeweler´s bench. One tool a jeweler can´t do without is a hammer. Today, many styles of hammers, made in a variety of shapes and materials, are available to the jeweler. The hammer used here as an example of how to make modifications is used for riveting, shaping, forming and working on rings for sizing. The hammer has one round/slightly contoured end (called the pean) one chisel-shaped end and a hardwood handle.... (2012)
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| [11] How you move, sit and stand: Ergonomics |
Many craftspeople have posture and body position problems. Ramazzini, the founder of occupational medicine and author of a groundbreaking book on diseases of workers published in 1713 writes rather cruelly (and the man was a great humanitarian in his time) about the effects of working posture and position in regard to cobblers and tailors.... (2000)
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| [975] Is Raking or Singeing Better Buff Prep? |
There are as many people in favor of raking as a buff preparation method as those who prefer singeing. So armed with two brand new, six-inch stitched muslin buffs and a stopwatch, I set out to discover which buff preparation method was faster and more effective.... (2009)
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| ISBN: B00006K39S |
| [3] Jewellery Repair |
Repairing jewellery is an extremely tricky job. Work often pretends to be something else, metal is not what it is labelled, or sold as and the customer's memory fades with time, so that jewellery is often given to the repair person as something different thas it's real condition or materials. What follows is a list of questions... (1992)
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