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From: MillsGem Date: Thu Jun 06 00:36:43 2002 |
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========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ]======== Dear Jim, Jamb peg facet machines are still widely prevalent throughout the world. They are, indeed, low tech., but , used by a skilled cutter can do just as good a job as our so-called high tech. machines. Moreover, a skilled jamb peg cutter can cut circles around the high tech cutters......it can be a much faster method. In my view a skilled jamb peg cutter is truly an artist because he does not use a diagram and has no metric guides. He must know which hole to "jamb his peg into" and this skill comes only with years of experience and skill. A modern cutter, on the other hand, might be compared to a paint by the numbers artist. If you follow the cutting diagram and use the right settings on the index head aboiut the only way you can screw up is to under or over cut the facet. I guess the analogy might be LOW TECH/ HIGH SKILL, HIGH TECH/LOW SKILL. This is not to say that it does not take skill to use a modern faceting machine; simply that it takes MORE skill to get a good product from a jamb peg machine. When it comes to comparing levels of technology, we mustn't forget that in most all technologies there is a strong element of forced obsolescence involved. Very often the gizmo that we have been using is supplanted with one that does not do anything better than the old one. One example is the microwave oven; an oven with a wind up timer does a perfectly good job, but we have come to accept that an electronic controls component is indispensable.......nonsense! In other cases a so-called " new and improved " gizmo is the same device as the old , but has an altered appearance........one that is more stylish. So what do you do ? You throw away the perfectly functional old gizmo and buy a new one that has a better image with the same function. Simplicity has its virtues....you'll find that out the first time that your automobile computer crashes ! Ron at Mills Gem, Los Osos, CA. ____________________________________________________________________ T h e O r c h i d L i s t Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________ Orchid FAQ: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm Orchid Archives: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive Orchid Galleries: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm Invite a Friend: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ____________________________________________________________________ Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books Buy Orchid Jewelry: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ____________________________________________________________________ -Unsubscribe: -Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank ____________________________________________________________________ |
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