[Jewelry making - Article 00013] - Re: [Orchid] What casters prefer?

[Majordomo]

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    We prefer to get the metal original for a number of reasons.  I
    think each shop has a certain method for producing models and we are
    no different.  We have specific standards and 95% of the time we find
    that the waxes that we receive do not meet the standards.  Most of
    the time, the metal original does not meet our standards for quality,
    either.  What we'll do is take the original, make a mold from it,
    inject a few copies, and cast.  We will then take the casted copies
    fix them up and use those as the models. It gives us a few benefits: 

    * We have not changed the original (other than putting on a gate) in
    case the customer wants it back 

    * If the customer does not like the copies, we can always revert to
    the original 

    * If the customer wants to create a few similar styles, we have the
    original to work with 

    It means an extra cost which some people might feel is unnecessary,
    but from the perspective of quality and cost of production, it is
    worth it.  A good example is a job that we did recently.  The
    customer has merchandise that she shows at Saks.  She had used the
    precious metal clay to create some styles of cuffs and links for
    bracelets.  When she gave it to us to reproduce, she gave us some
    guidelines as to what she had envisioned the final product to be.  It
    needed a lot of work.  We could have just taken the original and
    copied it as-is, but then the final product would have looked like
    crap (am i allowed to say that?).  Anyway, she was very pleased with
    the result. 

    We will sometimes accept waxes individually, but most of the time we
    have to do extra work on the casted piece. I hope that helps. 

    fyi, we have a casting shop with 2 neutec casting machines, 12
    injectors, 5 ovens. ~avi meir www.silbers.com 


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