[Jewelry making - Article 00998] - Re: [Orchid] How many rings can you size in an hour?

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    speed shouldn't be the issue.  value is. is it worth 30 bucks to get
    your ring sized by a competent jeweler. absolutely. but try to get
    people to agree. it is an unfortunate aspect of the jewelery trade
    that there are  people out there that get more customers by
    underselling. this works short term but in the long run qaulity
    suffers and shortly thereafter your reputation gets trashed. i feel
    it's far better to be fairly compensated by a few people than to
    hack up jobs so volumn will pay the bills. i've seen plenty of fast
    work in my day and surely a plain shank is easy to size down in 5-10
    minutes. but what happens when the ring has lots of detail? usually
    a speedster leaves lumps of solder or badly placed seams that are
    visible in a good lighting situation. AAAnd not always but  usually
    cheats like soft solder or easy flo was used to go fast. also the
    shanks tend to have have belies or thins or a large non detailed
    areas in the back instead of a pattern to match.  the people who do
    this don't care if the sizing last so long as they get the money.
    when i was younger i actually tried to produce work fast to stay
    employed. the stress and lack of quality wasn't worth any amount of
    money. i also have to  say that none of those outfits lasted long.
    Just remember that jeweler stands for jeweling which means making
    jewels . that's not done by hurrying.  

    sorry for being mouthy on this   Dave Otto



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