[Jewelry making - Article 00671] - Re: [Orchid] Pickle tongs

[Karen Christians]

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Roger,

    I read your post and chuckled.  Every week when the semester is in
    full swing,  I have my tech go through all the cross lock tweezers,
    brass brushes, pickle tongs and solder piks, to give them a full
    cleaning and straightening.  It is amazing what students can do to
    equipment.  Many of my dapping punches have little dents in them
    from students pounding them onto a steel block.   However, the
    rolling mills are pristine. 

    The only way I can "student proof" our studio is purchase in bulk
    what the students will destroy.  We used to have problems with the
    forming hammers, now I put baby socks on the heads.  This works very
    well. 

-k

Karen Christians
M E T A L W E R X
50 Guinan St.
Waltham, MA  02451
Ph. 781/891-3854 Fax 3857
http://www.metalwerx.com/
Jewelry/Metalarts School & Cooperative Studio

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