[Jewelry making - Article 00217] - Re: [Orchid] Catalog in Motion Report

[Sam Patania]

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    Rio Grande has a marketing tool called Catalog in Motion which is
    the most amazingly effective tool I have ever seen. I went to the
    Hilton East this morning a little after 9AM thinking I was early only
    to find I was late for Blaine Lewis' seminar and that the parking lot
    was full and Rio was doing business. I went to talk to Lee Marshal
    first, as I am hooked on Bonny Boon products. Lee was able to answer
    my questions, of course, which is the reason I am hooked on his
    products, person product service. My Bonny Doon is my favorite tool,
    bar none. The inventory control product I use, Jewelry Design
    Manager, is also at Catalog In Motion. I was able to talk about the
    program to learn more and find out that there is an update coming
    soon which will interface with Quickbooks and solve some more of my
    paper pushing problems. I am completely sold on JDM. 3M is a company
    which always amazes me. I brought  my apprentice, Shawna Lobmiller,
    over to their booth and found myself saying that 3M always has new
    products which I ALWAYS find usefull. I found their new product the
    solution to my biggest problem, finishing jewelry. They have a new
    type of wheel which will make me money by removing a step I usually
    use in finishing, hand emerying. It is a green foam wheel with
    different abrasive grits in it. I was told that is was a foam wheel
    and I thought, so what, what does this do for me, well it's the
    difference between a hard cutting wheel and a drum sander. I was
    able to use the 600 grit, 3000 grit and then to White Diamond and
    rouge to get a mirror finish. I started on my drum sander but now
    think I could probably get away from using it for the filing purpose
    with these wheels or run these wheels wet. The finishing process for
    my fabricated line was the most time consuming and there for the most
    costly process I had to do to get the mirror finish I need. Not any
    more, form in urethane (Bonny Doon) and finish with 3M green Wheels.
    Perfect. 

Sam Patania, Tucson
www.patanias.com

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