[Jewelry making - Article 00063] - Re: [Orchid] Bead setting prices

[sbright]

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    I remember when I was a kid, my dad worked for an old guy fixing
    photo cameras. Mr. Hoyt told him the same thing but with a twist. You
    should feel fortunate to even have a job in America since you can
    barely speak English. He was being paid $3.35/hr with $2 of it coming
    from a state program.. At $1.35/hr Mr. Hoyt had a camera rapairman who
    was good at what he did. Maybe he should have felt fortunate.. 

    $2/ stone is a minimum..$3 to $4 if your work is really clean and
    well laid out. Tell me though how do you like the microscope? I'm
    trying to learn bead setting but I have a tough time seeing up close.
    I end up using a 10X loupe after pretty much every operation. I
    bought binocular glasses (like surgeons use) but the focal length is
    to long on them for me to use them comfortably. 

-Stanley Bright
A&M Jewelers
Baltimore, MD


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