[Jewelry making - Article 01327] - Re: [Orchid] Independent jeweler in today's marketplace

[Janine Hall]

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    Hi all, and Ron Mills I admire your fortitude. It is all about
    attitude and working hard at what you love. I started as a penniless
    20 year old with no business experience and only a high school
    crafts class as my training. I fell into a job as a silversmith with
    an older couple in a very small store. With only a few hand tools
    and a torch, I made due. After a few years I bought out the owners,
    a few show cases, safe, and cash register and have never looked
    back. I wouldn't change a thing. I learned while on the job and have
    a thriving repair and custom shop in a out of the way location. It
    can be done. The key is to keep your overhead low, build your
    customers with word of mouth and buy tools as you can afford them.
    Or marry rich. I chose the former. Janine in still HOT Redding
    California.
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