[Jewelry making - Article 00317] - Re: [Orchid] What the Rolling Mill is About

[John Donivan]

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>     You did it again, opened a can of worms. It's been awfully quiet
>     here on Orchid lately... Boy that is getting too precise and It
>     would be tough make production run with those measurement. 

    No, Kenneth, and I realized that was vague - I didn't mean to
    measure that close, I meant that it's done to what is wanted, and if
    it were to BE measured it would be extremely odd. 

>     Like most things context is key. Where are you and where do you
>     want to go. 

    Neil the reasonable one. It toured a shop some years ago that made
    earrings and pendants with punch and hydraulic presses. Stuff like a
    pressing a disc over a squiggle of wire to imprint it. Obviously
    they bought huge quantities of mill products. Equally obviously the
    workers weren't really gold or silversmiths, they were machine
    operators. But yes, there are places that do certain work and their
    raw materials are bought accordingly. 

>     Barring taking classes, is there a way to get an overview of
>     the process of which you speak? And a couple of others who didn't
>     get it

    I've been in a lot of shops, and I've worked in several. What this is
    really addressing is technique. Many's the time I've seen people
    coming into a large-scale shop looking for work, and coming from the
    "so-called art jewelry" side of things, and they just don't
    understand how it works - and they don't get the job, and frankly
    people grin a little at the newbie's naivete. Of course if you work
    in gold, you're a goldsmith - I didn't think that needed to be said.
    The FIELD of goldsmithing is something else, though, and those who
    reach a higher atttainment in it are more like sculptors than
    anything else. Goldsmithing at it's best is more like waxwork, but in
    metal. 

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