[Jewelry making - Article 00362] - Re: [Orchid] Milling your own or buying stock

[John Donivan]

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>     Although it might not be the most practical application for every
>     shop or every situation, it is certainly a highly valuable ability 

    Since I started this.... The original question, which comes up every
    once in a while here, was, "What can I expect from a bench test?" The
    answer which really does need to be pounded home, is that if it is a
    typical gold workshop you'll be expected to do everything for
    yourself. I'll say again that I didn't bring this up to create some
    sort of conflict - there is no conflict, it's reality. And if you
    walk into some shop like Daniel's that manufactures in his own
    certain way then good for you. But it is far, far more likely that
    when you have a sizing job the foreman will hand you some scrap metal
    and say there ya go. Or even for a special order job. And no,
    goldsmithing in it's higher forms is not simply silversmithing in
    gold - there's really no need to draw lines and I only used those
    terms for analogy's sake, but the answer to "What can I expect from a
    bench test?" is "They are looking for a goldsmith." Maybe we in the
    gold business can't sit down and write a list of what that means, but
    we all know it when we see it and we know it's not when it's not.
    There is no answer to the question - there are thousands of shops
    large and small, some are putting out the very work you like to do,
    whatever that may be. I know a few that are putting out silver
    "art/gallery" jewelry right now. But it's not a game, you need to
    know your stuff. 

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