[Jewelry making - Article 00571] - Re: [Orchid] Hydraulic press dillema

[Sam Patania]

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    What, are you kidding? I love this press, it has helped define me as
    an artist as well as providing a tool for small scale production in
    a one man studio. 

    The question about if it has paid for itself has to be asked by the
    person buying it. For me I can not afford to buy tools that don't
    pay for themselves so yes, it has paid for itself but, I have
    designed my jewelry to take advantage of the press and it's tooling. 

    Look on the Bonny Doon forum site and you will see many people who
    are currently using the press to it's full advantage. 

    One of my favorite tools for the press is Dar Shelton's pancake dies
    which cut shapes with the press instead of me hand cutting
    everything. Dar is a constant contributer to the Bonny Doon site so
    you can talk with the top people in the field about any press
    questions. So the press allows me to cut and form many items I used
    to hand produce. I spent the money for the Bonny Doon instead of
    making my own press because I wanted the service from Bonny Doon for
    maintanece and questions I have had about operation and tooling. I
    tried to get service on my press localy and found it lacking just
    the way Phil Poirer siad it would be lacking and ended up sending
    the press to him in Taos anyway, paying twice for the same repair.
    If I had just sent it to Phil in the first place I would have saved
    money and had the job done correctly. I alss wanted to be able to
    buy the tool and use it, not spend the time to make something that I
    wasn't sure would be able to take the pressures I want to work with. 

    If you have any questions about the press you can contact me off
    list. 

Sam Patania, Tucson
www.bahti.com
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