[Jewelry making - Article 00809] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[James Binnion]

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>     Handmade means only human power and human hands. It's not like the
>     "handmade" police are everywhere, but it can happen, and there
>     might be complaints. But it's quite specific - no electricity, no
>     mule power, no mill power, just human power 

    Nope read the FTC guides 

          unless the entire shaping and forming of such product from raw
          materials and its finishing and decoration were accomplished by
          hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the
          maker to control and vary the construction, shape, design, and
          finish of each part of each individual product. 

    It says nothing about hand powered only manually controlled. So flex
    shaft, polishing lathe, drill press, engine lathe or mill as long as
    it is manually controlled. Although an engine lathe or mill would be
    stretching the definition I believe you can still make a good case
    for them however a watchmakers lathe with hand held gravers would
    easily be ok. So CNC, rubber or metal mold cast items, die struck, or
    blanked work are not allowed but fabricated work with power tools is
    well within the guidelines. 

Jim

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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