[Jewelry making - Article 00842] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[John Donivan]

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>     In that case, the question was whether an electrically powered
>     buffing motor made such a mark invalid, and his answer was that so
>     long as the process was hand guided and controlled, so the
>     operator had complete control over the results, that the presence
>     of an electric motor didn't negate the hand made aspect. In short,
>     it only provided extra power, and didn't determine the result, only
>     the time needed to get there. 

    Ok, so I'm an idiot, as more than one pointed out. But I'm a happy
    idiot!!! The interpretation that I put out, wrongly, I guess, was
    told to me when I made turquoise jewelry in Albuquerque in the 70's,
    where the difference between handmade or not made a lot of
    difference. And we used the ways that I said as much as possible. But
    it wasn't official, even though I personally like the narrow
    interpretation better, myself. But that means nothing if the FTC
    takes a wider view. Personally I don't see much point in calling
    something handmade if it's made with machinery even if somebody is
    turning the crank, but that's just me and my training, apparently. 

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