[Jewelry making - Article 00254] - Re: [Orchid] Cleverwerx soldering set

[Karen Christians]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

Helen,

    Thanks for your feedback. I welcome anyone who has a question, for
    it helps me to help you. 

    I understand that my titanium products are pricey. However, before I
    launched into this project, I tested many grades of titanium, how
    they performed under heat, durability, etc. True, the titanium picks
    will do the job of rolling solder off onto your piece, but when you
    have to apply pressure at the same time, my pick does two jobs at
    once. 

    After many uses, the weak grade of titanium (and there are about 7
    grades) slowly began to break down from constant heating. Yes, 7UKP
    is inexpensive, until you have to buy the next one and the shipping
    involved. What I set out to do was to build a soldering set out of a
    quality high grade material that you will purchase once in your life
    time. 

    After running Metalwerx for so many years, I watched closely what
    "professionals' "intermediate' and "beginning" students would do to
    their tools. I have had the original set of my titanium tools since
    1992. This represented quality and it represented how my work should
    be...quality. 

    My tools and anything that will go up on my website are those which
    honor our profession and the time we put in making our work. If you
    purchase something and you don't like it, the piece is either
    replaced or the item refunded. It's as simple as that. 

    The soldering tools work and they work consistently. I've had great
    feedback from the samples I have already sold from very satisfied
    customers who started to use them in their work and said "finally,
    somebody who cares". I care about this industry and seek to raise the
    bar of the awareness of what we do, so we can all continue to make a
    living at what we love. My mission at Cleverwerx is simply to honor
    that process and offer the best tools possible. 

    If you are interested, I can send you one to try out. If you like
    it, pay me. If you don't send it back. It's that easy. Email me off
    line if you like. 

Karen Christians
Cleverwerx
____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________