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PRACTICAL JEWELLERY WORK AND SILVERSMITHING |
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This app includes: The basic tools and equipment used by Jewellers, Soldering Techniques and Solders, Engraving, Texturing, Repousse, Etching, Planishing, Enamelling and Inlaying of Materials. |
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JEWELLERY AND SILVERSMITHING -1
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This app includes: Pewter casting (various methods), lost wax casting including silicon rubber moulds, cuttlefish bone casting, casting with charcoal blocks, tufa stone casting and delft casting. |
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JEWELLERY AND SILVERSMITHING -2
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KNOWLEDGE MAPS FOR JEWELLERY |
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Enamelling - Processes and Techniques (PDF version) |
Enamelling - Processes and Techniques (PowerPoint version) |
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BASIC EQUIPMENT |
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The Bow Drill and Pendant Drill |
The Pin Vice |
Pliers for Jewellery Work |
The Jeweller's Triblet |
The Jewellery Rolling Mill |
Doming Block and Punches |
The Jewellers Piercing saw |
Needle Files |
Tinman's Snips |
Light Duty Bench Shears |
Forming Curved Surfaces with a Ball Pein Hammer |
Folding Bars |
Manually Operated Sheet Metal Folding Machine |
Jeweller's Swage Block |
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JEWELLER'S TORCH AND SOLDERING |
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The Jeweller's Torch |
Cleaning Nonferrous Metal after Heating / Annealing |
Hard / Silver Soldering |
Hard / Silver Soldering - Alternative Procedure (Pallions) |
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ENGRAVING AND TEXTURING |
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Engraving with Gravers |
Texturing a Surface |
Using Punches to Texture and Pattern |
Planishing |
Repoussé |
Texturing Hammers |
Specialist Hammers - Repousse Hammer, Blocking Hammer and Planishing Hammer |
Specialist Hammers - Raising Hammer, Collet Hammer and Creasing Hammer |
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Electroplating |
The Polishing (Buffing) Machine |
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ENAMELLING |
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Enamelling |
Preparing Metal for Enamelling |
How to Fire Enamel |
Counter Enamelling |
Plique-à-jour |
Champlevé |
Basse-Taille and Grisaille |
Cloisonné and Limoges / Painted Enamel |
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INLAYING MATERIALS |
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Inlaying Metal Strips and Wire |
Inlaying Metal Sheets |
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ETCHNG |
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The Etching Process - Traditional Method |
Etching using a Vinyl Cutter and a PCB Etchant Tank |
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WORKING WITH WIRE |
Jeweller's Draw Plates |
Twisting Decorative Wire |
Forming Rings and Making Simple Chain |
Using a Former to Produce Chain Links |
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CLEANING AND POLISHING JEWELLERY COMPONENTS / PARTS |
Buff Sticks |
Polishing Sticks and Polishing by Hand |
Pendant Drills /Multi-tools and Polishing |
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PEWTER CASTING - 1 |
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1. Pewter Casting -1 |
2. Pewter Casting - 2 |
3. Pewter Casting - Safety |
4. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet-1 |
5. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet -
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PEWTER CASTING - 2 |
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6. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part 1 |
7. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part - 2 |
8. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part - 3 |
9. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - 4 |
10. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - 5 |
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PDF FILE - Small Scale Casting - Pewter - Sequence
Drawing Worksheet |
PowerPoint Version - Small Scale Casting - Pewter - Sequence Drawing Worksheet |
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11. MDF Moulds and
Pewter Casting - Small Scale Casting - 1 |
12. MDF Moulds and
Pewter Casting - Small Scale - 2 |
13. MDF Mould Design
and Worksheet |
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LOST WAX / INVESTMENT CASTING |
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1. Lost Wax Investment Casting - Preparing the Investment Mixture |
2. Preparing the Flask and Casting |
3. Using Silicone Rubber for Lost Wax Casting |
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CUTTLEBONE / CUTTLEFISH CASTING |
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What is Cuttlefish Bone AND Initial Preparation of the Mould |
Carving the Cuttlefish Bone Mould and Pouring the Metal |
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USING CHARCOAL BLOCKS, TUFFA STONE, DELFT CLAY CASTING |
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Casting and Soldering with Charcoal Blocks |
Preparing Tuffa Stone and Casting |
Delft Clay Casting |
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