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Thread: anyone do metalsmith jewelry?
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12th Jun 2011, 04:39 PM #1New Member
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anyone do metalsmith jewelry?
Is there anyone on this forum who do small metal jewelry forming and construction?
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12th Jun 2011, 06:23 PM #2Product designer retired
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Have done in the past. A few years back, I made a white gold engagement ring from scratch. Bought the gold from a gold dealer in Melbourne, and the solitaire diamond from a diamond dealer.
Not knowing quite where to start, I enrolled at Collingwood tech for a 6 month silver smith course. This was of great benefit in learning the skills of rolling, drawing, welding and polishing.
The only thing I was not confident with, was setting the diamond. I left that up to the instructor.
Other items I've made pendants machined out of brass bar with the centre machined out, and a coin press fitted into the recess. The pendant was topped off with a screwed in fitting, cross drilled for a ring and chain. All good fun working in miniature.
Ken
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12th Jun 2011, 10:29 PM #3
certainly do...
Peter McBride Goldsmith - Jeweller
Regards,
Peter
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13th Jun 2011, 02:38 AM #4New Member
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incorporating wood in jewelry pieces
Have you done any wood carving to bezel? I am needing guidance on which burrs to use on small pieces of hardwoods. thx!
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14th Jun 2011, 09:25 AM #5
I use the Busch brand of burs. They are available in a huge range of shapes. I use whichever one gives me the result I want in the cut, and removes material that I want gone. Often the shape of the bur will guide the cut, like when I bury the cylinder shape in the material, and drag it backwards to get a trench...or I use the shank of the bur as a depth stop.
Regards,
Peter