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Jewelry Making: Techniques for Metal by Tim McCreight ISBN: 0486440435 Dover Publications Price: $14.95 click here to see this book Easy-to-follow instructions and carefully executed illustrations make it possible for anyone to learn the basics of an age-old art form and fashion beautiful, lasting objects. Author discusses tools and techniques, use of gems and enamels, wire inlay, casting, and other topics. 72 line illustrations and diagrams. Unabridged republication of Metalworking for Jewelry: Tools, Materials, Techniques, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1979. Table of Contents for Jewelry Making: Techniques for Metal Introduction 1. The Metals The Noble Metals Copper and its Alloys White Metals 2. The Tools Measuring and Marking Cutting and Bending Soldering Hammering Filing and Polishing Casting Shop Equipment Handtool Checklist 3. The Basic Techniques Bending Sawing Drilling Fusing Soldering Pickling Fire Scale 4. Finishing Techniques Filing Sanding Buffing Tumbling Coloring 5. Surface Techniques Texturing Stamping Engraving Heat Texturing Etching Inlay 6. Moving the Metal Annealing Milling Repoussé Shallow Forming Die Forming Silversmithing Forging 7. Nonmetallic Elements Gemstones Prongs Riveting Enamels 8. Casting Terminology The Pattern Spruing Metal Quantity Investing Burnout Casting Technique Alternate Methods Double Metals Multiples Primitive Methods 9. Findings Commercial Findings Chains Hinges 10. Considerations for the Professional Business Practices The Product Methods of Selling Image Craft Organizations Appendix 1: Weights Appendix 2: Drill Sizes Appendix 3: Buying Precious Metals Appendix 4: Gemstones Appendix 5: Hardness of Minerals Bibliography Suppliers Index

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