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Bench Tips for Jewelry Making: 101 Useful Tips from Brad Smith
Bradford M. Smith
Bench Tips for Jewelry Making: 101 Useful Tips from Brad Smith
Bradford M. Smith
101 jewelry bench tips, 96 pages, 82 black & white images, paperback
In every field the top artisans have their favorite ways of solving common problems. Making a piece of fine jewelry is no exception. The work is intricate, but accomplished jewelers have a variety of techniques, special tools and shortcuts that are proven to save time and improve the quality of your work. This book is written as a resource for jewelers with skill levels from beginner through advanced. The bench tips come from Brad Smith's 17 years of experience in the jewelry industry, including a decade teaching hundreds of students. They include over 20 ways to save time when soldering and polishing, 8 common hazards to avoid, many ways to cut costs, 10 tips to improve stone setting skills, and the "Must-Have" tools for increasing productivity at the bench.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 29, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780988285804 |
Publishers | Bradford Smith |
Pages | 96 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 5 mm · 127 g |
Language | English |