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Goldsmiths Can Cast Easier than Ever
After a quick visit to the Atlanta Jewelry show, I was struck by a significant change. The smaller scale equipment that has come out in concert with the CAD/Custom jewelry trend puts simple casting in reach of smaller shops than ever. Smaller generally means more...
Ride High On Hydrogen
Let's remember when it's smart to keep the equipment simple and affordable. You the designer or jeweler make far more difference than the equipment does. For torch work in casting hydrogen is far and away the best to actually use. Plenty of heat, and as you dial the...
Investing And Flaskless Casting With Docs
This recipe for Docs was written by Gary Dawson of Gary Dawson Designs. Gary is a master jeweler, caster and CAD teacher. Description: Doc’s Casting Plaster was specially formulated by Marc Robinson some time ago as a vast improvement to existing methods for casting...
New docscastingplaster.com website
A new web site for current and future users of Docs Casting Plaster. Comments will be on for registered users. Play nice please.
Electrum-Is The Past in Your Future, Thanks To The FTC?
By now you have probably heard that we (In the USA) can soon make gold for sale at less than ten karat and call it gold. It's a new ruling from the FTC and details are available at the MJSA Journal. As a career long gold alloy specialist, I admit to dismay...
Platinum-The Best Market For Jewelers In Years
The one precious metal that has all the following attributes-As white as it gets. High density for a substantial weighty feel for the customer. Can be fabricated, cast, welded, soldered without oxidation, stamped or hand wrought without changing alloys. Everything is...