Bench Tips for Jewelry Making: 101 Useful Tips from Brad Smith

Expand Your Jewelry Skills With Brad's "How To Do It" Books

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 21 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.

• Accessories for the Foredom and Dremel for Jewelry
• More Bench Tips for Jewelry Making: Proven Ways to Save Time and Improve Quality
• Making Design Stamps for Jewelry
• Broom Casting for Creative Jewelry and Metal Work
• Soldering Made Simple: Easy techniques for the kitchen-table jeweler
• Colored Pencil on Copper Jewelry: Enhance Your Metalwork the Easy Way
• The Complete Jewelry Making Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: A Beginner's Course for Aspiring Jewelry Makers
• Professional Jewelry Making
• The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook
• The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques