Silversmithing
Supply List Level 1
(c) 2008 by Jerry Davis
(Bring these items to class on the first day)
Class fee is required. Check with
teacher to see what the current fee for the class is.
Small tool box, plastic (A
small plastic fishing tackle box or little toolbox is good to keep your bottles
and a few items in.)
Three or more small bottles with your name on label (leave space for other information also) Baby food jars, pill bottles, etc. (if you need bottles ask me)
A few small good zip up (easy close slider by Hefty) Baggies for small items.
Leather Gloves
Prescription glasses or safety glasses (Harbor Freight has these for $2.00)
Dust mask if sensitive to vapors from
soldering and dust from finishing machine.
Folder or three ring spiral notebook
Pencil
Cabochons, both regular and freeform
Bring
2 well worn silver quarters (any dates) and 2 nice silver dimes with special dates.
You can buy these from "bulk" silver at Pratt's Coin shop on South
1st. No exotic coins please.
I will show you some styles of shanks and techniques. The silver quarters work best for the little initial charms
for key chains and the dimes work best for bracelet charms.
If you have graduating seniors to make gifts for, these are good
personal hand-made items that last forever.
Bring a small
design you would like to transfer to silver and make into jewelry.
Charm size or ear ring size. It
must be one that is of simple outline form or can be converted to simple form.
Hopefully it will require some piercing and can count for a piercing
project. Piercing is to cut
out some of the internal parts of the design with the small saw provided.
Get ideas from catalog of Gems and Findings or other jewelry catalogs and
or Lapidary Digest magazines.
If you want to bring your own acetylene-air torch then we can probably use
it.
(If
you have your own tank and torch you may want to use your own just to get used
to it. We use acetylene-air
torches and tanks. Tip # 2 or 3 size is
used most often
If you wish to bring some of your own tools and tool box it
will be ok.
You might want to engrave your name on them or see what our color codes are and
make a unique color code for your tools. Tools have a way of getting mixed
up with others.
Dress
for the class:
Old
clothes that you don’t mind having holes burned in by acid or other means.
This will be a dusty and somewhat dirty hands environment.
The polishing operation is difficult on hands so if your hands are
sensitive you may want thin leather gloves to give you some protection. We will have leather finger guards for you to use during
finishing of metal if you want to use them.
Even with finger guards your fingers will take a lot of punishment, from
polishing compounds, chemicals, etc. You
may want some hand cream close by for the days you will be finishing metal.
TOOL-LIST FOR A PERSONAL TOOL BOX