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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The first week of this course introduces the students into multiple techniques for jewelry design, making and repair.
During the weeks that follow, daily jewelry store tasks must be completed, from repairing chains, making rings, ring sizing, soldering settings, setting stones, replacing prongs, soldering pre made initials and as well as many designing tasks.

Introduction to precious metals: Platinum, Gold, and Silver.
Learn how to obtain the different Karats and colors of gold.                      FTC rules and regulations, Trading of precious metals. Units of weight.

Soldering: Preparation and cleaning of metals for soldering.               Soldering is immediately introduced into the program. Students practice a wide variety of exercises hands-on.

Piercing, drilling and filing: explanation and practice for the making of nameplates.

Wires: making of bails and jump rings. Using round nose pliers and dowels.

Ring Sizing: Practice of single and multiple ring sizing. Hardening and annealing techniques explained and applied.

Testing of metals: hands-on. Learn how to use acid testing techniques for separating the different karats of metal. Metals and oxidation.             Handling of shop sweeps, fillings and scraps for maximum recovery.

Gold melting and milling: explanation and adjustment of the torch. Use of mold for making ingots. Use of the rolling mill for producing metal wires and plates.

Chains: Learn to make chains starting from an idea. Practice on fixing different types of chains.

Rings: Create and assemble a solitaire ring. Making of a shank and soldering a setting.

Making a coin bezel: students make a coin bezel by utilizing the sweat soldering technique. This technique is also used for making bezels for cabochon stones.
 

Identification plates, initials: learn the proper techniques to apply designs plate to plate. You will create a project in which you will learn to properly prepare and solder identification initials. 

Diamond setting: handling of simple diamond setting. Practice of setting stones in different setting styles.

Explanation of procedures: Working with hollow jewelry, general explanation of jewelry repairs. Findings, tools and other supplies and suppliers. Repair friendly and unfriendly stones. Finishes and Textures.

Finishing of Castings: Introduction and explanation of castings and the most common tools used for finishing the pieces.                                         Rough castings will be cleaned, sanded, pre finished and polished ready for final delivery. 

Bracelet with Tennis Clasp: Explanation of inner workings of clasps.         The student will learn the inner workings of clasps. Making of hinges for bracelets. Mechanics and placement of a figure 8. Final assembly and high luster polishing for final presentation and delivery to the customer.

Three Color Ring: Making, sizing and different ways of assembling a three colors of metal ring will be practiced in this exercise. Different exercises will include assembling the ring separately, sizing up and down, soldering side by side, sizing separately and finishing for presentation and delivery.

Designer Ring with Pattern: The student will learn how to handle the re sizing of a designer ring with a pattern. Stretching and reducing the ring several sizes will be demonstrated.  Sizing up by using a piece of metal and a design will be added using burs and gravers. Antique finish.

Rings with multiple stones: Multiple exercises in rings: sizing rings up, down and re-shank of finished jewelry. Setting and tightening stones

Chains: Repairs, clasps and end caps of a variety of chains. Cable link, S link, Bismark, Omega, Rope styles.

Earrings: Practice for fixing, soldering and placing posts, creating a pair of earrings.

Hollow jewelry: Hollow bangle, different repairs to be performed: Fixing dents, installing a safety chain. The student will learn how to solder a jump ring unto a hollow ball.  Different ways of fixing a hollow bracelet or necklace will be practiced and a box clasp will be installed

ID Bracelet: This bracelet will be constructed by making a plate, attaching it to a chain using tubing and installing a hidden clasp and 2 figure 8’s. The student will then learn the best way to solder initials on top of an identification plate.

Hollow Earrings:  Post and lever back systems have to be installed unto hollow earrings.

Earring set with stones in bezels: This exercise includes removing a stone and fixing the post of an earring. The student will then convert the earring into a pendant. As a final exercise the student will make a shank, solder the same setting and two additional settings to complete the exercise.

Handmade hollow Earrings: forming and shaping. Installation and making of T-bars and posts.

Fashion earrings: Convert existing bracelet into a pair of earrings.

Waxing and casting: The wax and casting process will be explained and students will practice injecting molds with wax making their own patterns.

Watches: Hands on watchbands and batteries replacement.

Plating: Cleaning, Electro stripping and plating with rhodium, copper, nickel and/or gold, will be explained and demonstrated.

Engraving: Use of a pantograph and an inside ring engraver.

Semi precious stone ring: Different rings from heavy wide to thin narrow will be made and semi precious stones will be set. The student will then learn how to size rings with semi precious stones without removing stones.

T-bar CZ studs: T-bars will be soldered unto settings to create a pair of studs and stones will be set in this exercise.

Oval Setting: Solder bail onto a setting and set a semi precious stone. Repair bail with stone in place.

Three Stone Pendant: Create a 3 stone pendant from a metal bar and 3 settings. Set all stones.

Prong replacement: After soldering a loop and bail onto a pendant and setting the stone the student will learn how to replace the prong.

Final finish: Finishing and marking jewelry in preparation for polishing.
Polishing, with tripoli and rouge
Ultrasonic and steam pressure machine.
Certified Bench Jeweler Projects
Cerfired Bench Jeweler Soldering Technique
Certified Bench Jeweler Custom made Bracelet
Certified Bench Jeweler Polishing Technique
Certified Bench Jeweler Tightening Prongs
Certified Bench Jeweler Wire Earrings
Certified Bench Jeweler Filing Technique
Certified Bench Jeweler Sizing of Ring with Design

CBJ 101      Length of course: 170 Clock Hours       Prerequisite: None

Objectives:
This program is designed to provide enough hands on training for the student that walks in with no previous experience in the jewelry business. After a very thorough four weeks of training, he/she will be able to handle most every day's repair tasks at the average jewelry store.

 

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