Jewelry appeared in time immemorial, becoming a measure of wealth and power. Over time, the manufacture of such jewelry has become a whole industry. But this does not mean that craftsmen who make jewelry with their own hands have disappeared.
It is necessary
- - equipment and a set of jewelry tools;
- - precious and non-ferrous metals;
- - precious and semi-precious stones.
Instructions
Step 1
Equip your own jewelry workshop, including a workstation and utility room. Provide a supply and exhaust ventilation in the workshop to remove harmful vapors and dust generated during melting, etching and grinding of material.
Step 2
Purchase the equipment you need. You will need a work table, a jewelry burner, a movable table lamp, a drill, a set of baths, a box with compartments for storing stones and precious metals. Supply the area with a dust collector. Place a washbasin with a sump in the back room to collect metal particles.
Step 3
Prepare the necessary tools for work: files of various profiles, files for metal sawdust, tweezers, pliers, nippers, scissors for working with metal, jigsaw, hammers, miniature anvil. You will also need plates and punches for forming parts and a drawing board. Processing products with a drill will require a set of drills, cutters and abrasive wheels.
Step 4
To carry out measurements, stock up on a bench scale with weighing scales, a caliper, a micrometer, and a metal ruler. As you master the technology for making products, you will likely need additional tools and fixtures.
Step 5
Stock up on the amount of precious and non-ferrous metals and stones necessary to start work. Most often, gold, silver, platinum, palladium and their alloys are used in jewelry.
Step 6
Determine for yourself the types and types of jewelry that you intend to make. There are an infinite number of them, but not every product can be made in an ordinary workshop. The most suitable options that are within the power of an individual master will be rings, earrings, brooches, pendants, medallions, some types of chains (with simple weaving).
Step 7
Start making jewelry with preparatory operations, including the preparation of alloys and individual parts of the future product. These include smelting, forging, drawing, stamping, sample casting, and so on.
Step 8
Use mechanical processing of the material, which is mostly done by hand. To do this, transfer the drawing of the future product to the workpiece, cut it along the markings or saw off the part with a jigsaw. Also use drilling and filing of the future product to give it the required shape.
Step 9
After completing the work on the formation of the contours of the product, proceed to the final stage of making jewelry: soldering, installation of movable joints, scraping.
