Professional Crafts Jewelry/Metals Studio
The Professional Crafts Jewelry/Metals studio includes a large well-lighted primary workspace with sixteen jewelry benches. Each hardwood maple bench is furnished with a Benchmate, flexible shaft, reciprocating hand-piece, adjustable light and a small lockable storage space. There are four other rooms adjacent to the bench room: the tool room which houses a large selection of metalsmithing hammers, stakes and anvils as well as other small, jewelry making equipment. There is a soldering room with five soldering stations each with two torches, individual fume extractors, and work lamps. The polishing room provides a space for two floor model polishing/buffing lathes with separate dust collection and the casting room houses both vacuum and centrifugal casting machines along with a burnout oven and investment mixing area. Ventilation hoods are provided for both casting machines and burnout oven.
There is a small lecture area with table and chairs situated at one end of the studio, while other full-size classrooms are available throughout the Creative Arts Building, each complete with projection and audio systems.
The following list is not all-inclusive but gives a representation of some of the equipment and tools provided in the Professional Crafts-Jewelry/Metals studio.
Equipment
Jewelry Studio
- Metal-cutting Bandsaw
- 36” Metal-cutting Step Shear
- Jewelry Steamer
- Ultrasonic Cleaner
- Large Magnetic Tumbler
- Hydraulic Press
- Acid Etching Fume Hood
- Micro Drill Press
- Small Metal/Wax Lathe
- Microscope
- Anodizing Rectifier
- 3 Engraver’s Blocks
- Pitch Bowls
- Repousse` & Chasing Tools
- Enameling Kiln
Tool Room
- 2 Work tables
- 2 Stand mounted Vises
- Ring Sizer
- Assortment of Metalsmithing Hammers
- Forming Stakes
- Bench Shear
- Dapping Punches
- Dapping Blocks
- Disc Cutters
- Forming Mandrels
- Drill Press
- Variable Speed 2”x72” Belt Grinder
- 2 Rolling Mills
- Variety of Hand Tools
Soldering Room
- 5 Smith Oxy/Acetylene Torches
- 5 Smith Acetylene/Atmospheric Air Torches
- 5 Soldering Stations with Individual Fume Extractors
- 5 Work Lamps
- 5 Electronic Torch Igniters
Polishing Room
- 2 Floor Model Buffing Machines with Dust Collectors
- Assortment of Polishing Buffs and Compounds
Casting Room
- Vic 12 Vacuum Caster
- Centrifugal Caster
- Digitally Controlled Burn-Out Oven
- Vulcanizer
- Wax Injector
- Digitally Controlled Melting Furnace
- Large Oxy/Acetylene Torch
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