[Jewelry making - Article 00273] - Re:tidy bench

[Zimmerman]

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Hi.

    This has always been a great subject for discussion since I started onm
    the bench twenty years ago.  It seems todiffer from jeweller to jewellerin
    what he is doing at the bench.  About six years ago I tried doing tool &
    die for a year for a change of pace.  I went back to jewellery but brought
    some of the ideas back with me to use at the bench.  One of them being
    that a tool chest base is a good thing to have next to the bench for tools
    that are not being used in the current operation.  In a day I do a number
    of different thing i.e. repair, settting, engraving, wax,etc..  The drawer
    in the tool tool base being the same size as my pan, I can shift from one
    disiplin to another. The tool base has smaller drawers for bulk burs and
    small tool.  Another nice thing is it got wheels to move out of the way. 
    With a flat top it extra space to lay out jobs and put a coffee.  This
    leave to top of my bench for mostly busch burs and pickel.  This is still
    a lot but at least I usually have to pray to the mellee god for to long. 
    I once saw setters heaven in book,it was a picture of a shop in Finland or
    Norway. It had mono pod benchs and there was nothing on the floorfrom one
    side of the shop to the other.  All the power, gases,air  went through the
    mono pod from below.  Heaven.

    On the tools that aren't use often say once a year (bracelet mandrels,
    stakes, hammers,etc.)  Spraythem with oil (WD-40) and then wrap them
    withplastic food wrap.  No air, no rust.  Have fun.

Jim 
alpine AT hay.net


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