Mold Making

Cuttlefish casting is a quick and fairly accurate casting method. Its applications are limited only by the thickness and overall...

Natural rubber or silicone rubber? In the world of lost wax casting, this question is hardly an academic one. The...

Recently this
 custom ring design
 came to my bench
 with the request that 
it be made in platinum and a...

Jewelers are always molding objects and parts, most often to use for making wax models for casting. There are many...

Everybody scampers for executing orders in a rush against all odds to satisfy customers or - if you'#39;re lucky -...

Mold cutting sounds simple enough: Using a sharp knife and a simple tool, such as a can opener or a...

These slow, quiet days of summer are always a good time to review your shop practices before the busy holiday...

In my first article I made a rubber "sandwich" mold of this basket style mounting. The focus of this article...

Jewelers need to make molds of objects and parts frequently. Usually wax is poured into the molds and the results...

Recently a customer requested that we make her an unusual mother's ring. She chose a magnificent 3.56 ct. oval blue...

Jewelers are always molding objects and parts, most often to use for making wax models for casting. There are many...

Invented by Victor Joyner, a Chicagobased manufacturing jeweler, patented High Definition (HD) Patterns are made of a light-curing polymer material...

There are two brands of metal clay available today; Precious Metal Clay and Art Clay Silver. There are a lot...

n this installment we present a mold cutting technique called a spiral cut, which is designed to facilitate the successful...

Accurately laying out an oval or marquis stone in wax can be tricky business. We learned this foolproof method for...

Mold cutting Akron RTV-RP clear silicone. Cylinder mold was cured in a round film canister which saves about 1/2 the...

The new Romanoff LMR is a clear silicone RTV (room temperature vulcanizing) liquid mold rubber compound with a platinum-containing catalyst,...

Welcometo Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece ofjewelry...

Tools for making natural rubber molds.

Flat cut silicone mold using Castaldo VLT rubber.

The company Alkiviadis C. Efthimiou is active in the jewelry industry since 1987. Over the past 15 years we became...

Welcome to Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece...