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White Gold Solders
With all due respect to laser welding, some jobs just go easier with solder. We manufacture the solders we sell. Right in house. Cadmium has never been an ingredient. We use far more advanced patented metallurgy to create plumb solders that flow in more available...
CAD Materials Keep Changing
Here on Hill street in Los Angeles,it's the heart of the Jewelry Mfg District. We see it all. Something is making the casters very unhappy these days. Some of the newest materials are just killing the investment as they burn out. That puts ordinary investments at a...
Andrea of AnnieK Jewelry on Working on the Purple Gold Project
Andrea of AnnieK Jewelry, a key creative partner weighs in on working the purple gold project. Andrea at AnnieK designed the pendant frame and backing. She was kind enough to write up her insights into the project and her inspiration for the design. Just click the...
The Kraftwerks Invitational – The Pursuit of Purple Gold Jewelry
Hello everyone, sorry it has been a while since I could post. I'm happy to announce we set up a whole new channel for the reborn Kraftwerks Invitational. Precious Metals West has put that on for a very long time, albeit with a recession pause. The debut feature of...
Casting in Purple Gold
Hmm what metal for the white? Platinum, palladium, maybe an exotic white gold? Decisions decisions.
Podcasting Today With Jay Whaley
We did a live podcast with Jay Whaley of Jay Whaley Studios. It's all about the reincarnation of Kraftwerks, the Pursuit Of Purple Gold documentary, and of course taking any and all questions about precious metal alloys. The listen link:...
Purple Gold Casting Experiment
We still have grain size and porosity issues to work on but we got a lot proven. Purple gold will cast when protected from oxygen, filling is adequate, the color is fantastic. I showed these to a couple friends and both ladies wanted to buy a pendant right on the spot.
Lost Wax Casting
Two Millennia Of Creating Beauty In Gold And Bronze There is evidence that lost wax casting began in the first century AD. Think about the technology required. Beeswax seems to be an obvious wax source. But then one needs the clay or ceramic mold material. And of...
2,000 Year Old Metal Technology Unmatched Even Today
Ancient technology for metal coatings 2,000 years ago can't be matched even today Public release date: 24-Jul-2013 American Chemical Society Ancient technology for metal coatings 2,000 years ago can't be matched even today. Artists and craftsmen more than 2,000 years...
How Gold is Made in Outer Space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ow9JCXy1QdY Game-changing discovery reveals how gold is made in outer spaceOne of the many mysteries of the universe is where the elements come from. At last, one part of that mystery is solved. A team of...
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