Practical Jewellery Repair

In Practical Jewellery Repair, the author provides detailed information, based on his wide experience, about the methods and techniques of the professional repairer and restorer of jewellery. Starting where it all begins—in the workshop—he demonstrates that a wide range of repair work can be done with even a modest set-up. The basic techniques of soldering, casting, wire-drawing, polishing, sawing, and filing are covered and illustrated. There is valuable advice on the usual types of repair to bracelets, lockets, watchcases, and brooches, including the making of joints and pins, safety catches, dent removal, respringing, and polishing. Some of the more unusual jobs that may be met by the repairer, and how they should be tackled, are treated in a useful question answer form.