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JEWELRY + METALSMITHING: TECHNOLOGY

Equipment + Facilities
Each graduate student has his/her own 30” x 60” workbench with gas/oxygen torch, ventilation and storage. Each class year has its own room with sink, pickle, rolling mill and tool cabinet.

Students enrolled in the graduate program have access to 4 PC computer workstations, each equipped with ArtCam Jewelsmith software and additional peripherals.

Casting Equipment
burnout kiln
auto centrifuge wax injector
2 mold vulcanizers
Bell jar vacuum table
alloying electromelts
ingot molds
oxygen/ acetylene casting torch

Lapidary/Wet Equipment

(some lap equipment also serves the need for plastics sanding and shaping)
lap saw
lap drum sanders
lap grinding wheel
flat lap grinder
faceting machine
diamond drill

Enameling Room + Equipment

3 enameling kilns 16”x16”x11”, 6”x6”X6”, 4”X4”X5”
broad array of types and colors of enamel

Forging Room + Equipment
200+ stakes, various sizes
100+ hammers, various shapes and sizes
2 annealing torches
20+ stump mounted Vices
anvils
jump shear
beverly shear

Electroforming Equipment
copper electroforming tanks with digital rectifiers
spray booth for conductive paint

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