Tool Making for Jewelers with Chapin Dimond

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Sunday, September 27 from 9 am to 5 pm. $145 for members, $195 for non-members. Difference payable in class. Additional $35 materials fee payable to instructor.


See below for more information and our cancellation policy

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Ever been working in the studio and realize you don't have the right tool for the job? In this one day workshop, you'll learn how to look at the world around you and see tools. You'll make tools. Learn to make a sinusoidal stake, a steel scribe, a hand carved stamp or setting punch and wobbler tool for checking stone settings. 

Prerequisites
Students need to know how to use a torch, files, flex-shaft with burs.  It is helpful if the student is comfortable with power tools i.e. belt sander and grinder. 

About the Instructor
Chapin Dimond is a full-time professional metalsmith and jeweler. In 2003 he began his adventure exploring metalsmithing. From Metropolitan State College of Denver, he earned a BFA in Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing.  Chapin is a Colorado native. His work is inspired by nature and the beauty of metals.  Metalsmithing is the process of telling stories through metal, releasing the inner “feeling” of what metal wants to be.  Swing that hammer, light that torch, and see that magic happen. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Students Should Bring

• Vice grips 
• An assortment of burs to use on steel
• Files to uses on steel (old files) or FLAT BASTARD file
• Sanding sticks -220, 320, 400
• Cut off wheels for flex shaft
• Leather gloves
• Safety glasses
• Broken burs shaft at least 1
• Cash or check made out to Chapin Dimond for kit fee $35

Materials Kit* $35 (payable to instructor)

• Metal for
  • sinusoidal stake
  • punch
  • scribe 
  • stamp 
• Screw mandrel  
• Felt buff and compound
• Handouts
• Other necessary tools and equipment

*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials required to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.


Maximum number of students: 8. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.


Cancellation Policy

• You may cancel up to 30 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.
• Cancellations less than 30 days prior to the start date will not be refunded.
• In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
• Registration is not transferrable. You may not sell your seat to another student.
• If a class has multiple sessions, and you miss one, there is no make up opportunity and the instructor will not catch you up at the next class session. You may not join the next scheduled class, as there’s a maximum number of students for every class and it’s not fair to the other students.
• Please plan extra time to find us if you’re coming to BoMA for the first time. If you are late to a class, the instructor will not catch you up. There’s a structured curriculum for every class and its not fair to other students to skip part of the curriculum to catch up a student who’s late.
• By clicking on the “Buy Now” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
• No Exceptions.

Waitlist
If the class is full, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.