Hello to all

[Seeker22]

I am so glad I stumbled in here. I am brand new and green as a gourd. I want to refine Gold and Silver scrap safely, and have needed a mentor or some direction. I am happy to have found both here, I hope.

I am looking to have a hobby that feeds another. I want to design jewelry with Jewelry CAD, make the forms with 3D printer, and facet the gemstones myself. I am building a library (archive) of jewelry designs. At the moment, I am going through the Art Deco period- some beautiful things there.

So hello from your newest member.

 

[butcher]

Welcome to the place where most everyone with gold fever comes to learn these skills.
Those who can deal with their fever are those that learn these skills.

So if you can handle the fever, I would start with Hoke's book, study and learning the dangers involved and how to work safely, then study the different recovery methods...

Hoke's book has some getting acquainted experiments, these will go along way to learning many of the principles of this art and science.

Here you found a hobby that you can study for a lifetime and still not learn but a small bit of the science.
A field of science kept in secret and mixed with mystery and even witchcraft throughout most of the history of man, this forum is changing that history.

Spend some time studying before jumping in, and your journey will go much more smoothly and safely, and you will have a good map of the journey to follow.

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Welcome to the forum Seeker!

Here are a few links to get you going. Start with Tips for Navigating and Posting on the Forum. Be sure to follow the link to lazersteve's Guided Tour of the Forum.

Read everything in the Safety section of the forum.

The Library is filled with good threads.

Enjoy!

Dave

 

[Seeker22]

Welcome to the place where most everyone with gold fever comes to learn these skills.
Those who can deal with their fever are those that learn these skills.

So if you can handle the fever, I would start with Hoke's book, study and learning the dangers involved and how to work safely, then study the different recovery methods...

Hoke's book has some getting acquainted experiments, these will go along way to learning many of the principles of this art and science.

Here you found a hobby that you can study for a lifetime and still not learn but a small bit of the science.
A field of science kept in secret and mixed with mystery and even witchcraft throughout most of the history of man, this forum is changing that history.

Spend some time studying before jumping in, and your journey will go much more smoothly and safely, and you will have a good map of the journey to follow.

I have a degree in Geology and have designed beadweaving and costume jewelry for years. I find I want to up my game and get into the Fine Jewelry end of this. I must be odd because I don't have "the fever" for either gold or silver- just a desire to know more and expand my creative process.

I am more familiar with Dana's Manual of Minerology than Hoke's work, but managed to snag a hard copy of Hoke this morning. Too old fashioned to lay in bed with an electronic reader, I guess.

The definition of witchcraft is to bend reality to one's will. Anything dark added to that process is the choice of the person and those choices have consequences. I want no part of that. I use science and physics to bend reality to my will. I adhere to the hard fast rules of both and they have never failed me. I believe that I have fallen into a far flung room in ancient Paranor where the Druids of metalurgy practice their art. Or perhaps Beldin's tower. I love my Fantasy authors!

Much to learn here- a lifetime's worth.

 

[Seeker22]

Welcome to the forum Seeker!

Here are a few links to get you going. Start with Tips for Navigating and Posting on the Forum. Be sure to follow the link to lazersteve's Guided Tour of the Forum.

Read everything in the Safety section of the forum.

The Library is filled with good threads.

Enjoy!

Dave

Thanks a bunch for the links. I will treat that Safety section like my new religion. I use a pressure canner on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis to feed my family. Moving slowly and carefully is a skill I have already. My hot stuff stays in the jars or in the main body of the canner so I don't have to pour it. Nobody ever died from breathing in fumes from Venison or peach preserves. Yes, there will be a learning curve with my newfound skillset. I'm headed to the Library.