Hydraulic Die Forming for Jewelers and Metalsmiths [Paperback]

Susan Kingsley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1993

Hydraulic Die Forming for Jewelers and Metalsmiths [Paperback] Susan Kingsley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Twenty-Ton Press (April 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963583204
• ISBN-13: 978-0963583208
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Just Technique, the Book Covers Creative Uses, May 15, 2002

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Software Guy (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydraulic Die Forming for Jewelers and Metalsmiths (Paperback)

Although the title sounds like a technical tome, this this book has a strong emphasis on the creative uses of the hydraulic press for forming and blanking metal. Kingsley explains how to easily make your own dies from a variety of materials. This is an excellent book for the creative metalsmith, jewelry designer and artist. It provides the technical information you need to use hydraulic forming, and offers a variety of techniques that will expand your creative reservoir.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars invaluable for metalsmiths, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hydraulic Die Forming for Jewelers and Metalsmiths (Paperback)

A very good book which explains in depth most hydraulic die forming. a must-have for metalsmiths.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The short course, April 12, 2006

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PTSideshow "GRP" (Macomb County Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydraulic Die Forming for Jewelers and Metalsmiths (Paperback)

This well written book covers a subject that has only been treated lightly in other art metal books. The pictures done for the book are not the best of contrast and size. But they do show the subject matter that the number of the picture list to the description. That really is the only fault I found with it.Covering the use of equipment and materials. some people will be in the shop or studio after the first 10 pages looking for the sheet of rubber and the car bottle jack. This is and will become the first classic in this subjects field. I own it.