NECKLACE & BRACELET REPAIR

THREE DAY COURSE

Necklace & Bracelet Repair Course Overview

This highly sought-after short course attracts numerous participants each year, as it focuses on the essential repairs most frequently encountered in a bustling jeweller's shop. The 2025 edition promises an enriched curriculum, incorporating a wealth of additional bench skills and techniques designed to elevate the participant’s expertise to an exceptional standard.

To ensure a productive learning experience, applicants are required to have previous soldering experience or have completed the ‘Intro to Soldering’ short course before enrolling. Due to the course's condensed format of three days, it is vital that soldering proficiency is established in advance, allowing for a concentrated focus on advanced repair techniques. Throughout the course, participants will experience basic smelting and milling processes. These skills will empower trainees to fabricate missing or worn links and generate wire essential for both repairs and new findings.

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Trainees will learn the following…

• Repairing broken links
• The manufacture of links when profitable to do so
• Installing a variety of findings
• Repairs bails and chain ends
• Critical thinking on varied repairs
• Basic Electroplating
• Manufacture of fig 8 safety, Bails & Chain ends
• Respring Clasps
• Making fish hooks
• Multitude of bench skills
• Do’s & Donts
• Tricks of the trade
• Basic Setting

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Upcoming Course Dates

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