Greetings from Kentucky

[Ken Gastineau]

Hello:

I came across this forum in my search for information to build a hammer for my jewelry business. I have been a studio production jeweler for nearly 30 years and have experience with lost wax casting, centrifugal rubber mold casting of pewter, CAD/CAM, Zbrush, and fabricating jewelry from sheet metal and wire. I have also learned basic metal spinning and produce a line of pewter cups.

I have a small machine shop as part of my setup which includes a Logan lathe, Atlas metal shaper, Taig CNC Mill, and a Tormach Mill.

Lately I have been learning more about fold forming jewelry from sheet brass and copper, a process that has been popularized by Jeweler/Sculptor Charles Lewton Brain.

I look forward to becoming a part of this community and participating in this forum to learn more about metal shaping and to share what knowledge I have of working with metal.