This second volume of Bench Tips is written as a resource for jewelers with skill levels from beginner through advanced.In every field, top artisans have favorite ways of solving common problems. Making a piece of jewelry is no exception. Learn in this book how to create shortcuts and special tools to help save time and increase the quality of the work. These tips are from the author's extensive teaching and shop experience and will help you get the most out of your tools, keep costs under control, and avoid common hazards. Brad Smith is a studio jeweler, lapidary, and jewelry instructor in Santa Monica, CA. Over 18 years his adult-ed classes have introduced hundreds of students to the challenge and the satisfaction of making fine jewelry. Smith's background includes 30 years in a career of manufacturing automation, machine tools, and CAD/CAM software plus the practical experience of building several jewelry shops, his own house, and operating a family horse farm. He is President of the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club and a member of the Metal Arts Society of Southern California. His books have received praise from the Florida Society of Goldsmiths, the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths, and the Australian Facetors Guild. And they have been #1 on Amazon's Best Seller lists in the categories of Jewelry and Metal Work.