Winter 2012 Casting Engraving Model Making Welding Gold Testing Ultrasonic Cleaning Jewelry Tools, Equipment and Supplies Since 1914 www.gesswein.
Dear Valued Customer: Since 1914, we’ve been a leading importer and distributor of fine tools, equipment and supplies for jewelry manufacturers and retail jewelers, and we remain committed to fulfilling our customers’ needs. 2012 is a new year and new beginnings for Gesswein.
Casting Galloni G1 Power Plus Galloni Pressovac – Compact Casting Solution! • Ideal for tight shops and small castings • Especially suited for RP model casting and same-day investment casting • Can cast all metals: platinum, gold, silver, palladium alloys, titanium alloys and steel • Melt and pressure-cast under vacuum and inert atmosphere • Save on metal consumption and reuse • No prior casting experience required Heated vacuum over-pressure casting machine! • 3.
Engraving Sale! Actual Samples Engraved with Best Built Computerized Engravers Best Built Computerized Engravers Flat/Ring Engraver Engrave on alternative metals! These systems engrave flat and curved surface areas and/or inside and outside flat and slightly domed rings. Accept many common items, including lighters, pens, pendants, rings and more. Engrave on alternative metals such as Titanium, Cobalt and Tungsten. Compact and quiet—perfect for use in small stores and shops.
Welding AFFORDABLE LASER ALTERNATIVE To see a short video of the PUK 3s System or for more info, visit gesswein.com. PUK 3s Professional Plus with Mezzo Stereomicroscope PUK 3s High-Precision Arc Welder Welds silver better than a laser! The PUK precision welding equipment puts a whole host of possible applications at your fingertips. Welding on fittings, adding metal to a work piece, joining items prior to soldering, welding a loop, fixing porosity or welding seams are just a few examples.
Micromotor Systems Maxima 80 Micromotor System The system with adjustable torque! Provides 30% more power due to improved controller circuitry and powerful neodymium handpiece magnet. Handles deburring, grinding, polishing, engraving, finishing and more.
Precious Metal Reclamation Heavy Duty Polishing Motors Compact! 7 Two-Station with Baldor 2-speed Two-Station Standard Junior Best-Built Polishing and Dust Collecting Units Quatro SPU Dust Collectors For improved dust recovery and workplace cleanliness! Capture more precious metal! These completely enclosed standalone polishing units provide more efficient dust recovery for increased return and help keep your shop cleaner.
Precious Metal Reclamation Quatro CollectAll Dust Collector Powerful yet quiet! Uses high-speed brushless turbine motor for removing precious metal, solder fumes, rhodium, dust and debris. Runs very quietly, so it’s perfect for small shops, malls and other places where noise and available space can pose a problem. Features: 1-Port • Collection bag, HEPA & odor filter & brushless Hi-Pressure motor • 3-stage filtration captures all particulates down to 0.3 micron • Includes 6' of 3" dia.
Cleaning & Finishing Best Built Ultrasonic Cleaners Best in Quality, Built for Durability! Best Built Ultrasonic Cleaners utilize industrial transducers to create powerful 40KHz ultrasonic wavelengths: short enough to clean the finest details of your jewelry and powerful enough to removed caked-on dirt as well as rouge and other compounds. Industrial strength transducers are more powerful and more durable than the standard wafer transducers found in most jewelry ultrasonics.
Cleaning Speed Brite Ionic Cleaners Speed Brite units use a revolutionary ionic cleaning process to clean precious metal and stones in less than a minute. Safe for emeralds, opals, pearls, turquoise and other soft stones. Mini 100SB fits on a countertop and is ideal for resale to your customers. Standard 200SB cleans gold and silver in seconds and also softens dirt behind stones. Large 309SB features push-button to agitate solution for faster cleaning.
Multi-Function Finishing Machines MAX 24 Multi-Function Finishing Machine Variable-speed unit for wet/dry grinding and polishing! Mix and match wheels, belts and discs on your MAX 24 machine, and run them wet or dry without any mess or time-consuming tool changes. The MAX 24 can accept up to seven abrasives, including 5" or 6" wheels or a lapping disc or inside ring polisher on the right-hand side.
Inspection & Testing Dino-Lite Microscopes Dino-Lite Handheld Video Microscope Powerful Zoom! ANALOG MODEL! Connects to a TV or monitor for easy group training! This compact handheld video microscope connects to any TV or monitor with composite video input (RCA-type, coded yellow), making it perfect for training, inspection, assembly AM412N and more.
Imaging Solutions MEDALight® Multi-Light Light Box Best choice for photograping colored gemstones! This economical light box offers good control and flexibility at a very fair price. Features 9" x 12" imaging platform, three individually controllable on/off lights (5600°K diffused fluorescent light, 5600°K 12-LED accent light and 2700°K nondiffused fluorescent light) and infinity curve from bottom platform to rear panel for seamless background transition.
Inspection & Testing NEW! Auracle Gold Tester Eschenbach MaxDetail Everyone Who Works With Gold Will Want One! This headset magnifier offers high-end features at an affordable price. Galilean design provides wide field of view (20°) and independently adjustable magnification and focus for each lens, ensuring excellent clarity for each eye*. Objective lenses compensate for ±3-diopter spherical correction or allow adjustment for close-up activities.
Ultrasonic Burnishers / Porosity Removers SonoCraft Ultrasonic Polishers – Gesswein brings ultrasonic polishing to jewelers! Traditionally used to finish metal molds & dies, ultrasonic polishing enables precision finishing in the tiniest areas! Our new SonoCraft Polishers use high-frequency low-amplitude ultrasonic vibration to reach into the tiniest places to clean, burnish, even engrave – leaving an extremely bright burnished surface.
Plating Umicore RHODUNA® TD The world’s brightest and whitest rhodium! Rhodium suppliers all SAY their rhodium is the whitest and brightest, but only Umicore can really PROVE it. Measured by spectrophotometer, only Umicore RHODUNA TD is as bright as pure rhodium (89.5–90 on the lightness scale), while other brands fall short (86– 90). Test results were independently verified by CIE-Lab. There is simply no whiter rhodium available on the market. In addition, Umicore RHODUNA TD also plates thicker (0.
Rapid Prototyping envisionTEC Aureus RP Machine High-resolution desktop system for rapid prototyping and direct manufacturing. Based on the principle of photopolymerization, Aureus creates 3-D resin models with the finest CAM finish possible today (versus Drop On Demand 3-D printers). Since the models are built, material is preserved and build time is fast—15 models can be produced on the Aureus in the time it takes a 3-D printer to make just five.
Rolling Mills Durston F100RE Flat Mill Rolls sheet and half-round wire. Specifications: Durston manufactured its first rolling mill in 1961 and is now recognized as the foremost manufacturer of mills in the world. Durston mills are renowned worldwide for their outstanding quality and reliability. Manual mills feature cast-iron construction for excellent toughness, fine steel rollers, maintenance-free ball bearings and an easy-to-read calibration dial. Roll smooth metal free of virtually all distortion.
Rolling Mill Stands / Bench Tools Durston Mill Stands Choose from pedestal and cabinet types. Pedestal holds all manual mills except C130DBL. Measures 12"W x 14"D x 351⁄ 2"H. Weighs 22 lbs. Cabinet holds all available manual mills. Measures 14"W x 14"D x 351⁄ 2"H. Weighs 35 lbs. Description Pedestal Cabinet Pedestal Item# 855-2007 855-2010 Each $260.00 315.00 Cabinet Foredom® Filter Hood & Bench Motor Kit The compact portable filter hood collects fine particles created by light grinding and polishing.
Engraving with GRS® Power Hone Sharpening System GRS® GraverSmith In seconds, you can sharpen gravers and tools WITHOUT HEAT with the GRS Power Hone. It gives a sharper, stronger tool edge that makes brighter cuts, cleaner lines and scrolls, more precise beads and, finer shading. This affordable, easy-to-use, reliable unit offers basic engraving and setting capabilities. Ideal for production workers and craftspeople on a budget. Reduces hand fatigue to help improve work quality and speed.
Engraving with GRS® BenchMate GRS® Engravers Blocks BenchMate is a complete holding system designed to make jewelry fabrication and repair faster and easier. Mounts on the front of the workbench at a convenient height to provide support for workpieces and to reduce slippage and fatigue. The Magnablock and the Small Block are extremely well-made devices used to hold objects firmly for engraving, stone setting and general-purpose work. Each holds both large and small items.
COLORiT Starter Set Shown Jewelry designed by Annika Bertisdotter, Goldsmith The revolutionary way to add brilliant color to your jewelry! Add COLORiT ceramic-reinforced composite material to jewelry design and bedazzle your customers with its brilliance. When dried with the included curing light, this material cures into a solid polymer network of exceptional strength and durability. Resists both chipping and cracking better than hard-fired enamels. Won’t flake and peel like epoxies.
What’s New at Gesswein Selvyt® JC Polishing Cloth Burnishing Compound M The Selvyt JC (Jewelry Polishing) cloth is ideal for cleaning gold and most other metals such as brass, copper, platinum and silver. Manufactured in a chemically impregnated red cotton fabric, Selvyt JC is a professional's cloth that can be used at home too. Measures 10" square. Burnishing Compound M for non-ferrous metals is a liquid burnishing compound for magnetic finishing.
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