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If you enjoy our efforts, then please feel free to show your support - Please
participate in our $10,000 Rio Grande Gift Certificates Giveaway !

Rio Grande is giving away special prizes to members purchasing eBooks or making
a Donation!

Each 35$ you spend on eBook downloads or as a donation to the Ganoksin Project
entitles you for One entry for in our random door prize draw of $ 10,000 Gift
certificates from Rio Grande.

4 lucky winners will share a grand prize pack valued at $ 10,000 to purchase
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1. First prize: $ 5,000 Rio Grande gift certificate
2. Second prize: $ 3,000 Rio Grande gift certificate
3. Third prize: $ 1,500 Rio Grande gift certificate
4. Fourth prize: $ 500 Rio Grande gift certificate

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[] PURCHASE eligible eBooks from the Ganoksin project website at - Each $ 35 you
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Grande.

OR

[] DONATE to the Ganoksin project - For every $ 35 you donate to Ganoksin we are
offering one entry in the Rio Grande $ 10,000 Gift Certificate Prizes Giveaway


Rio Grande is your online source for innovative jewelry-making products, great
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seasoned professional jeweler, metalsmith or artisan, we share your passion.

Participation is open worldwide - The Grand Prize winners will be drawn on May
15, 2013

* Gift certificate is good for tools and equipment only, shipping and any
applicable sales tax for a maximum total of the gift certificate value.
* Gift certificate cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount
codes.
* Gift certificate not valid for out of stock items or special order items.
* Gift certificate will remain valid for five years from date ofย issue.

New Offerings


Chasing Tools

This lecture deals with a number of ways of preparing tool steel to make chasing
tools, hardening and tempering in detail. Making chasing tools from concrete
nails, basic forming tools, upset (hot riveted) forming tools, forged spiral
tools, texture tools, alternative and found chasing tools, examples of chasing
tools, Lewton-Brain chasings and hammers, as well as steel theory. More
information than anywhere else on basic chasing tools.

This eBook download entitles you for ONE entry in our random draw of Gift
certificates from Rio Grande!

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Jewelry Photography

This lecture gives excellent lessons on how to set up a home or studio photo
booth to take professional-quality photographs and slides of your jewelry or
small objects such as jewelry, ceramics, glass and so on. Taking your own
quality images saves money and time. The system (not counting the cost of camera
and tripod) costs less than .00 to set up. How to build a drop shadow photo
booth, lighting, miniature spotlighting, composition, backgrounds are covered.
This is a visual version of the small scale photography book and deals with
digital content in ways not dealt with in that book.

This eBook download entitles you for ONE entry in our random draw of Gift
certificates from Rio Grande!

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Foldforming Step by Step

Foldforming Step by Stepis an introductory lecture, here as a pdf. It is a
collection of step-by-step foldforming techniques organized by kind. It has a
brief overview of principles and examines the tools needed. It shows how to make
basic and tight line folds, pinched line folds, a forged line fold bracelet,
Rueger folds, a ruffled leaf, a star base form, a basic T-fold, a chased T-fold
(chasing on air), a rolled Heistad Cup, rolled Good fold, scoring and bending
with a separating disc, hydraulic press folds and more. This tour of the main
areas of fold-forming is an exciting glimpse of the world of fold-forming. This
PPS is included in the Fold-forming CDROM, a massive collection of thousands of
Fold-form images and over 47 procedure sequences.

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Jewelers Bench

This presentation, based on a survey of North American bench jewelers, discusses
areas that bench users have issues with, such as sturdiness, soldering, material
conservation, bench height, wax working and addresses methods of improving
efficiency and resolving problems. A comparison of the two main bench types,
deep cutout and flat fronted is carried out with the advantages and
disadvantages of both forms explored. Tool storage and layout solutions are
examined and time/motion considerations discussed. Many vernacular jewelers
tricks regarding bench use and tool storage are shown. Safety issues such as
ventilation, boric acid and alcohol use and electrical are discussed. The
approach is that of a working bench jeweler, a studio user, a goldsmith.

This eBook download entitles you for ONE entry in our random draw of Gift
certificates from Rio Grande!

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Bench Tricks Lecture

This PDF slide show with commentary has over 200 pictures of really great bench
tricks, cheap tool sources, surprising ways of using tools and more. This
lecture has been presented in New York and Tucson for MJSA and AGTA. It is
guaranteed to show you new ways of saving money, making tools and equipment work
for you and make you think. Save hundreds of dollars if you apply the ideas in
this show. It is available on a CDROM.

This eBook download entitles you for ONE entry in our random draw of Gift
certificates from Rio Grande!

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A Modern Method of Creating Enameled Filigree Jewelry by Leon Hornstein -
Complete Edition

This book covers the history of the ancient technique of filigree jewelry making
and gives very clear instructions on how filigree is made, and how it can be
combined with enamel. Filigree is a group of individual lace-like intertwined
wires of gold or silver, soldered together to form a pattern. Topics include:
tools and materials, making filigree wire and jigs, soldering preparation and
technique, pickling, making filigree jewelry, gold plating and more. 110 pages,
67 b&w photos and diagrams, 3 pages of color, soft cover.

Complete Edition

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Hinges and Hinge-Based Catches for Jewelers and Goldsmiths by Charles
Lewton-Brain - Complete Edition

This book analyzes hinges and hinge-like mechanisms in a manner never done
before in a single volume. We feel it will be a classic. Along with history,
generics, classes of hinges, guiding principles, sections include: design, tube
making, hinge pins (force-fit, riveted, upset, tapered, cotter type, tubing,
square, threaded, stud), hinge types (basic, thick-walled, locket, bracelet,
box, block, cold-rolled, tab, cast and milled), lubrication, catch systems,
hidden, alternative, cast hinges and solving design problems. Good index and
table of contents. 112 pages, over 200 line drawings.

Complete Edition
Part 1 Only
Part 2 Only

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Lost Wax Jewelry Making: The Build-up Technique by Minoru Azama - Complete Edition

One of the few books available on wax modelmaking; "Lost Wax Jewelry Making: The
Build-up Technique" by Minoru Azama, printed in Japanese by Kashiwa Hobby Books.
1999.

Azama process emphasizes building up wax as opposed to starting with a wax blank
and carving away material. He uses this approach for organic as well as
geometric subjects. The potential of this technique is unlimited!

Azama's work is outstanding, some of it so very precise and geometric that one
would think it had been carved of hard wax. The book was written for students at
the Japan Jewelry Academy, and Mr. Azama has been generous enough to write a
complete English translation.

Complete Edition
Part 1 Only
Part 2 Only

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Small Scale Photography by Charles Lewton-Brain - Complete Edition

This eBook gives excellent lessons on how to set up a home or studio photo booth
to take professional-quality photographs and slides of your jewelry or small
objects such as ceramics, glass and so on.

Taking your own quality images saves money and time. The system (not counting
the cost of camera and tripod) costs less than 60.00$ to set up. How to build a
drop shadow photo booth, film types, lighting, miniature spotlighting,
composition, backgrounds, surface understanding and image creation are covered.
PR techniques are taught and sources are listed. The ideas shared in this set
can save you hundreds of dollars in professional photographic fees and time.

Free Bonous: Digital photo notes

Complete Edition
Part 1 Only
Part 2 Only

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Cheap Thrills in The Tools Shop by Charles Lewton-Brain - Complete Edition

This Classic book is a loose, eclectic collection of short cuts, bench tricks
and alternative equipment options for goldsmiths. Cheap tool making, conversions
and unexpected sources for tools are all described. Sections include shop
machines, tools, setting tools, soldering and more. Will save you hundreds of
dollars in the jewelry studio. Lots of line drawings, lists and reviews of
sources round out the book. A good table of contents and index make finding
information easy. This was the first bench tricks book published in English in
40 years and led the interest in Bench Tricks in the jewelry/metals field.

Complete Edition
Part 1 Only
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We wish you all the best of luck and happy purchasing.

Hanuman
The Ganoksin Project
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OFFICIAL RULES 2013 sweepstakes are offered solely by The Ganoksin Project and
are open to individuals 18 years and older as of January 1, 2013. Sweepstakes
are active between January 1, 2013 and May 10, 2013. Entrants worldwide are
eligible to participate, except where prohibited by law. All eBook purchases and
website donations of or more submitted within the active sweepstakes dates will
qualify for entry. Entries can be submitted without eBook purchase or donation
by sending an email to ser...@ganoksin.com with "Sweepstakes Entry" in the
subject line, and the applicant�s full name and email address in the body.
Sweepstakes limited to one entry per person. All entries must be received by May
10, 2013 to be included in the drawing. A random drawing will be held on May 15,
2013 to determine winners. Winners will be contacted on the same day by email.
Once contacted, the winner will be required to provide a Rio Grande account
number to be credited with their prize winnings. If no account exists, a new
account will be created in the winner�s name. Gift certificate is good for tools
and equipment only, shipping and any applicable sales tax for a maximum total of
the gift certificate value. Gift certificate cannot be combined with any other
promotion or discount codes. Gift certificate is not valid for out of stock
items or special order items. Gift certificate will remain valid for three years
from date of issue. By participating in this promotion, entrant agrees to abide
by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Ganoksin judges, which are
final in all matters relating to the sweepstakes. If any prize notification is
undeliverable or in the event of non-compliance with any of these requirements,
the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected at random
from the remaining eligible entries. All taxes due that are not collected are
the sole responsibility of the winner. Ganoksin is not responsible for technical
malfunctions, or other failed or inaccurate electronic communications. Ganoksin
reserves the right to discontinue the contest at any time with no prior notice.
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received and all
prizes announced will be awarded. Any questions regarding these sweepstakes can
be submitted to Ganoksin using the online web form
http://www.ganoksin.com/faq/contact.php