Silversmiths

Anneal, solder, hammer, shape, and glue silver articles.

Job Task

• Anneals silverware, such as coffeepots, tea sets, and trays, in gas oven for prescribed time to soften metal for reworking.
• Outlines design from photographs or drawings onto surface of article, using hand tools.
• Verifies levelness of bottom edges of article, using straightedge, or by rocking back and forth on flat surface.
• Examines article to determine nature of defects, such as dents, uneven bottom, scratches, or holes, to repair.
• Pierces and cuts open design in ornamentation, using hand drill and scroll saw.
• Wires parts, such as legs, spouts, and handles to body to prepare article for soldering.
• Peens edges of scratches or holes to repair defect, using peening hammer.
• Positions article over snarling tool and raises design area, using foot-powered hammer.
• Glues plastic separators to handles of coffee and teapots.
• Solders parts together, and fills holes and cracks with silver solder, using gas torch.
• Forms concavity in bottom of article to improve stability, using tracing punches and hammer.
• Shapes and straightens damaged or twisted articles by hand, or using pliers.
• Strikes article with small tools, or punches with hammer, to indent or restore embossing.
• Hammers out deformations, selecting and using hammer and dollies with head corresponding in curvature with surface of article.

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