Pancyprian TS Jewellery III case studies
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The Pancyprian TS Jewellery III examination is the Cyprus Technical Schools (Technikes Scholes) assessment for jewellery-making students at the third level of the vocational programme. It is aimed at learners who have already covered basic benchwork and are moving toward competent, independent work with precious metals - school candidates completing the level, and private candidates who want formal recognition of their skills. The Pancyprian TS Jewellery III case studies are 5 cases and about 4,619 words.
1The Unmarked Scrap Parcel: Alloying, Sampling and the 750 Line
A regular customer delivers 213 g of mixed scrap in a sealed bag: about 120 g of 18 kt yellow chain stamped 750, fourteen 14 kt rings, six white-gold items of unknown white alloy, roughly 40 g of solder snippets trimmed from bench work, and three unmounted pieces carrying no stamp at all. He wants a single 18 kt yellow ring, 17.3 mm internal diameter with a 2.4 mm wide shank, plus the leftover metal returned as 18 kt sheet, all within eight days.
926 words, about 5 min2Twelve Pierced Bookmarks, One Blade Width
The workshop has accepted an order for twelve sterling silver bookmarks, 0.9 mm thick, each pierced with a vine motif. The tightest internal corner in the customer's artwork has an inside radius of 0.45 mm, and several openings are only 1.2 mm wide.
891 words, about 4 min3Five Joints, One Locket: Sequencing Solders and Saving the Hinge
You are building a sterling silver locket: a 32 mm body from 1.0 mm sheet, a hinge made from 1.6 mm outside-diameter tube with a steel pin, a bezel for a 14 × 10 mm oval cabochon, and a bale to take a 2 mm chain. The bench holds hard, medium and easy silver solder (flowing roughly at 780–800 °C, 740–760 °C and 650–700 °C), a butane-air torch, a charcoal block, borax and a fluoride-containing flux.
953 words, about 5 min4The Opal That Must Not Be Heated
A client brings in an inherited ring for restoration: a 12 × 8 mm oval light opal cabochon, 3.8 mm high, in a worn 18 kt yellow bezel whose wall is split, on a shank worn down to 0.6 mm at the base. She wants the ring three sizes smaller, the bezel repaired and the whole piece re-polished before a wedding in ten days.
937 words, about 5 min5The Soft-Soldered Shank and the Second Signature
An 18 kt white gold ring comes in for attention: a 2.1 mm wide shank worn to about 0.7 mm at the base, an old repair showing a grey, lumpy joint, a four-claw setting holding a 0.25 ct diamond with worn claw tips, and a 750 stamp beside a maker's mark but no current assay mark. XRF of the repair joint shows tin and lead.
912 words, about 5 min