Monday, 7 May 2012

Goldsmith Les Riddell showing students gold flake in zircon sand.

Corban tries on magnifying glasses used by a goldsmith.

Jack takes a close-up look at the hairs on his hand through the magnifying glasses.

Les shows us his jeweller's saw. It has a very fine saw blade so it doesn't make too much gold-dust, wasting gold. It is good for getting into small tight spaces. 

Here are Les' hand tools. In his workshop he has 16 different types of hammers! One is soft and made of leather so it doesn't mark the gold. One is hard and made of metal so it can put a pattern on metal.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 May 2012 at 17:08

    those tools are awesome i wish i was a gold smith.
    michael visser

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  2. meagan17 May 2012 at 15:42

    I love gold because it's shiny and costs alot of money!

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  3. Owain17 May 2012 at 15:51

    I am in room 7 and I am trying to find gold. I enjoyed the Goldsmith's answers to my questions about gold and I liked his tools. I wish I could hear more of his answers.

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  4. Will19 May 2012 at 21:57

    It was fun learning about gold with Les the Goldsmith.

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  5. Trieste19 May 2012 at 21:58

    I loved when we went to see Les the Goldsmith. He came to tell us about gold.

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  6. rota26 May 2012 at 23:36

    I love when I got to go up onto the step and look at that gold sparkling on the sand it was fun

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  7. mia28 May 2012 at 16:03

    i am in room 8 and i ennjoyed les coming

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