Waste Not Want Not: A Bench Jewelers Guide to Scrap Material Management - Paperback

by Brad Simon (Author)

When it comes to recovering precious metal, nothing is worthless. However, If you walk into many repair shops you will find jewelers behaving as if it were. Many jewelers do not realize what a valuable asset their scrap is. They have been pleasantly surprised by the amount of additional revenues received from a refiner when a clean and orderly shop is maintained.

There is an old saying, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." I am not sure where this saying originated, certainly not from the Bible However, when it comes to the jewelry shop, Cleanliness may not be next to Godliness, but it is certainly next to Profits.

Additional revenues from the refiner are pure profits, and this book show you how to maximize the Gold, Silver, and Platinum scraps you send them.

Author Biography

Brad Simon is a JA Certified Master Bench Jeweler, and a JA Certified Management Professional. He has worked as a bench jeweler for 26 years, has won over a dozen jewelry design awards, and owns and operates Simon's Goldsmith Shop. Mr. Simon is founder and president of Bench Media, publisher of, E-BENCH the e-mail newsletter for bench jewelers, BENCH Magazine, and Bench Vision the multi-media magazine for Bench Jewelers. He and his wife Debbie are co-founders of the Bench Jewelers Conference & Expo. In addition, Mr. Simon conducts seminars and workshops through Simon Sez Seminars on shop management issues and bench techniques and has published two books on jewelry shop management.