Member
Benefits QuickGuide (updated 2/14/2008)
•
Personalized service from a professional silversmith on silver care,
restoration, and other issues not found on the SAS site.
• Member News
Exchange: Members can have newsworthy, silver-related material
including images posted on our site.
• Career
Center: We accept resumes (free), and discounts for SAS members
posting job listings for all positions in the metal arts field.
•
MemberNetUSA Insurance: Life, disability, health, dental, retiree
medical, great Web site and more (Warwick, RI, 800/242-1991).
• Member
Listing: Easily check your membership status by visiting http://www.silversmithing.com/1list.htm.
• Discounts
from the On-line Artisan Silver Gallery: Receive a 10% discount on
all silver purchased from the Gallery.
• Jeff
Herman's The Care of Silver guide (free), Providence, RI, 401/461-6840
• Jeff
Herman's Metalsmith's Alloy Calculator™ (free e-mailed Excel
spreadsheet), Providence, RI, 401/461-6840
• Peter
Erickson Handwrought Flatware: 20% discount
• Thomas R.
Markusen Handcrafted Holloware: 20% discount
• Robyn
Nichols Handcrafted Flatware & Holloware: 20% discount
All Members also receive generous discounts from these suppliers:
• Allcraft
Tool & Supply (tools, equipment & supplies for smiths), New
York, NY, 800/645-7124, 212/279-7077
• Billrich
Industries, Inc. (dust collectors & accessories), Fanwood, NJ, 908/233-7796
• Bob
Mitchell Productions (MetalArts Sourcebook on CD), Franklin, WI, 414/855-0646
• CD Nelson
Manufacturing Co. (steam cleaners, ultrasonics, accessories),
Wauconda, IL, 815/759-2328
• The Crafts
Report (crafts magazine), Wilmington, DE, 800/777-7098|
• Cutlery
Specialties (metal cleaning products), Great Neck, NY, 772/219-0436
• Dean Powell
Photography (product photography), Lowell, MA, 978/452-7054
• Ellenco
(slide labeling software), Tijeras, NM, 505/281-8650
• Gold
International Machinery Corp. (new and used machinery for smiths),
Pawtucket, RI, 800/619-GOLD
• G&S
Metals, Inc. (gold, silver, platinum, casting grain, solder), Ann
Arbor, MI, 800/852-3860, 734/662-9344
• H & N
Electronics (safe soldering flux), California City, CA, 760/373-8033
• Gail J.
Hedgepeth (hand engraving), Gloucester Point, VA, 804/642-2067
• Hoover &
Strong (silver sheet, wire, casting grain, solder), Richmond, VA,
800/759-9997, 804/794-3700
• J.M. Cohen
Rare Books (new & out-of-print decorative and applied art books),
New Paltz, NY, 914/883-9720
• Johnson
Brush Co. (made-to-order bristle wheels in brass, nickel &
steel), Hope Valley, RI, 401/539-7143
• Joslin Hall
Rare Books (rare and out of print books, catalog on silver books),
Concord, MA, 978/371-3101
• Kaiser
Liturgical Arts (silver & gold plating), St. Louis, MO, 314/221-4719
• Massasoit
Tool Co. (3M abrasive products including Scotch Brite), Warwick, RI,
800/648-6050, 401/739-6676
• McKinnon
Global Creative Supplies (abrasives and Radial Bristle Discs),
Minneapolis, MN, 800/452-4816
• MRB
Jewelers Supply Corp. (custom name, logo & quality steel stamps),
Fort Lee, NJ, 201/461-6472
• Mueller
Kaiser Plating Co. (gold & silver plating and refinishing), St.
Louis, MO, 314/221-4719
• Patrick
Gill Company (gold and silver plating, finishing, & lacquering),
Woburn, MA, 781/933-3275
• Polishers
& Jewelers Supply Co. (tools, equipment & supplies for
smiths), Providence, RI, 401/454-2888
• Providence
File Co. (all types of files-no better selection), North Kingstown,
RI, 866/282-3453, 401/294-7575
• SM Pub.
(Flatware Silver Marks & Patterns, Evaluating Gold & Silver
Objects), New York, NY, 212/246-5060
• Safety
Source NE (safety glasses, rubber gloves, respirators), Warwick, RI,
800/354-6113, 401/736-8774
• Sassounian
Inc. (tools, equipment & supplies for smiths), Los Angeles, CA,
800/544-4419, 213/627-1206
• T.B.
Hagstoz & Son (metal, findings, tools, equipment & supplies
for smiths), Philadelphia, PA, 800/922-1006
• Wiesner
Manufacturing Co. (karat gold, gold-filled & sterling chain),
Warwick, RI 02886, 401/738-1684