The Mesa Arts Center Jewelry Studios are among the best equipped facilities in the southwestern United States. Studio A, the main bench room, is equipped with professional jeweler's benches for every student. Most benches sport the Benchmate bench pin plus all the basic handtools, small jeweler's vice and flex shaft.
See a slideshow of Studio A
Images of Studio B coming soon
Studio A is also equipped with:
50-ton Bonnie Doon hydraulic press20-ton deep draw Bonnie Doon hydraulic press
A large array of complementary equipment for each press
A wide variety of stakes and forming hammers in metal and Delrin
A plexiglass shielded grinder with a state of the art filtration system
2 belt sanders
2 rolling mills
Various daps, punches and essential forming tools
vacuum and centrifugal casters
2 dedicated burnout kilns
acetylene and air torch
A fully equipped soldering area with ventilation
Oxy-acetylene torch
Large electroforming bath and acids/ etching area
Studio B accommodates enameling, lapidary and precious metal clay (PMC). Equipment includes:
Graves faceting machines
Diamond Pacific lapidary grinders
24" slab saw and trim saws
4 enameling kilns
Large communal work table