ROMANOFF JEWELERS

(Admission is Free)

• Open daily (call to schedule a tour)
• Location: Bucyrus, Ohio
• Phone: 1-866-562-0720 or 419-562-2721

At Romanoff Jewelers, small groups get an amazing tour of how jewelry is made from scratch. The tour begins with wax, which is used as a mold between rubber to create or replicate a certain design. The wax piece is added to a wax tree accompanying other pieces that will be cast from the same mix of gold. The tree is encased with a cement-type mixture and placed in a kiln where the wax melts to nothing leaving a cavern. The cavern is filled with heated liquefied gold, cooled and dismantled. Everything in the factory is recycled to recover gold dust, shavings and particles that over time add up to quiet a bit of money. There is even a special filter to catch gold that would have literally gone down the drain when employees wash their hands. The tour has many interesting tidbits that go into the entire jewelry making process and covers other intricate stages of the process including the polishing and setting of gemstones.

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