https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/welcome-to-pineda-co 2026-02-26T17:18:42-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/IMG_2391_1_e858ccea-a5e2-471b-b2af-ae0880c59f4a.jpg?v=1772151522 Welcome to Pineda & Co. https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/apprentice-s-chronicles-stage-2-chain-linkage-when-the-rolling-mill-quit-the-week-got-real 2026-05-08T15:40:15-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_7_604ef3d3-51f4-432a-8710-0e2f4f34e66d.jpg?v=1778276415 Stage 2: Chain Linkages - When the Rolling Mill Quit, the Week Got Real https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-1-the-standard-comes-first-jts-apprenticeship-basic-technical-skill-test 2026-05-08T15:40:36-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_6_a1b37a8f-0cac-4f00-a7ef-8db8fea9785b.jpg?v=1778276436 Stage 1: The Journey Begins https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-1-basic-technical-skills-test-5-down-45-to-go 2026-05-08T15:40:26-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_8_dd130f16-5b25-442b-a67d-6ef5fc7d3204.jpg?v=1778276426 Stage 1: Basic Technical Skills Test — 5 down, 45 to go https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-chain-linkage-precision-in-every-link 2026-05-08T15:40:04-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_10_9b71a801-5f7d-41f8-b443-35b6a843bff1.jpg?v=1778276404 Stage 2: Chain Linkages - Precision in Every Link https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-chain-linkage-seven-good-links-out-of-twenty-four 2026-05-08T15:39:28-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_11_cff89bd4-2bb7-4b4e-922c-8aced04e173c.jpg?v=1778276368 Stage 2: Chain Linkages — Seven Good Links Out of Twenty-Four https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-chain-linkage-what-it-takes-to-make-a-ring-move 2026-05-08T15:39:16-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_13_7591f9f1-63e4-434c-ac44-76d4c91b2576.jpg?v=1778276356 Stage 2: Chain Linkages — What It Takes to Make a Ring Move https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-chain-linkage-when-plans-a-b-and-c-failed 2026-05-08T15:39:06-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_14_45b271e6-4179-491d-922c-88abdfecbf92.jpg?v=1778276346 Stage 2: Chain Linkages — When Plans A, B, and C Failed https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-riveting-projects-when-the-practice-matters-more-than-the-piece 2026-05-08T15:38:57-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_15_59bbf640-4b68-41ef-92a8-d6e9052e8732.jpg?v=1778276337 Stage 2 Riveting Projects: When the Practice Matters More Than the Piece https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-riveting-ring-finished-moving-on 2026-05-08T15:38:40-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_16_fce0cc16-0d95-4030-8252-919244a5b744.jpg?v=1778276320 Stage 2 Riveting: The Impatient Ring https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-the-gyroscope-ring 2026-05-08T15:38:08-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_18_570edec7-8793-4165-bf41-61ab87c136b1.jpg?v=1778276288 Stage 2: The Gyroscope Ring https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-when-rushing-costs-you-the-work 2026-05-08T15:36:30-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_19_c1d28991-a9dc-48e0-8840-cada4a6daaad.jpg?v=1778276190 Stage 2: When Rushing Costs You the Work https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/failure-has-more-than-one-shape 2026-05-08T15:37:32-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_20_f2f3334a-0ab5-4199-b15c-bb62e73ddbd8.jpg?v=1778276252 Two Failures, Two Different Lessons https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-making-the-spinning-top-pendant-in-a-traditional-goldsmithing-apprenticeship 2026-05-08T16:03:48-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_21_9823d57a-6cd1-4912-ae9b-5e639754bd29.jpg?v=1778277828 Stage 2: Spinning Top Pendant — One Step Closer to the End of Stage 2 https://pinedaandco.com/blogs/the-atelier-journal/stage-2-snowflake-pendant-twenty-four-solder-joints-and-one-final-rivet 2026-05-15T20:51:57-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0870/4439/1230/articles/TAC_Feature_Image_22_cbbcd975-7a27-493c-b932-5e9d56b237e9.jpg?v=1778899917 Stage 2: Snowflake Pendant - 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