Thank you @Xabbess!
The trade kept me busy for years learning many aspects. The old school mold making with latex and vulcanizing. Metallurgy. Alloying gold and silver (last time I bought gold it was $200. an oz. for 24k, so yeah it’s been a while)
Rolling sheet and pulling wire. Metal patina. Lapidary and gem setting. Loved all of it.
Prior to the internet I had a mail order business, “The Reef Gallery” - “Treasures of the Reef, expressed in Precious Metal”, for marine enthusiests and scuba divers.
Crafting 50 dolphins (and the other popular items) a week turned my passion into a repeditive job that lost its appeal. (I still do work in jewelry for gifts or an occasional wedding ring set for friends)
I had completed my journey and made myself a jeweler. Next?
You and I have something in common in that we are both new to lasers, and very excited about it! I look forward to sharing the journey education and discovery with you and the rest of the community.
(I didn’t mean to string your thread out like this) 
I am the same @marmak3261, especially “How it is made” on industrial scale production.
The casting equipment for upscale studios now are totally enclosed, electric melt with controlled zero oxygen atmosphere and motor driven. Program the burnout with ramp up temperature, dwell and ramp down. Close the machine, push a button and come back to a finished casting in a few hours.
Somehow, removing the hazards and having every variable digitally controlled also diminished the adventure. (there is a high degree of excitement associated with slinging moten metal)
Less skills are required to get things just right in the make or break sequence where the spin of the machine is the final step of a long process of a successful or failed casting.
The thrill comes when you quench the flask to retrieve your cast and see which it is.
The masters of craft you mention, we are fortunate to have several laser wizards in the community who are generous with their time and help bring the uninitiated of us up to speed.
Btw, is there a celebration going to errupt when you finish your saw? There should be!