Damon, thanks so much for writing! I will be making new videos in the series all winter. Hope you enjoy them and that I've been able to teach you something new!
Dave, thank you! When I can get back to the bench, I'll finish the series. I miss the work and was just getting in the groove of making/editing videos when I developed a vision issue. Being treated and hoping to be back soon. Have you watched them all?
@@melaniekline4895 yes I have I am super grateful as well. I'm a new jewlery store owner and silversmith and am trying to build inventory so you tips and tricks have been extremely helpful to me. I found you because I've been trying to learn how to make feathers and leaves effectively.
How do you know how long your wire needs to be to end up with a specific size? For example, if I wanted to make a size 8 ring, how much wire do I need to cut?
I'd try 2 1/4 inches. There is an approximate ratio but not a rule. You just want to stop before you overhammer and make it too thin. You just have to play with it. Remember, if your size is not quite big enough but you have hammered and you don't want to get thinner, you can anneal again and stretch it a little more with your rawhide mallet on a ring mandrel. Thanks for watching!
Looks great and different. I wonder if I could use metal stamps to stamp designs or names on the flat sides. I would imagine you could even put more facets in the ring. I'm also sure it's not as easy as you make it look. Thanks for sharing another great video.
Sub'd and liked - easily! I hear the "let it sit a bit before quenching", but also the "anneal and quench". Why wait? Why not wait? I always long to hear the WHY, in any instruction. Thank you SO much.
So, metal will crack if you quench it when it is red hot. Wait just a minute to let the redness go away before shocking it into your acid or water whether you are soldering or annealing. Some say to air cool for best annealing but I've never noticed an advantage to that.
@@melaniekline4895 Letting anything I was annealing cool as slowly as possible in air was what we are taught at trade school. I was taught to pack it in vermiculite so it took ages, I was told something about grain structure but I can't remember what it was now. We did the same to castings (cast iron) after brazing them together after a break.
Wow, so excited to have found these videos, they are great!! Can you please tell me the approximate length of wire I would need to make a size 11 square round ring if I am using 8 gauge wire? Thanks so much. Great videos!!!
If your cloth polishing wheel had accidentally been used for both white bobbling compound and Tripoli ( my niece didn’t know) is there a way to save that polishing wheel? If so how? Thank you very much for your help with this.
Hi, thanks for watching and for writing! So, there are cutting compounds and polishing compounds. They are different from each other. You start the process of removing scratches with the cutting compound (both trip and white bobbing are cutting compounds) and then, AFTER WASHING EVERYTHING OFF, you move to polishing compounds, usually rouges. You don't want to get a cutting compound on your POLISHING wheel EVER. So to your question, it's ok, you can use the wheel since both are cutting compounds....... just never use it for the polishing stage with rouge (or any other polishing compound). Make sense?
Thank you so much for the video. Is there an issue way to wash of the compounds by hand? I’ve used dishwashing liquid but the compound sticks and is really hard to get off.
I think I speak for everyone when I say we need the rest of this series.. love the videos!!
Damon, thanks so much for writing! I will be making new videos in the series all winter. Hope you enjoy them and that I've been able to teach you something new!
@@melaniekline4895 we need these videos lol. But really
Dave, thank you! When I can get back to the bench, I'll finish the series. I miss the work and was just getting in the groove of making/editing videos when I developed a vision issue. Being treated and hoping to be back soon.
Have you watched them all?
@@melaniekline4895 yes I have I am super grateful as well. I'm a new jewlery store owner and silversmith and am trying to build inventory so you tips and tricks have been extremely helpful to me. I found you because I've been trying to learn how to make feathers and leaves effectively.
@@melaniekline4895 Get well soon!
Thank you so much for this! I love your teaching methods!! ❤️
Thanks for watching! Glad you learned something new
OMG!! LOVE this demo! Thank you for sharing this!
So glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to write.
Very Informative! Thanks. Now off to watch your wedding band vid for the polishing info.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice
How do you know how long your wire needs to be to end up with a specific size? For example, if I wanted to make a size 8 ring, how much wire do I need to cut?
I'd try 2 1/4 inches. There is an approximate ratio but not a rule. You just want to stop before you overhammer and make it too thin. You just have to play with it. Remember, if your size is not quite big enough but you have hammered and you don't want to get thinner, you can anneal again and stretch it a little more with your rawhide mallet on a ring mandrel. Thanks for watching!
Wow….so much skill…thank you
Thanks! Glad you liked it. There's lots to learn in the one called THE JEWELERS SAW, too. and many more coming.......
Looks great and different. I wonder if I could use metal stamps to stamp designs or names on the flat sides. I would imagine you could even put more facets in the ring. I'm also sure it's not as easy as you make it look. Thanks for sharing another great video.
Sub'd and liked - easily! I hear the "let it sit a bit before quenching", but also the "anneal and quench". Why wait? Why not wait? I always long to hear the WHY, in any instruction. Thank you SO much.
So, metal will crack if you quench it when it is red hot. Wait just a minute to let the redness go away before shocking it into your acid or water whether you are soldering or annealing. Some say to air cool for best annealing but I've never noticed an advantage to that.
@@melaniekline4895 Letting anything I was annealing cool as slowly as possible in air was what we are taught at trade school. I was taught to pack it in vermiculite so it took ages, I was told something about grain structure but I can't remember what it was now. We did the same to castings (cast iron) after brazing them together after a break.
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Yet another beautiful piece! Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge. Take care and have a fantastic weekend.
You too....And send me photos of what you're making! Find me on Facebook
Wow, so excited to have found these videos, they are great!! Can you please tell me the approximate length of wire I would need to make a size 11 square round ring if I am using 8 gauge wire? Thanks so much. Great videos!!!
what kind of torch and gas are you using?
how do you determine the initial length of wire for the desired end size? is there a formula?
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If your cloth polishing wheel had accidentally been used for both white bobbling compound and Tripoli ( my niece didn’t know) is there a way to save that polishing wheel? If so how? Thank you very much for your help with this.
Hi, thanks for watching and for writing! So, there are cutting compounds and polishing compounds. They are different from each other. You start the process of removing scratches with the cutting compound (both trip and white bobbing are cutting compounds) and then, AFTER WASHING EVERYTHING OFF, you move to polishing compounds, usually rouges. You don't want to get a cutting compound on your POLISHING wheel EVER. So to your question, it's ok, you can use the wheel since both are cutting compounds....... just never use it for the polishing stage with rouge (or any other polishing compound). Make sense?
Thank you so much for the video. Is there an issue way to wash of the compounds by hand? I’ve used dishwashing liquid but the compound sticks and is really hard to get off.
@@banukerk25% ammonia to 75% hot water. Use an old tooth brush.
@@melaniekline4895 thank you! Will try that :)
Do you use an acetylene torch?
Yes I do
What type of fordum flex shaft are you using
The SR series works with the changeable hand pieces
Melanie, what is "yellow" flux?
Called different names depending where you order it. Fluoron, Banterns, Rio Grande calls it MyTflux
Is the yellow flux the same thing as the one called "self pickling flux" that comes in a spray bottle? Its also a yellow liquid. Thanks!
Where do I buy the bastard file?