Laser Welding For Jewellery - Part 2 | Goldsmith's Workshop Secrets
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2023
- Hi everyone! Happy Sunday. Please enjoy this video, the second part to ‘Laser Welding In The Jewellery Industry’. Where we took your questions all the way to Matthew Esh, product specialist @freeformfabricationUK in Stevenage.
Have you seen part one? Here’s a link to the first video: Laser Welding In The Jewellery Industry - Part One | Goldsmith's Workshop Secrets
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If you have any questions, please pop them in the comment section and JOIN US for the upcoming LIVE we do as a follow-up to this video. (date to be confirmed)
We’ll host this live on RUclips and Instagram (@jacothejeweller & @freeformfabricationuk)
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Damia & Jaco
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Thank you for this! It really helped guide and settle me into investing in a laser welder 💪🏿⚡
It’s a game changer - certainly a tool that gets used 👍🏻 glad it helped.
Fabulous for tack welding complex constructions together prior to conventional soldering. Binding wire is a thing of the past. Only real issue I have found is doing repairs close to old soldered joints .... the laser tends to blast holes in any soldered areas. Planishing/polishing is easily done as well but you need to get the power just right which takes some trial and error/experience. Works for small areas well.
👌🏻 great feedback. I hear you on the solder issue. Good point.
If you haven't already covered it I would love to see an explanation of joule capacity among welders and how it translates to their application. Thanks!
Hey, I think it may have been loosely touched upon but we're looking at doing a second visit and interview at some point and I've made a note of this. Thanks for your question!
Another great video!
I've used many different kinds of welders (Arc/stck, MIG, TIG, Oxy acetylene) in an automotive repair capacity, a lot of the techniques with this laser welder are'nt so different. For you pro's in the industry this is a great piece of kit. Being able to spot weld each jump ring on a Byzantine weave bracelet instead of soldering will save massive amounts of time and clean-up, and that's just one example. Thanks for sharing guys and have a fantastic week. Thanks for the bloopers LOL.
Great feedback 👌🏻
Lovely to hear your laugh again D , come back and see us soon! ❤
Aw, thank you@@rosiefrost8221
Excellent follow up.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for bringing in an expert and asking the important questions. I have no experience using the laser and was wondering if these more economical versions were even worthwhile. I know they are now. And I won’t be expecting them to run non stop all day for that money of course.
I started using the Dado 1 for basic set ups and that’s evolved into repair work now. Very handy in a workshop.
Argon in my experience helps with stainless steel and some white gold. A laser is a great investment if you have enough work. We use our laser all day every day.
That’s it. Thanks for answering the Argon question 👍🏻
Would you say this is purely to avoid oxidation? Do you think it makes the weld stronger or does it just make the laser shot more effective when firing on these metals? Thank you for answering the argon questions we are always open to improving processes!
@@freeformfabricationUK so in my experience these metals can be brittle at the join without the argon. I’m not really sure if it’s oxidation but I guess it might be. I’ve run some tests with argon on and off and can see a difference. We use laserstar wielders in the store.
I only used argon for a short time when I was offering repair to lens frames but speed offering the service when it was evident that the frames were made with such low quality that the repairs didnt last. Nevertheless, argon is a must for titanium and stainless but I have no issue with white gold or silver not using argon. I use the sharpie usually with silver. I use a rofin starweld
no wonder he's not for argon, hes british/english and they have no proper access to gasses and such. argon is absolutely necessary for big silver pieces and helps in general like he says with de-oxidizing and getting the wire to flow better into itself. especially if the piece has a polished surface it makes even more of a difference.
We have easy access to Argon if needed. We don't seem to have any issue with wire flowing or issues with silver without argon even on the lower powered machines like the dado. The oxidation that appears is polished out to leave a well polished finish and it doesn't seem to affect strength of join as we can tap up the ring two sizes afterwards all without using argon.