Studio Vlog #10 | Casting Stones in Place | Cleaning Castings | Stone Setting
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- In todays video we are chatting a bit about casting stones in place, how to clean up your pieces of jewelry after casting them, setting some stones and talking about packaging!
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Your workspace is becoming more and more charming. I'm also creating my space. I retired (police officer) and returned to the job that my late father had taught me in the past. Cutting precious stones (tourmalines, aquamarine, emeralds). Hugs here from Brazil.
You are doing an amazing job as self taught jeweler. I don’t using a casting method. We only use wire and sheet to fabricate our metals. In the beginning I would get ingots that didn’t cool evenly and that so annoying. So I use a Oxy-propane torch, ceramic crucibles and a flat wire ingot mold. A jeweler friend of mine taught me to use a little more of a reducing flame and when you think it’s hot and liquids, count 20 seconds longer and then pour. It’s made all the difference in world. Just a little more heat makes everything flow so much more evenly. So impressed by your work. You really are a talented jeweler. My wife and love your channel and your music choices are great. Keep rocking.
You're a wonderful teacher. Thank you for sharing your talent. 😊
Thank you, I’m happy to help! 🥹💜
thank you for your tips, they are so helpful. love following your journey
Rio grande does embossing of all sorts of packaging!
You can try using the ring mandrel to help you set the stone or one of those adjustable wood inside ring holders might work as well. Those pours are looking great! Take care and thanks for sharing!
Hi!
Thank you so much - I love to look at your videos about casting and how you find your way. I don’t cast my own things, so it is so interesting!
I want to try to give something back, so I wrote the following, hope there is something that you can use.
I was just going to suggest to put some Thermoloc between the shanks in the turquoise ring, but I saw later in the video that you have thought of getting it.
It will be a real game changer for you I think (it was for me). And it is reusable so the cost will “spread out”.
I have not seen you using the silicone polishing wheels and “sticks” like the Eves sold by Rio Grande (for example - tried to put a link, but YT would’nt take it)
I absolutely cannot do without the black “stick” that you screw on to a metal pin yourself. Often you can just buy the ones you need.
If I have a small surface that I like really shiny - these are perfect! And there is also a version that are 13-14 mm that is stuck to the metal pin, but in Europe at least, they are harder to find.
Depending of what kind of tumbler you have - I have a rotary tumbler with a mix of sticks, balls and “Saturnus balls” - you can polish with the black, and blue and just tumble.
I also use the 3M radial bristle discs, but I think they are better it I have a pattern.
The 3M radial bristle discs are also available for bench machines. I bought my machine really cheap from an old dental lab.
About getting rid of the investment in the small pattern recesses - would just a normal steel hand brush do the job?
Greetings from Sweden!
Your son is so adorable!!!!😂Thank you for these videos! Your work is sooo good🤗💕Are you now able to do this full time?!?!
Thank you so so much! And YES!!! 🥹 I quit my job back in late April 😭🥹💜💜 I still can’t believe it 😭💕💕💕💕
Nice Vlog. I would really like to see you prep and cast an inplace gem piece. Thanks for your time and effort.
Thank you! I did make another cast in place that that show in my next studio vlog 🎉💜
Keep the videos coming!! 💯
Thank you ☺️🙏🏻
also some tips i have seen from other people when casting stones in place is they use a pressure washer to quickly get rid of the investment. But good job so far. Looks like you beat me on getting the Wax Injector haha
That’s not a bad idea at all! It sounds messy but effective! 😂
I closed my eyes and swiped my card with the wax injector 👀😂
Hello! Thanks for another great video! What size blade do you use to cut off the sprue? I keep breaking mine!
Maybe look into altitude and melting metals. I think that high altitude needs certain adjustments.
Everything turned out awesome! What brand investment do you use and how did you figure out how much to use?
Thank you! 🥹 I use Prestige Oro! I will put a photo of the chart I use to find my water to investment ratio based on my flask size in the community section of my channel if you want to reference it. It’s never done me wrong ☺️
Congratulations!!
Great job. I am a new beginner too. Any suggestions on the type of stones you use? Are they precious or semi precious stones? I also started waxing my rings but I would like to know if I could keep my stones inside the wax and have them cast as you show in your video. It is save? Thank you 🙏 for any advice you can suggest. You are doing great 👍
Thank you so much!! 🥹💜
I typically only use rubies, sapphire, Moissanite, or any lab grown gemstones that explicitly say they are cast-able. 😊 I hope that helps 🙏🏻
Beautiful! ❤ Get yourself some ultrasonic cleaner that will make your investment cleaning sooo much easier, It will clean all the little details so easily! ✨
Thank you! I love my ultrasonic but have never used it for cleaning off the investment, I’ll definitely give it a try! 💜💜💜💜☺️
SUPER!!!!!!!
Hey from Israel! :) Thank you for all your videos! I love them! I have a question about your melting furnace. I'm also starting my journey in casting (yay!) and was wondering if there is a minimum amount of metal that I can put in the furnace. I want to start with casting very small items, totaling only a couple of grams, but I'm unsure if it's okay to melt such a small amount of metal in the furnace. I would appreciate your input if you can assist. :)
How long do you keep things in the pickle pot? also you are great, keep it up, I'm just starting out and I am learning lots from your vlogs. BIG thanks
I’m so glad, thank you for the encouragement! 🥹💜 I keep my stuff in the pickle pot (if I’m being the patient version of myself lol) for at least 15-20 min. Most importantly I’m looking for that white color more than any set time. Let your pot/ pickle get super super hot before you drop it in, when it’s white pull it out. ☺️
I was a little impatient here and pulled it out when it was gray but….I was excited 👀😂
Thank you so very much, also about keeping it very hot, did not know that. you learn something new every day ❤❤@@MiteraMade
Would warm water help with removing the investment after it’s cooled? Great video very helpful as always
If you have a tumbler, throw them in there, it will remove all of those bits of investment. Great video
Those came out awesome😮... do you or maybe anyone lurking comments have any tips or guide to how much investment to use when mixing?
I’m doing to share a photo of my reference in the community tab 💜☺️
@@MiteraMade thx so much sorry for spamming this question
Oh you’re completely fine! It caught my eye which is the purpose! ☺️💜 “squeaky wheel gets the grease” ☺️😉😂
Hey! Which radial discs do you use? (The colours) I can’t get them to create a shine like sandpaper rolls!
I have then linked in my Amazon store front. The link is in the description, I hope it helps! 💜☺️
Beautiful 😍 😘 😍 😘 😍
Hi, have you tried a higher flask temp? I find casting really small things like findings and highly detailed waxes/prints at a higher metal temperature and with rings,pendants I cast lower. I cast metal between 980-1010 and flask between 450-500
I do a lot of resin casting along with wax and I always use a 36% ratio investment. have you tried lowering your water with investment powder? You’ll have a stronger investment?
Weigh out your investment then multiply it by 0.36 then your answer is the amount of water to use.
Stronger investment will help with surface quality and help with expansion, if any.
You don’t need to take any advise at all, we all have different results even if we have the exact same equipment and same materials. It all works different for each one of us. Your doing a great job, keep it up.
Once I found what "worked" for me, I never really strayed, which isn't a good way to get better at something so I genuinely appreciate you sharing your advice! I definitely will try those out! 🙏☺
What’s that little printer you’re using for the labels? It’s so tiny
It’s a thermal label printer ☺️💜 I love it’s it saves me money on printer isn’t as it doesn’t use any 💜 I have it linked in my Amazon storefront if you’re in the market 😊
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