NO KINKS! CUTTING & BENDING STERLING SILVER TUBING
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2023
- Learn how to cut and bend sterling silver tubing without it KINKING!
Designer Craftsman Jeweler Greg Greenwood, will teach you how you never have to KINK a tube again.
If you have ever Kinked a Sterling Silver tube, then this is the video you should not miss!@
Mind reader!! Perfect timing Greg I wasted half a day making scrap in an attempt to produce a 3/4inch circle in silver tube. With your steel wire former I got exactly what I wanted on my second try. Perfect thank you so much. I’m so grateful as an old age newcomer to silversmithing, for the valuable tips and tricks and knowledge that you have to share. 😊
Hello Keith, Glad the timing was perfect. You are very welcome and I'm happy to see you learning silversmithing. You will love it. Thanks for watching. Greg Greenwood
I had a WOW moment when you drew the coat hanger wire and caused the tubing to curl!!!😮 Thank you so much for teaching me your valuable knowledge.
Hello smac, Every time I curl tubing I have a WOW moment!! It is just fun. You are more than welcome. I am happy to help. If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to let me know. Greg Greenwood
I know I've said it many times before, but I fricken LOVE this channel! Thanks so much Greg!
Glad you enjoy it! Greg Greenwood
My jaw dropped! Thank you so much for this and the rest of your videos. So very kind and helpful
Hello Emily, I am so glad that I can help you! If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to let me know. Thanks for watching. Greg Greenwood
Another great tutorial Greg.. thank you! Also, I received the pin that I ordered from your studio, and folks, I have to say.. Greg's work is FLAWLESS! Of course I enjoy making my own jewelry, however, I wanted to show my support in a more meaningful way than a thumb's up, so I ordered one of his beautiful pieces for myself (Mother's Day and all). The craftsmanship, design and finishing are all so beautifully done - and truly unique.
Hello Laurie, Thank you for your wonderful comments. I really do appreciate your fantastic support!! Enjoy your pin!!! The best to you. Greg Greenwood
Hi Greg, I just stumbled on your channel. I’m a silversmith in the UK and I’m beginning to give group classes starting the end of this month. I’m always learning myself and after ten years I sometimes feel I may be able to call myself a jeweller, but really I hardly know a thing. Having just watched a couple of videos, I felt I had to say that your demos are the very best I’ve seen. You break everything down into small bite sized parts, explain the whys and why nots and I love your presentation style. Thank you for all of this information. I’m so glad I found this channel - where were you hiding? 😊
Hello Shelly, Thank you so much for your very kind comments. I really appreciate it. I am glad that I can be helpful to you and many others. I'm glad you found me too!! Good luck on your classes. If there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to let me know.
Keep watching and the best to you this new year. Greg Greenwood
I stumbled onto one of your videos a few weeks back while doing some research on making silver bezels for my Lapidary projects. Long story short, I have watched countless other related RUclips videos, and although there are some great ones out there, I have to say the content you put out is hands down the best! You consistently cover the smallest of details that are all too often overlooked in many other videos. I also really appreciate the various tips and techniques you offer up no matter what the particular project might be. You are a true master of the craft, and thank you so much for sharing.
Hello bigdaddyg, Thank you very much for your kind and humbling comments. I really appreciate it! I am very happy that I can help you and others. You have made my day for sure! If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to let me know. Thanks again. Greg Greenwood
what an excellent video guide! I have only found about 3-4 videos with this type of tube bending method and I must admit, yours is much more informative. Thank you for covering this specific technique, Greg! 😁👍✌
Hello krystyna93, Thank you so much for your kind comments. I really appreciate it. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Eureka :-)I've always wanted to know how this is done..now to make some wire tools ...great work great information thanks
Hello guidelineuk, I am very happy that I can help. Enjoy, it will be fun! Greg Greenwood
Brilliant, solves so many problems, thank you.
Hello Christopher, Very glad I can help. If you have any questions in the future, please fee free to let me know. Thanks for watching. Greg Greenwood
Thank you. I've found that a snug fitting tightly twisted hemp string work well
Hello Pro, Thank you for sharing. Greg Greenwood
Excellent tips,, I've been a plumber for 42 years, my benders are so sloppy now they ripple the tube if you pull the bend to quickly, ha ha
Ingenious tip, drawing the steel through to bend silver tube, thanks for sharing
Hello Scott, Thanks for watching and sharing your story. Very glad I can help. Take care. Greg Greenwood
Hi Greg, absolutely cracking idea!! It works like a dream!
I use 3mm ID tube for my bails and after watching you video, I found some 3mm steel rod in my junk box. I had to file down the long hockey stick handle part of the former to let the tube slip on but by keeping the hockey head at almost 3mm I had very little deformation at the start of the bend. I can use every bit of the tube. The other thing that you might want to pass on in your description box is that by using either small nuts or washers instead of the spacer tube you can smoothly push the product off the former without starting to bend and damage the spacer tube. You could use nuts or washers adjacent to the back end of the tube with a short length of spacer tube. You just have to catch the nuts on the final pull.
Thanks again Greg. Kind regards . . . Andy
Hello Andy, I knew you would like this technique. Nice to see you adapting it to your needs. It is great to see other methods and to share. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
Amazing! Thank you for shareing!!
Hello Guillermo, You are more than welcome. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
Love it!
Hello rm m, Glad you liked the video. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Very, very, clever!
Hello Stuart, Thank you very much. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Dear sir Thank you for new ideas and knowledge 🙏
Hello Ashok, You are more than welcome. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Brilliant! Thank you so much for your videos. They are such help!
Hello Yvonne, I am very glad that I can help you. Greg Greenwood
Excellent!
Hello Alex, Thank you very much. Greg Greenwood
Thank you for a great video!
Hello Lenore, You are very welcome. Keep watching! Greg Greenwood
That was fascinating. Thanks!
Hello Allison, I am glad you enjoyed. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Very interesting, thank you!
Hello Sabine, Thank you. You are more than welcome. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
A great demo. Very cool!
Hello Tam, Thank you very much. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Thank you Greg for sharing your knowledge. Fantastic technique!
Hello Merce, You are more than welcome. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
Great video, thanks 👍🏻
Hello Barbara, Thank you very much. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Thank you this is so helpful 🎉❤
Hello Aileach, You're so welcome! Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
excellent - thank you
Hello Sheepdog9, Thank you. You are more than welcome. Keep Watching. Greg Greenwood
Hi Greg, fantastic video. As you know I like to use a curved bail on my pendants, I particularly like it because it sets my work apart from those with little straight tube bails. I’ve actually seen an industrial process that was called a ‘hockey stick’ bending machine for mass producing 90-degree thick-walled elbows. Short lengths of tube were hydraulically forced down the handle part of the hockey stick mandrel with flowing lubricant. I never thought of using it they way that you have shown me on small tube. I’ll email you some pictures of an Induction Bending machine that I designed for industrial use and the little 1/2" rad bending machine I made to use with 4mm silver tube. Greg I’m going to be using your method starting today. Thanks for sharing all of your excellent ideas. All the very best wishes . . . Andy
Hello Andy, Thank you for your compliments. Looking forward to seeing your bending machine photos. Keep up the good work. Greg Greenwood
Fantastic!!!!!! Thank you for this very useful video. 🙏🤗
Hello, Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Thank you so much.
Hello Cecilia, You are very welcome. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
I always learn something off your tutorial they’re awesome thank you
Hello, Thank you very much for your kind comment. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
Thank YOU for that Greg!! I am currently making some items that require various sizes of smaller bent tubing and have been struggling to get good results. Not now!! Please keep your videos coming!!
Hello B. Perfect timing for you! Glad I can help you. Let me know how it goes. Greg Greenwood
Really interesting technique. Will definitely give it a try.
Hello A Wicken, Yes it is. You will enjoy it! Keep watching Greg Greenwood
Thanks
Hello Fergus, You are more than welcome. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Miter vise!!! Easy accurate.
For sure. Greg Greenwood
Hi, thank you for this video 🙏
Do you have a video on how to make the tubes? Like what width of sheets will give you what diameter of the tubes? Is there a formula/calculation for it? Please let me know Thanks!
Hello booyalol, Thank you for watching. I don't have a video on how to make tubes at this time. I'll put it on the list. Thanks again. Greg Greenwood
Great job Greg, but i'm doing a silver bale where the inside of tube is 5.9mm, and the walls are a half of a millimeter. the customer wants to use a thick chain for heavy stone agate pendant and wanted a slight curbed tube that is 1&1/2 inches long. I have been trying to curbed the tubing with 2-3 mm steel wire but just breaks and rips the tube. do i need to get steel wire same thickness of the inner tube and do the walls of tubing have to be thinner or thicker???. please try to answer my question customer is getting impatient. Thank You
Hello Isaac, Thanks for your question. You need to get the steel wire as close to the same thickness of the inner diameter as possible. Also make sure the curved end of the steel wire is nice and smooth. No burrs or sharp edges. The thickness of the tubing should be OK if the wire is the correct size. Good luck with your customer. Let me know how it goes. Greg Greenwood
FANTASTIC VIDEO. Thank you for making such informative videos.
What would be the best wire to use to draw the silver tubing over. My coat hanger wire is simply too soft. Thank you 🙏🏽
Hello Peter, Thank you for your comments. I appreciate it. You can try a welding rod, music or hinge wire rods. All these can be purchased at a hardware store. Let me know how it goes. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
@@greggreenwood4628 thank you so much
Hello Peter, You are more than welcome. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
Question, is this to be done just with the cold material, or better soften it by heating it up first ?
Hello Marianne, The tubing will bend easier after it is annealed. This is heating the silver to dull cherry red, cooling it and pickling, then bending. Thanks for your question. Thanks for watching. Greg Greenwood
Got another question for ya, if it's not too much of a bother. What would be the most inexpensive option for a surface to pound thick silver into a flat sheet?
Hello Red, A piece of steel from a junk yard. Preferably with a smooth side. Engine parts are great. You can buy a steel bench block 2x2 in at Rio Grande for less than $10. I think the hunt in a junk yard is more fun. You will probably find some round pieces that you can use for mandrels too. Good luck and have fun!! Greg Greenwood
@@greggreenwood4628 thanks for always taking time to answer questions with great answers! I never even thought of junkyard scrap. What a great idea
@@greggreenwood4628 I bet if I used some epoxy, and glued a chunk of wood to the bottom, and some thin pieces around the perimeter, it would probably muffle the sound of striking a bit. I live in an apartment, and am trying to think of ways to pound silver, but a little quieter. Lol
Hello Red, You are very welcome. Greg Greenwood
Hello red, Your best bet is to make a sandbag out of an old denim jean leg. Put sand in a plastic bag
and sew into the denim bag. Super quiet and is cheap. Have fun. Greg Greenwood
I love this idea and it worked once for me. But never again. I annealed the silver tubing. Added lubricant. You make it look so easy. What am I doing wrong??
Did it! Smaller tubing. Tighter fit of steel.
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Hello Wendy, Sorry it is not working. The steel rod has to be snug into the tube. This will make a big difference. Greg Greenwood
Oh great!! That is the secret. Tight fit. Greg Greenwood
Hi from a Norwegian beginner 😊
When you mentioned plumbers, I emediately thought of sand. Back in the day, they filled the pipes with sand to avoid colaps when bending them. Do you think that would work with silver tubes as well?
I have very limited amounts to spend each month, and sand is free 🤷♀️😅
Elin
Hello @shiramus, Sand does work for the larger size tubes, but is limited for the small tubes. We used to fill tubes with pitch (tar), but that is time consuming and messy. The coat hanger wire that I used in the video is free or almost free and works great on the smaller size tubes. If you are using larger tubes in copper, then go ahead and use sand. Let me know how it goes. Thank you for watching. Greg Greenwood
@@greggreenwood4628 thank you. I can't remember last time I saw a coat hanger in steel wire. They're hard to come by here as wooden hangers are prefered. I'll have a look around and see what I find that might be usefull 🙂
Hello shiramus, I are correct about the steel coat hangers. Plastic is also the #1 hanger available. Unfortunately. Plastic is taking over the world! I'm sure you will be able to find some steel wire somewhere. How about a dry cleaner service? Or are they using wood too?
Thank you for sharing. Greg Greenwood
@@greggreenwood4628 to be honest, I've never been to a dry cleaner, so I have no clue what they're useing. But I thought of bicycle spokes, they must be strong enough?
Hello Elin, I don't think I have been to a dry cleaner in 50 years!! Bicycle spokes should work great. Let me know how it all goes. Greg Greenwood
Most of the tubing I’d like to bend has an inside diameter too large for a wire hanger. Where to find higher gauge steel tubing?
Hello Gianine, You do not have to use steel. You can use brass. Most construction box stores carry different size steel & brass rods. Hardware stores are a good source. Old screw drivers can be cut and bent. Look at rummage sales or thrift shops. There are many things that can be converted into a rod so you can bend your tubing. Good Luck and enjoy the hunt. It will be rewarding and fun. Thanks for watching. Greg Greenwood
Thanks!!
You are more than welcome. Greg Greenwood
What happens when you use a rod that's not so snug on the inside?
Hello Meg, If you use too small of a rod, it may not even curve the tubing. Or it will curve it but not leave the tube round. Thanks for your question. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood
@greggreenwood4628 thanks for your helpful reply!!
Hello Meg, My pleasure. Greg Greenwood-
You are welcome. Greg Greenwood
Can't you also fill the tubing with sand and then bend it????
Hello Kristi, Good question. Large tubing can sometimes be bend with sand. Small tubing for jewelry does not have enough sand in it to prevent kinking. Other methods include ice and pitch (tar). Thank you for watching and sharing. I appreciate it. Greg Greenwood
Have you tried bending with sand in the tube? That's an old trick for bending aluminum
Hello BenL, I have not used sand for small tubing. I have used silica sand and have used pitch for larger tubing. Pitch is used in the musical industry for making brass horns. That is a interesting process. Thank you for sharing. Greg Greenwood
@@greggreenwood4628 in truth, I have never bent small tubing. I was working with 26mm tubing. Your videos, including this one, are very inspiring! "The possibilities are endless"
Hello, Thanks so much. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood