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		Part Two Having the necessary equipment to melt down silver and gold is a great advantage as you are able to recycle your off cuts and old pieces of jewellery that have not worked out. Or you may have a client who has old broken bits of jewellery that they want remodelled into a fresh piece of jewellery. In these two films, Andrew shows you just how easy it is to melt and pour silver ingots and also what to look out for when you are melting down as you could cause yourself serious injury.

		Part One Having the necessary equipment to melt down silver and gold is a great advantage as you are able to recycle your off cuts and old pieces of jewellery that have not worked out. Or you may have a client who has old broken bits of jewellery that they want remodelled into a fresh piece of jewellery. In these next two films, Andrew shows you just how easy it is to melt and pour silver ingots and also what to look out for when you are melting down as you could cause yourself serious injury.

		So now the wax heart has been approved by Andrew’s client, he is ready to cast it. First of all, Andrew casts the heart pendant using the Delft Clay method. This is a low cost solution for anyone wanting to try their hand at casting within their own workshop on a small scale. The kit is available from good quality jewellery tool suppliers such as Sutton Tools Click Here for more information on the Delft Clay Casting System

		So now the wax heart has been approved by Andrew’s client, he is ready to cast it. First of all, Andrew casts the heart pendant using the Delft Clay method. This is a low cost solution for anyone wanting to try their hand at casting within their own workshop on a small scale. The kit is available from good quality jewellery tool suppliers such as Sutton Tools Click Here for more information on the Delft Clay Casting System

		So now the wax heart has been approved by Andrew’s client, he is ready to cast it. First of all, Andrew casts the heart pendant using the Delft Clay method. This is a low cost solution for anyone wanting to try their hand at casting within their own workshop on a small scale. The kit is available from good quality jewellery tool suppliers such as Sutton Tools Click Here for more information on the Delft Clay Casting System

With the use of a rolling mill, Andrew Berry shows you how to make a cast ingot into square wire.

Using the ingot cast in the last video Andrew uses a rolling mill to to aid the shaping of the ingot into square wire. By rolling the ingot and then annealing it he is able to use scrap silver, that would otherwise be sent off to the refiners, to be reused into useable material.

Having the ability to melt down is such a priority in a workshop. With everyone going ‘green’ and recycling, shouldn’t you do your part?

Whether you have any old broken silver or gold jewellery in the bottom of a drawer or you have been collecting the odd pieces from projects that you have been cutting off, Andrew Berry shows you just how straight forward it is to melt it all down into an ingot.