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Video Requests – Brushes & Mops Explained Part 2
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Part Two
We made these two films at the request of an At The Bench member. |
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Video Requests – Brushes & Mops Explained Part 1
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Part One
We made these two films at the request of an At The Bench member. |
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Video Request – Making Hollow Beads Part 1
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Forming metal is an essential part of jewellery making and as a process the level of skill involved is often overlooked. An At The Bench member asked Andrew how to make completely round silver balls. Well, armed with a doming block & punches and a few discs of silver, Andrew shows you the correct way to shape the metal and make hemispherical domed of exactly the same shape. These are accurately measured and soldered together to form a completely round bead.Once you have mastered the technique then let your imagination fun wild and have fun cutting, drilling, piercing the discs before and after shaping. |
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Video Request – Making Hollow Beads Part 2
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Forming metal is an essential part of jewellery making and as a process the level of skill involved is often overlooked. An At The Bench member asked Andrew how to make completely round silver balls. Well, armed with a doming block & punches and a few discs of silver, Andrew shows you the correct way to shape the metal and make hemispherical domed of exactly the same shape. These are accurately measured and soldered together to form a completely round bead.Once you have mastered the technique then let your imagination fun wild and have fun cutting, drilling, piercing the discs before and after shaping. |
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Video Request – Making Hollow Beads Part 3
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Forming metal is an essential part of jewellery making and as a process the level of skill involved is often overlooked. An At The Bench member asked Andrew how to make completely round silver balls. Well, armed with a doming block & punches and a few discs of silver, Andrew shows you the correct way to shape the metal and make hemispherical domed of exactly the same shape. These are accurately measured and soldered together to form a completely round bead.Once you have mastered the technique then let your imagination fun wild and have fun cutting, drilling, piercing the discs before and after shaping. |
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How to Fit Gravers into Their Handles
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The graver is a piece of hardened steel in various cross sections that have to be fitted into wooden handle. Gravers come in several shapes; wedge, diamond, rounded, and grooved. Also the handles come in various shapes too; ball, mushroom, some have flats on the too.
Some craftsmen use epoxy to cement their gravers into the handles but Andrew shows you the ‘original’ way. The handles for the gravers have a small starter hole that needs to be enlarged to accept the tang of the graver. This will allow the graver to jamb in the handle without slipping out. Then the fun begins but make sure you have adequate ventilation. |
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Video Request – Obtaining a Mirror Finish on Silver Part 1
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This is the second film of a Video Request on How to Obtain a Mirror Finish on Silver An At The Bench member contacted the team to request a film on a subject that he needed help on. Andrew has responded and filmed this two part film.Many jewellers consider polishing a boring task but it is an important procedure that will effect the final appearance of the piece and will, ultimately, determine whether the piece is acceptable to the wearer. Although good polishing cannot cover up poor craftsmanship, a poor polish will make even the most expert craftsmanship look sloppy. |
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Video Request – Obtaining a Mirror Finish on Silver Part 2
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This is the second film of a Video Request on How to Obtain a Mirror Finish on Silver An At The Bench member contacted the team to request a film on a subject that he needed help on. Andrew has responded and filmed this two part film.Many jewellers consider polishing a boring task but it is an important procedure that will effect the final appearance of the piece and will, ultimately, determine whether the piece is acceptable to the wearer. Although good polishing cannot cover up poor craftsmanship, a poor polish will make even the most expert craftsmanship look sloppy. |
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Video Request – Making Head Pins
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Video Requested By Ray In response to Ray’s request, Andrew Berry has filmed a couple of techniques on how to make head pins. Head pins are used very often in jewellery making especially when to comes to hanging and threading beads on wires used in making ear rings. The holes in the beads are not often the same size and this leads to problems with readily available shop bought head pins. |
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Video Request – Polishing Hard to Reach Areas
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We have filmed this video in response to an At The Bench member’s request via the Suggest a Video Topic button on the bottom left of the page.
When designing and constructing a piece of jewellery it is important to always think ahead to the next stage of construction. If what you are doing next will effect the way you polish the item then stop and do something about it now. Also, having the correct tools and equipment to hand to help you polish those hard to reach areas will also help speed up your work and make your life easier. |
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