Try the Swiss blades sold at Otto Frei Swiss Jewelers Saw Blades Part # 149.410G. I have students who lay the saw down with the metal still on the blade, and they haven't broken. OttoFrei.com in CA.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed and learned from this!

It's just a cheap craft brush. I mix Handy Flux with My-T-Flux. Handy Flux gives a temperature reading, when it goes clear, the metal is up to temperature. The My-T-Flux is a self pickling and cleans the metal for a more successful soldering experience

Thank you! I hope this helped!

You are so welcome! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me. I teach to help students find a way to create what they imagine!.

The annealed blade, just means its more flexible with more forgiveness when its in a stressed tight bind.

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Sorry for the late response, for some reason KZbin didn't notify me. All of the small propane canisters will work. If wanting to connect to a larger tank, like one used for grills, it needs a regulator.

I looked on line, and it looks like you have to purchase the kit for the adapter, which is the regulator. You might try calling Rio Grande. Sorry for the late response. KZbin didn't notify me of these comments. I will start checking more often.

I hope it helped you.

The smith little torch is great for soldering small things, like re-tipping prongs, chain repairs, making granulation, and general gold soldering. For silver soldering, it will cause fire scale and doesn't heat up large pieces evenly.

For my classes I use the Max Flame Butane Torch. Its easy to use and does a great job for small items.

I just watched some of it, he is a very pessimistic person toward the arts. Everyone is creative, in their own passion. He sounds like one of the promoters of removing art from schools, which has become so sad to see. Creative people include actors, video game animators, film animators, playwrights, landscape architects, building architects, musicians, any entertainer, painters, sculptors, furniture designers, car designers, and so on. Not one manufactured item in this world wasn't created by a creative person. Many have become successful in their art. It's just that a lot of artists are not trained in business and promotion. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas. At that time they didn't require art majors to take accounting and business classes. I wish I had. Many people have a hard time selling, which is why there are specific people who excel at it. It takes a certain personality to sell art or that matter anything that doesn't pertain to survival.

@@JanetAlexanderJewelry I see your viewe of the definition as degrading the word. If everyone is creative, the word is waste of time. It's like saying "All humans are breathers" - a waste of time sentence. I agree with the part about not being able to make cash, bcz we didn't know enough about it, but that goes to every personally owned job. And a stroll around most curent art galleries prove, that it has very little to do with the quality of the art, who gets to be attempted monitized. When most people can do something, it's nothing special, and that's the case with most modern art.

I am sooo happy to hear that! Thank You Wanda!

@@janetalexander9080 Janet purchased your heart pendant tutorial on craftcast. Where can I buy the perfect match heart dome kits. Don't see them on your website. Thank you, Sherri

@@sherrihardesty6177 Unfortunately, the company making them went out of business.

@@JanetAlexanderJewelry thanks for getting back Janet. Do you have any left over stock you would like to sell? Love your tutorials 💖

@@sherrihardesty6177 So sorry, no they didn't tell me they were going out of business. I found out afterward. Otherwise, I would have gotten information from them as to where they were being manufactured.

That is a wax stick, I bought them at microtools.com

I hope it worked out for you to clean the crucible?

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you!

Thank you!

I am glad you liked it. Let me know what else I can show.

I don't understand your question?

Yes, that is when you would use the carbon stick to remove your metal and then scrape out the excess borax.

Thanks, Mike!

Thanks Babette! I'm near to launching my next video on sawing.

Thank you so much.

Wow! thank you Babette !

Hi Ty! What kind of metalwork are you creating?

@@RadiantJasmin Silver jewelry. I just finished a new earring design and I'm getting my etsy shop up where I will sell custom earrings, pendants, bracelets and rings. Thanks for your videos!

@@Ty-ri7dy Your welcome Ty! I'll be posting some new videos soon :-)

@@Ty-ri7dy I'm looking forward to seeing your work! I haven't done anything with my Etsy shop in years. Are you on Facebook?

I can't believe its been that long! I hope to start making new ones soon. Thanks Babette!

Thank you so much Carol!

The connection on the torch's hose only allows it to connect to these small bottles. The connection is the regulator and is made to regulate the propane in the small bottles. So, you can't use the mapp gas cylendar.

I suggest you contact the manufacture of the torch. You may be missing an O ring or something. You should never need to tighten the nuts that much.

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Wow, that's great to know! Thanks.

Yes! Good question!

Thank you!

Maybe because they are "easy" to ruin by pressure, and hard to (unless someone knows a trick, to not needing to take it apart and resolderit) repair. I own an oldcross, that someone must have bitten into, with engravings, that has 2 or 3 dents, that I'm not eager to start to try to repair - can't find anything anywhere about how to.

Yes, if using a smaller crucible. This torch comes with three tips.

Thanks Janet!

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Thank you I'm glad you got over your fear! I know its a big step to put a flame to fuel!

Thank you!

www.ottofrei.com/EZ-Torch-Kits-with-Regulators-3-Tips-and-Hose

I use borax to help the metal flow. A little pinch of borax helps the metal melt. Before casting I use an old needle file to drag any slag to the back of the crucible so it doesn't interfere with the flow..

At times you will need to heat the crucible up making the borax fluid and scrape out the excess. Other than that there is no reason to retreat it. Sometimes, if the metal is really dirty you have to add some borax over the metal to get it to melt more easily.

You may want to address this question to a distributor for this torch. Though flash backs are usually when the flame pops and goes out. This torch doesn't do that. A distributor would be www.ottofrei.com/search?keywords=EZ%20torch.

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Hi Sylvia, See the comment below. There is a hanger available for the torch.

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