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I'm a novice jeweler who has watched probably hundreds of jewelry-making videos. This is the first time I've seen the technique of putting a notch in the base piece in order to give more surface area when soldering a curved piece like a jump ring. Great tip! Thanks.

So amazing to see you again!!!

I’m so glad you are teaching again. You are an excellent teacher and do a great job explaining each task.

A brilliant video! New subscriber from the UK. And I really wish we had jewellers like you in this country! I've been making jewellery (yes we spell it differently😀) for around 12 years or so now as a hobby. I agree on the tool thing, I ended up having to build a workshop at the bottom of my garden for all the tools and equipment I've bought over the years and it's STILL not big enough! I'm still doing it as a hobby but I do pay for training with a master Jeweller based in Australia. I've stalled a little recently but I'll get back into it as I always do. It's a lifetime thing for me now, I'm too far in to stop now.

True to form, your instruction (and accompanying videos!) is top-shelf! Thank you, Doug for sharing your knowledge and your experience! -Manny

Hi Doug, I was hoping to pick your brain about casting and porosity issues if possible. I cast a variety of different metals - silver, brass, bronze, various gold flavors - and I consistently have porosity issues with brass and bronze castings in particular. It is oxy-acetylene torch casting with crucibles, with the flask on a vacuum table ( not a vacuum sealed chamber ). It appears to be gas porosity, showing up when the pieces are ground/polished. I’ve been told that it is caused by too much oxygen in my torch flame, but when I reduce the oxygen I have incomplete castings due to too low of a metal temperature, failure to fill. Have some thoughts toward my predicament?

Hi Doug. I just wanted to thank you for your video. I was stuck in a rut and watched so many videos and it was yours that got me out of it! I appreciate you passing along your knowledge :)

Hi Doug, question, if your going to cast fifty pieces of silver rectangular flat design into a metal mold, do you need an exhaust/exit point? Or it will just like what you said "will go forth when its full"? Thankf for the answer.

I want to do jewelry but I don't have any space in my room to put equipment or make a setup/studio. :[

Where do I order drill bit pieces? I have a Foredom but it did not come with any? I don’t want to order the wrong one help!!

so I'm a teenager who took a "what's the best career for you?" quiz and I'm afraid I'm about to jump into a rabbit hole, wish me luck!

This is perfect!

Awesome tip, man! Thank you all the way from Australia!

Great video, thank you. What are you using to install your burnisher? I like this better than those round wood handle tools. And where can I get one?

can you use the same process to polish delrin gears? or does this only apply to brass gears?

very helpful! Thanks.

I AM India 🇮🇳

Do you have to pickle after annealing every time before rolling again in the rolling mill?

Gracias voy a ser mi primer vaciado en resina gracias muy bien esplicado

I thought ingots were bricks, how do you cool them faster? I'm going to be making several ingots/melting a lot of metal so i need more molds correct?

You need a microscope. The quality of my engraved belt buckles improved drastically when I bought mine.

Hi there I hope you can help me, I traded some placer gold for some jewelry store sweepings that seem to have a lot of very small gold inside the sludge. Can you tell me how to wash the metal sweepings, I have tried very hot water and dish soap but no luck.. there might be some kind of oil in with the gold shavings? Thanks so much! Wendy Ps. I live in southern Oregon now but I graduated high school from rapid City Central long time ago

Thank you for the Video,

Thank you.

Getting tools , gee that is hard living in Australia . Getting better tools besides beadsmith is very hard . I find I need tools with a better grip but they are too expensive to get from the USA. Tools let me down on advancing from just simple jewellery because of the bad tools here. Kym

Don’t forget about all the people that want nice things that they can’t afford to buy, but can afford to make for themselves

Is that the boric acid you buy in the laundry aria?

I am considering creating some jewelry designs, it would dovetail nicely with an artistic business I already have. I think, as an entrepreneur, that knowing something about scaleability, revenue streams, and budgeting/pricing is very, very helpful.... as you create, you can think, how can I monetize this - and mindfully retain the creative aspect that I love. :)

Would this be a way to economize if one used a casting service? Or, maybe they make their own trees depending on what they have for jobs...Just curious! Your videos are fantastic. THanks!

I am a person who makes silver accessories in Japan. Your video was very helpful. Thank you very much.

This is good

I left before all the good advice, can I still be one of your people.

Hi Dough - thanks for this video, very informative! What kind of regulator are you using for the propane tank? Thanks!

Thanks you dude for sharing this

I'm glad I came across this post. Not because of the advice to quit, but the encouragement to keep going. I am definitely going to have to watch more of your videos.

Im still here Doug,I've been teaching disabled people how to making jewellery and I've now taken on a apprentice, i always pick up tips from you and this channel,I'm the same as you Doug when i comes to jewellery repair 😊

If you’re looking those mini files up, you might want to also try typing in “needle file kit” and get a full kit that has a blue plastic holder. They come in oil to protect the steel from rusting in storage so just wipe the oil off and try them out!

Killer tip thanks

You ever get into filigree? By hand

Good advice lol. I’m too far in though. I need an apprenticeship

Can it be reused even after it hardens?

If you don’t mind could you send me in the right direction for diamonds? I’m wanting to start to practice making jewelry.

Hello, it’s me again please come help me start from beginning. I have a really good skill I’m a master jeweler and I want to move on with my life with my own business. Please step up and help me and I just want a small business. Thank you.

Hey, my name is dat le I work at Greenlake jewelry work for 20 years. I’ve been jewelry for 30 years total. I’m a master jewelers. I am a soft foreman there. I’m keep thinking my head I’m gonna open my own business. What do you have in my and you can go ring like jewelry work looking in the website and shit from my name the top guy there.

Depois de olhar milhares de vídeos esse é de longe o melhor resultado 👏👏👏

Have you ever used purple repair wax?

Pretty much followed this but have zero success with draw plate. Maybe it’s a cheap plate, maybe I’m doing something wrong, but instead of rounding and stretching the metal, it shaves pieces off, keeping the length the same but diameter get smaller. It also never really rounds it out, always keeping its square-ish shape.

Great advice for anyone wanting to get into the jewelry business. 😂 100% true! The first few years if any profits, go into buying new tools and growing your studio. Hardest business I’ve ever started but it’s the one that has made me happiest. Starting your day creating and looking forward to seeing a finished piece that you’re working so hard at, is well worth the struggles. And if you have a bad day, keep calm, go paint for a couple of hours or meditate and your creativity will come back to you allowing to finish that masterpiece. Then sell it and go buy another tool with the profit. 😊

Awesome, Doug !