BATTLE OF THE PERMANENT JEWELRY WELDERS | AMAZON VS ORION | Sarah Brithinee

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Thank you so much for watching today’s video! If you’re interested in starting a permanent jewelry business I’m sure the question of which welder to buy has crossed your mind multiple times. Today I’m comparing the Amazon unbranded welder to the Sunstone Orion mPulse welder. I share the pros and cons of each as well as my final thoughts.
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[@javieruriel]

i get the one from china, and i am using it with out the argon tank, most of my works are with gold and silver which i charge to my customers about 45 usd every work minimum, a little frustrated ate the beginning but let me tell you a big secret, clean the piece you're going to work with, normally i use my ultrasonic, youll get surprise with the results, use gold option and go up in power if you need it not time set time at the lowest. my machine already paid itself. no need to buy the expensive/

[@Coachmarshellw]

Hey! Which did you get?

[@larece.b]

Can you tell us which one you got and what ultrasonic you use?

[@debnazario1003]

Can you help where you bought it , like aliexpress?

[@darknixxsagi6709]

Ok so I don't need the argon tank? I got worried there. Thanks for this info

[@juantorres-fb8ch]

Para trabajar con oro hay que colocar soldadura o la punta hace que soldé ?

[@johntaglia9378]

First off, great video. I've welded on & off for some 40-plus years. At times I may go 4 years without welding. My daughter is looking into this permanent jewelry business. For the people who have to buy the Amazon welder. You can buy an auto spark shield from wherever you buy your argon. Another option is to go to Harbor Freight & look at their welding helmets. Buy one of those & take the auto-darkening frame & attach it to your stylus stand. As far as not liking the feel of the stylus material, simply wrap it with something sew it tightly & cut off the remaining part. The clip is part of your ground. I guess I should be doing a KZbin video on this. Remember, anything you buy from China is metric. Wherever you buy your argon they will have different size tubing or an auto supply store.

[@mikegrok]

For the description of people getting burned on the other side of their arm. I can think of a few possibilities... 1) They were working on a metal table. 2) the chair was metal and they were on concrete or dirt 3) it was outside and the person was barefoot. You can probably avoid those issues by: don't use a metal table. bring a rolled up rubber carpet to put the customer's chair on so that chair or bare feet, they don't accidentally ground themselves.

[@dysheika1]

Hey! Where do you get your jewelry for the permanent bracelets and anklets? Like what vendor or wholesale do you use?

[@andreajenkins1671]

I started my PJ business in November and I use the Amazon welder. I am curious what settings you used when you made this video. I use the Ortho lowest setting. But I would like another opinion. Thanks so much for this video! So helpful!

[@valnorth]

I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my welder, it seems like it doesn’t do anything or it completely blasts through even thick gauge sterling silver. Did you have this issue with this machine?

[@LanaClarkLC]

@@valnorth what would you suggest getting the chains for wholesale?

[@Your_Millennial_Bestie]

The reason your argon leaked with the Amazon bought is because that is not the tube the welder came with. It comes with a specific tube made for the machine that fits properly and no leaks.

[@ariellamissick4205]

hi! which one of the amazon options did you go with? i see so many options in different shades.

[@Alex-ke2ht]

That is completely normal for ground cable, most arc systems don’t have the covering on them at all. tweezers and the neutral, hence blue. And yes! It’s a regulator for argon gas. Umm should people who don’t understand the basics of an electrical circuit be doing welding anyway?

[@wedjr97]

First, the port from the cheap one has threads to tighten down an adapter with a wrench. So it looks like you’re missing a piece. I hear a lot of concerns about missing the work piece and hitting your fingers. If you look at the fingers of someone fortunate enough to have a $40,000.00 laser welder, even their fingers have tiny little spots where even they (using a dual vision magnifier and the benefit of a crosshatch- as if you’re a fighter jet bomber trying to hit a single building- there are always going to have innocent casualties. In this tiny case, your fingers are those casualties! It doesn’t hurt like burning yourself with a torch. Not even as much as having your big brother pinch you. Yes, you feel it. Yes, it stings a little but it’s not like getting a flu shot kind of pain. Ladies,,,, if you’re a jeweler, your hands will show that this is your profession. You get calluses just from holding pliers and other tools in very specific places on your hands. But you’re also not going to burn your store/house/studio down. And your aim will get better every time you use one of these welders. The cheaper ones are probably fine so your paying for customer service and probably better made inner parts. Eventually, they will both break down and you’ll need to either fix it yourself (see KZbin videos) or send it back to the manufacturer for the more expensive ones. Hope this helps. Oh, the little “U” shaped end of the cord is to be slid under the proper screw and tightened down well.

[@makingtolearn]

I use two pulse arc welders at my work- the Orion mPulse and a Lampert PUK. Also have a Sunstone laser welder. All of these machines were purchased retail. I've been a professional jeweler for 25+ years and using welding equipment in jewelery for over 16 years (basically millions of welds.) The big advantage of the Orion welder is that if you have no prior experience with these types of machines, you're going to have a much better user experience right out of the gate. And yes you pay for that experience. If you're a novice and you need technical support and maybe advice/instruction then the Orion is clearly the one to get. Having said that, all of these machines require practice and patience in order to get good solid welds. And ALWAYS use argon shielding if you want quality welds. The most important things are getting a proper grind on the electrode, cleanliness of the weld area, having a good ground connection, and proper orientation of the electrode to the weld surface.

[@makingtolearn]

One other thing I should mention is eye protection. With the mPulse it's built in via the auto darkening screen or if you get the microscope version like I have, it has a built in LCD shutter to protect your eyes (same as the Lampert PUK pulse welder.) With the Amazon welder you either need to wear an auto darkening welding helmet or very dark protective glasses, which makes seeing your weld area much more difficult, especially when working on things like super tiny chain links. The microscope version of the Orion mPulse adds about $500 to the cost, and while it makes it less portable, it allows for MUCH better view of the weld area. If you can afford the microscope version definitely get it- you won't be disappointed.

[@ariellamissick4205]

hi thanks for sharing this!! do you recall which of the amazon options you went with or all of them the same?

[@tanaeatlee7989]

Thank you. Helpful info for a newbie even if no technical info. People with a lot of technical knowledge tend to explain over my head or don’t explain what I need to know for possible practical applications.

[@Mark-Book]

Honesty is the most valuable aspect of a review. Thanks. I would go with the Orion mPulse for many reasons. Just have to scrimp and save.

[@orbschaser9839]

I am using the china welder since last 3 years without any problem, i did weld gold, silver and stainless steel watch bands without any problem. great machine and work perfect. also you can use silver wires to fill the gap or stronger weld/

[@timmwhite9218]

Your argon leak is at the bottle valve. When opening that valve, turn it all the way open - otherwise the valve 'open' seat doesn't have anything against it and is leaking past. Consider that valve as 2 positions (fully open & fully closed.)

[@christinaaudet-joncich6319]

The Amazon one comes with other tips and sizes it seems you did not go through the box. And you seemed to be very one sided. And not alot of knowledge of what Welding is and the concept. People that are getting burned are from people not knowing what they are doing. You can't just jump into this type of Welding and not understand what your doing or how things work. The Amazon one is just fine especially if you know what your doing.

[@Friction-Jewelry]

I've had good luck with the Amazon welder as well, I did just order a used Orion bc I'm dying to see if it can handle thinner wire with lower power. I really don't like using jump rings vs welding the chain link, but I'm finding delicate chains a challenge with the amazon welder. Have you been successful under 24g with any metal? If so please share your electrode shape, power settings, argon or no argon etc. Thanks!

[@silviamanceraflorido8600]

Hola, me puedes ayudar con el barato??

[@Rickschannel11]

I have one of these Amazon welders 😂 I've tried every possible setting... I'm trying to even get it to work! So far it's a waste of time and money... you want to save money? Buy one that at least has a company support team... I will keep trying to figure it out..

[@Rickschannel11]

If someone can help me out. Please do...

[@Rickschannel11]

​@@Friction-Jewelry So what have you been using the Amazon welder for? I've been trying to welder a .07mm jump ring and it just blows out the jump ring. I've tried everything...

[@terriberry67]

The cover on the alligator clip is a safety feature.

[@XXMARIAA20XX]

Where do I buy your gold or silver from?? Thinking to maybe start this as a business, and also since is gold filled doesn’t it tarnish in less than a year?

[@spaghetti.bolognese.]

I have thw amazon welder from and have not received instructions for use. I wanted to ask what settings I need for my jewelry: Sterling Silver 925 Gold filled 14K Metal (black) thank you for your help!

[@geekinthegarden3927]

Nice comparison video. I'm tempted to get one of the Amazon welders - can't afford the Orion. There also seems to be other options such as the Sparkle but these need you to trigger the foot pedal to trigger and I like the automatic trigger on these. I hope you don't mind but I've a couple of ideas after watching your video and have a couple of questions. To use that horse shoe connector at the end of the tweezers you unscrew the ground terminal (where you plug the connector of the alligator clip) slightly, put that in the gap then tighten up so you can have 2 different grounding tools connected at the same time - even though it appears to have 2 ground connectors so in theory you could have the alligator clip, the tweezers, and possibly do a DIY connection to pliers and possibly a smaller, fine alligator clip for fine jump rings all connected so you don't have to keep unplugging and plugging in the ground when working on a piece. The Argon leak seems to be a big flaw - if it wasn't just limited to a fault on yours, have you figured that out? Was the hiss more from the back than the front or visa versa? I'm asking because it looks as if the Argon is passed through to the handset through the thick cable and therefore through the 3 pinned connector. I'm wondering if there was an o ring missing from that that might have caused the leak. I'm not sure but the supplied pressure gauge, from what I can make out on photos on Amazon and Ali Express, seems to have 2 different sized push tube connectors (4mm & 6mm?). Do you know if this is the case? This would make sense to me because the regulators I've seen for refillable Argon tanks use a 6mm tube and have their own pressure gauge whilst for disposable tanks they all seem to use 4mm tubing and not all of them have gauges, so this would add the gauge and do the format conversion if this is the case. I'm not planning to do permanent jewellery but that person who had burns - does it explain where they had actually connected the ground connector, could it have been user error (e.g. connected electrode to back of the bracelet rather than next to the weld)? For the 1mm electrode - did it come with other collets as it looks like you may have to swap out the collet to be able to use the thicker electrodes.

[@MarshallMcFarlin]

The tweezer is another type of ground for smaller items that are held to the work piece to aid in keeping you safe while holding a small part being welded. But, it doesn’t make since since those are used on spot welders , I mean why didn’t they make a stand with the ground so it doesn’t fall off or you don’t accidentally touch the ground. I guess you could wear neoprene thimbles. Or wrap your fingers in electrical tape. PS. SIZE DOES MATTER YOU NEED THE 4foot $450.00 tank. You can buy your dad a TIG welder and share the experience and joys of welding. Then you could do larger pieces in stainless steel. Soapy water in a spray bottle will find your leak.

[@MarshallMcFarlin]

The tweezer is another type of ground for smaller items that are held to the work piece to aid in keeping you safe while holding a small part being welded. But, it doesn’t make since since those are used on spot welders and that is supposed to be a laser welder? PS. SIZE DOES MATTER YOU NEED THE 4foot $450.00 tank. You can buy your dad a TIG welder and share the experience and joys of welding. Then you could do larger pieces in stainless steel. Soapy water in a spray bottle will find your leak.

[@ERIJEWELRY]

Hi there! Could you tell me how to install the needle in the pen?!

[@davidroma268]

Hi. I work on a optic store, do these machine works on metal frames? Can i fix them with these machines? Is the welding strong enough to fix them?

[@mysafename1694]

Open up the machine and look inside and see if the connection is loose on the backside of where the hose connects most of the time they wobble round and shipping and they get loose tighten it up and it should be fine if that does not work you can change the front end of the connector to a shark bite. It grabs much tighter.

[@jaimeholman4927]

When buying the argon tank, which tubing is the best one to get? The one with the 1/4" tubing, or the one with the 8mm tubing? Also, is it best to go ahead and buy it with the regulator?

[@mysafename1694]

Open up the machine and look inside and see if the connection is loose on the backside of where the hose connects most of the time they wobble round and shipping and they get loose tighten it up and it should be fine if that does not work you can change the front end of the connector to a shark bite. It grabs much tighter. The grounding issue was simple. Just pulled the rubber cover off and solder the bottom connection

[@christinaaudet-joncich6319]

The alligator clip that's actually normal for a welder. The other parts are extra for what you need.

[@rachelsmith2134]

gathering info to start my own permanent jewelry business and this was so helpful! thank you!!

[@SarahBrithinee]

Congrats on starting, that's so exciting! I'm glad this was helpful (:

[@flyback_driver]

I was looking for a miniature oxy fuel torch because I work on small detailed parts and a suggested item was a jewelry welder. It looked smaller than a spot welder for lithium ion batteries for $2400 and that's nuts! I took jewelry for four years in highschool but I never worked with anything more valuable than sterling silver and we only soldered rings never welding. Still very interesting and now I'm going to see if I can find a circuit diagram of one of these.

[@mirandaaaa5140]

Do you have a video or a link where one can purchase the spools of gold chains? Thanks.

[@rachelberger1088]

Hi Sarah. Thanks for your information. I'm interested in using a pulse arc welder to use at an outdoor makers market. Do you think this would be possible? Would I need electricity to use it and is it a fire hazard? I've taken an intro class and I didn't see if the units needed to be plugged in and the small spark I suppose could be a fire hazard.

[@celsiusswatt6021]

I have "Amazon" version and although it somewhat works, it is defective by design. It does not control arc current well. What it is inside is a 42V 130000mfd capacitor bank discharging through 0.1 Ohm resistor through stylus. There is no choke (inductor) and there is no smooth current rise or regulation. As the result, the arc spot is uncontrolled while the stylus moves, and the current is larger than optimum for the used electrode diameter. It creates burns on materials that easily evaporate or meld (like bronze). The duration of the pulse is controlled in steps of 3ms up to 30ms. I did modify it to make it work better, but certainly it is not correct design of arc control.

[@artbyrobot1]

can you post the mods I want to do them on mine

[@FriendsPride]

hi Sarah please let me know if need amazon welder instruction manual. i will make a video of it and share a link here.

[@HyLyfe303]

Please do

[@leahhampshire1508]

Did you ever make video?

[@FriendsPride]

@@leahhampshire1508 hi, okay will make and upload by tomorrow.

[@leahhampshire1508]

​@FriendsPride thankyou you wouldn't happen to know where yo get the regulator would you or the specs on it? I got a machine 3rd hand and it's missing the regulator and the stand and grinder and hoses. Having hard time trying to find as I don't have specs and there are lots of different types of regulators out there.

[@video-viewers]

User's instruction manual of this welding unit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWGQd5qwqZd-p8Usi=8P8cOn_XNKkKzSAe

[@Hiddenrage1]

The port is probably metric on one welder and Imperial on the other. 6mm hose is .35mm smaller than .25inch(6.35mm) hose and will go into an imperial port, but will leak. You could use a barbed Y fitting with shutoffs, to split the feed off the argon tank, with two different hoses to the machines.

[@karser6456]

Hi do you micro-laser-weld small jobs? I am looking for someone to do a micro repair, will supply the details if you indeed do this. The metal composition in question is brass with nickel finish so not precious metal. Thanks

[@BeckyStewart-u7z]

Now that they have the newest welder the PJ. Do you recommend that one for someone starting out? So they don’t have to upgrade later on?

[@ashleytorres8580]

Would you recommend the Sunstone Zapp permanent jewelry for beginners machine?

[@noemienagel2982]

Hello and thanks for the video. I just bought an amazon machin and can you help me and tell me what type of argon to buy ? Thank you so much

[@johntaglia9378]

There is only 1 kind of Argon, and the size varies greatly.

[@BaoNguyen-un1km]

@@johntaglia9378when it comes to welding you can have a 75% argon and 25% co2. Or you can get straight argon which is what I think they were asking about

[@laurenyoungs]

Is this just for jump rings or will it work to solder earring posts?

[@artbyrobot1]

both

[@kimwinburn-zw5md]

This sounds like a very biased rating. Sorry. That’s how it looks!

[@paolarossette-lz9yd]

wich settings did you use for the amazon machine?

[@isabelleboji2759]

what plyers did you use to hold to jump ring & the hemostat?

[@Mavrck-it2kq]

Grounding wire doesn't stop heat from moving through metal. Also if something is 2k cheaper but it takes 50 dollars more in material to learn who cares?

[@michierose7469]

Can I ask what settings you had them on?

[@Tedlasman]

Use a stiffer hose for the argon

[@UrBrother_711]

I’m surprised she got her camera working to make this video , although even that had a lot of focusing issues

[@filibertoarteaga9913]

Hi pretty, I'm new to your channel and I heard you say something about the noise of the cotton and it's not normal I bought a similar machine to weld jewelry and I did the same thing then I opened it and one of the hoses inside was broken so I changed it and now it's not Nothing can be heard and the argon lasts longer. I hope my experience helps you. a greeting and a hug thank you

[@brandondillen4803]

I wish I would have watched this helpful video before ordering lol. I just received the amazon one and it’s missing the power cord!

[@terriberry67]

Reach out to the seller on Amazon.... they will help

[@karinaabarreto]

I am having trouble to weld gold filled. any tips?

[@Friction-Jewelry]

@@karinaabarreto I'm fairly new, only welded about 100 clients so far, but gold-filled is unpredictable. Its absolutely critical that you are closing your jump rings properly or if cutting links you have each side of the chain's wire touching with as much surface area as possible. Also if not using argon (I"m not) you need clean your electrode literally after every weld. Also, when you sharpen your electrode, try a 20 deg point, finer than that concentrates too much power on the tip. I'm having bad results with thin wire on the amazon welder. Less than 24g it's really tough even on the lowest power. I'm curious about the Orion if it performs better on thin wire at the lowest power. It would be nice to be able to handle fine chains instead of relying on jump rings. Maybe the OP can answer this?

[@Blancaf02]

Do you have to use the gas? I just got the Orion one and learning all the details for permanent jewelry

[@schmidtlifeproductions603]

You don’t. But it helps make its easier to weld the jewelry and it’s helps with less maintenance and cleaning up etc.

[@paulachavez128]

I did not buy the Amazon welder for permanent jewelry. I'd heard of permanent jewelry but I didn't know it's so popular. I bought the welder to weld.

[@jefflyon100]

Your review of the Amazon welder was a bit lacking. An alligator clip with "exposed" wire doesn't matter. The clip is the ground, just like the wire itself is. Not sure why you even mentioned it. The tweezers seemed rather self-explanatory, you clip the end to the alligator clip so your tweezers become the ground. The regulator was a bit odd. Normally you have an argon regulator with flow/pressure control that attaches to your bottle, the hose would attach from it to the back of the welder. I couldn't see enough of the included regulator and you didn't show all the parts that comes with the machine so I can't say if it can attach to an argon bottle or if it's even designed for high pressure. It may be designed to be used with the small disposable argon bottles available. The two machines aren't even comparable to begin with anyway. The Amazon one is a few hundred dollars and the Sunstone one is a few thousands dollars. The only reason your would bother to do a comparison between the two would be to discourage anyone from trying the machine that only costs 10% of the Sunstone welder price. Not really fair and honest.... For a few hundred dollars these and other cost effective alternatives do require some basic knowledge before use. The Sunstone makes it easy but your diving in and using it without even understanding how the machine works. The Amazon machine requires a bit of research if your new to using any type of welding machine. In my opinion you should understand what you have when your using bottled gas that's under extremely high pressure. You need to know that the regulator takes the two thousand (and higher depending on bottle size) psi gas into it on one side and regulates it to as little as a few psi. If a high pressure argon bottle falls over and hits something that knocks the gas valve off it becomes almost a torpedo. It will launch accross the room or even end up spinning at high speed. Being in the way or trying to stop this is very dangerous and could even get you killed. That's just one aspect. My point is that understanding the equipment and it's dangers is a must. I wasn't familiar with the regulator type included but I know I would have understood it had I seen it, the other parts and the machine itself. I make sure I know the machine I'm using before I dive in blind. I'm not making excuses for the lack of information included with the Amazon welder, it's very poor. All the cheap machines are like this though, some diy skills are always needed. You could have simply pointed out that there are many you tube videos that have knowledgeable people explaining the setup and use of the Amazon unit. At the very least you need to know that your using a high pressure inert gas that uses a regulator to convert it low pressure. That gas sheilds the weld zone from oxygen so the tungsten tip can perform a proper weld. The tungsten tip needs to be sharpened correctly, even down to the grain lines direction left from the grinder for it to work properly. The part being welded needs to be clean of oil and any oxidation. If you don't understand why this has to hapoen then you'll have a miserable and frustrating time trying to figure it out. People saying things like the welds are unpredictable or inconsistent, blaming the machine don't understand why it's happening. The Amazon machine will make exactly the same spot welder over and over if it's setup correctly. If the part gets stuck to the tungsten you stop and regrind the tip, if you perform a weld without gas you clean/grind both. I don't even own one of these, I was just bothered by your claim of an honest and fair review when that is plainly not the case. I don't do reviews of sewing machines or cnc lathes, this is because I don't know enough about them to do so. You don't have the knowledge to do a review of either machine. The Sunstone welder should be dead easy to setup and use. The machine it ubserdly priced for the job it performs. You can buy a top of the line 250 amp name brand tig welder with spot function for the same money this machine sells for. Unfortunately they aren't really designed for the low amperage needed for many of the jobs people buying the Sunstone unit for. The inverter used in the Sunstone unit likely costs about 5% of the ones used in a 250 amp industrial name brand machine. It lacks any of the dozens of adjustable features found on them either. How does a machine that can weld at almost 200 amps continuouslying, all day with dozens of adjustable features to suit any material type and thickness cost the same as as a tiny spot welder that would shut down from thermal overload sfter less than 30 minutes of only doing spot welds. The same goes for the auto darkening glass on the stand of the Sunstone. It lacks any of the features found in a $130 welding helmet that even displays the weld in color instead of green and black. I don't know if the Amazon unit and the preset amperage available on it are even suitable for all types of jewelry welding tasks. I do know that it has all the components needed to do so and that it likely should work provided they've come even close to getting them right. The Amazon unit has its short comings and a bit of diy skills are needed. I can say honestly and fairly that the Sunstone unit cost should be in a similar price range to it. Had Sunstone sold their machine at a fair price of $400-$500 the Amazon machine would be priced at $150-$200. It only costs more than it does because of the ridiculously priced Sunstone option. Anyways, I'm not sure why I've rambled on for so long. Probably because the price of the Sunstone welder is so shocking and obscene that giving it a positive review should be impossible. I'm going to look at the new industrial grade tig welders with the the latest programmable spot welding features and see if they are more suitable than the older ones I'm familiar with. If zi'm going to spend a few thousands dollars it will be for a welder that I can fabricate anything with and buy the Amazon unit to go along with it. I can have the two machines for the same price as the Sunstone with the auto darkening feature. (Even less if I go with an imported machine (about $1000 to have both). That way I can build a hydraulic press for jewelry work, similar to the boonydoon ones. There $2000 press has about $150 worth of steel and the manual 20 ton cylinder is about $40. I can make dies for bending or any make any other machine that obscenely overpriced because it's for jewelry use. The Sunstone welder makes sense if your a professional jeweler and you get 40 plus customers a week looking for permanent jewelry. Otherwise your better off learning how a tig welder works and buying the Amazon unit. It may take you a few days to figure it out what your doing wrong to get consistent welds but atleast it's affordable. When you can buy a laser spot welder or a unit with microscope and digital display in a fully enclosed unit for less the cost of the very basic Sunstone spot welder you know your getting ripped off. Be smart with your money, hopefully Sunstone will realize how far from reality their machine pricing is and lower it. If your primarily looking for a spot welder for other uses than permanent jewelry then the Sunstone unit shouldn't even be on your list. Shop around, watch you tube videos and see what $3200 can get you. There are other fully enclosed import spot welders that have lcd displays and a stereo microscope built in that work extremely well for under $500. Be smart and don't give Sunstone your hard earned money!!

[@permanentjewelry]

There are two different heads, two for the 1mm and two for the .5mm needle.

[@greenhouses26]

Use thread tape on your fitting

[@kenokoci9853]

Hi, i have a problem i bought it a lot of money but it have very much power so even in 1% it melts silver.

[@ingrislt]

Hi, with this Device can welding mini aluminium wires?

[@artbyrobot1]

yes

[@MS-yx3dr]

You can achieve the same type of welding using a battery. No way I am going to throw $2000 in a pulse welder.

[@txatxa825]

Can you do a full demo using your preferred welder?

[@christinahuntress]

What if you need a MRI

[@annier9308]

You can wear your PJ

[@fvrrljr]

@@annier9308 yes wear your pajamas to an MRI (couldn't pass that up) *Are You Sure Now?* if it's real gold i would still take it off. gold is not magnetic but since the "prostitution of gold" (gold being mixed with none precious metal) i'll explain in very layman's terms: 24k to be made into 22K, 18K, 14k and so on... has to be "diluted" using silver and copper. now they're using stainless steel. what ever the karat may be (18, 14 etc.) there's still gold in that jewelry but has become magnetic edit: "now they're using stainless steel" that was jewelry that was being sold 20 yrs ago that was being sold at the retail mall stores, even some of the trusted jewelers got blind sided when they started buying jewelry overseas and needed it that same jewelry repaired. truth always comes out in the jewelers bench. Buyer Beware

[@sydneybrooks4378]

Hi! Great video. What setting for gold filled on the “amazon welder” did you decide works best?

[@Friction-Jewelry]

Power 1, 3ms

[@virusx9543]

can it be 0.2ml thick brass?

[@lynlynims3200]

Grounding teasers maybeb

[@ThingEngineer]

You definitely do not have to ask a company for permission to make an honest comparison video. That said, I REALLY appreciate your candid review!

[@christinaaudet-joncich6319]

You used the wrong tube you needed to use the tubes that came with it

[@daintyanns41]

Go to a welding supplier close to you and they should be able to help with any questions I would think.

[@schmidtlifeproductions603]

Sunstone has a lifetime warranty

[@carl68chris68]

Can I send u a bracelet to solder ?

[@video-viewers]

instructions manual for this welder kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWGQd5qwqZd-p8Usi=8P8cOn_XNKkKzSAe

[@Constans99]

Hi! Is Brithinee your last name by birth or by marriage? I have relatives with that last name or slightly varying spelling. In our family, it was an alteration from the original Ukranian name that changed over time. Is that the same for you?

[@AmericanDji]

Lol @ the ikea analogy.

[@Northrop-Grumman1991]

This is a horrifying review The Amazon one in my opinion is way better then the $2500 hands down She has no idea what she is talking about

[@javieruriel]

Juan Torres

[@UrBrother_711]

Wrong person to do a review , can’t even understand how to open the box. Next

[@billmusik9794]

You are so cool. Just had to say it.

[@jaxontuttle6723]

She's not very bright.

[@juliawynm6335]

:)