Ten Tools EVERY Jeweler Needs

[@kabel3986]

Hey Bobby, you should make a video showing the best way to get started in jewelry using the bare minimum and just make a simple ring. I think this would be really cool because I really want to get into crafting jewelry but don't know where to get started. It would be very helpful to know what types of metals are easiest and cheapest to find/buy but will also look good and be good quality and also how to melt them down and actually craft them into the shape of a ring whether its in a mould or just shaping a bar of the metal. Cheers and your jewelry is awesome, love watching you make it.

[@sveboh]

That would be awesome😊✌️

[@Aerodauphin]

Hey Kabel. Bobby does great videos and you can learn a lot just by watching. Go check out The Diamond Mounter channel with Chris Bilton. He has been working for about two years making videos and instructional guides for jewelry making. He was a professional jewelry in London for 20+ years and now he is sharing his knowledge with the KZbin community. He has videos on tools, techniques, design and loads more. If you combine Bobby White’s channel with Diamond Mounter, you will learn tons. Chris Bilton is just as critical about the fitting, symmetry, POLISHING and finish work. If you watch Chris Bilton describe what he is doing you will be able to pick apart how Bobby nails bespoke fine jewelry. But you have to have the motivation to keep doing the work. I’m a former military sniper, so I have a lot of patience and I’m comfortable sitting in the same place, doing the same thing over and over for extended periods of time always working on making my jewelry better. I’m also very good at learning just by watching other craftsman work. I will be honest. I never took a class, read a book or anything. I just bought the essential tools. Watched Bobby for a year and earlier this year I sold my 11 piece for over $10,000. Watch Bobby White and Chris Bilton; Bobby motivates me and Chris has given me the skills and techniques to make my own jewelry business that is on fire. I still haven’t had any formal training. But give me the time and I make one of a kind Bespoke pieces that I’m sure Bobby and Chris would approve of.

[@rival756]

You need everything in this video except the microscope and the drill if you only want to make a simple ring. And there is still more stuff to get that bobby didn't mention. It is a expensive and precise craft you can't and don't want to cheap your way to it because you will see it in your work. The best way to get started is to go to school for gold smithing. If you mainly want to make jewelry.

[@thereisa]

I took a class at my local college. It was good enough to give me the basics, learn techniques and skills and give me access to the tools. Did that for 2 semesters before I decided to invest in the more expensive tools. You can develop by yourself after a class and the your tube videos will make more sense. Rio grande has a bunch of videos for beginner jewelers and artists.

[@rival756]

@@thereisa that's so cool, i almost did the exact same. Only I followed a full-time study for 2 semesters. Sadly I found out it isn't for me, but i don't regret it one bit. It made me appreciate craftsmanship even more and I learned a lot of important skills from it. I also think taking lessons in a field like this is the absolute best thing to do since you can get instant feedback on your work and help with your technique which a KZbin video can't.

[@Artkid-ie1il]

I agree with the list not only since I’m a part time tafe course student who does jewellery design but I have worked with most of these tools and you will need em if your doing professional jewellery or going thru an apprenticeship and it ain’t easy but it is rewarding

[@jordansyberg3571]

Awesome video Bobby! I’m an 18 year old aspiring silversmith, put 12k into tools so far. You have been a huge inspiration to me! Keep up the great content my man😁

[@jeweldey3699]

Great advice, particularly about the passion for jewelry making! My mom and dad always liked to wear jewelry. So I grew up around jewelry. But nobody in my family makes it, except for me. I started making jewelry at about 11. I would use silverware and make rings. In high school, one of the shop classes offered was jewelry Making! Of course, I enrolled. I would often take my projects home. There you would find me standing in my bedroom under the only source of light, a wall sconce, for hours (5-10+) carving rings with pins or anything else that would carve wax. It was then, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. My school entered my work in the citywide industrial art contest and I won fist place! That sealed it for me! And now, at 55 years of age I've been making jewelry for 44 years. I have done other things for income, but jewelry making is always there! Jewelry making chose me! And I'm grateful for that!

[@tyyamnitz8408]

Incredible story!

[@rodolfo.martinez]

amazing

[@rockhoundingwithjasperblue]

Just want to say that you are AWESOME!! And THANK YOU for ANY advice you give!💎

[@BobbyWhite]

You are so welcome!

[@AlejandroPerez-uj1gu]

Hello, Bobby, i am 13 years old I am starting in jewelry, you are a great example in what I am learning and for me you are a great idol, I hope you will give me feedback, I am from Uruguay and I am studying English so that I can travel and meet you, I hope you will answer me, regards

[@BobbyWhite]

Amazing to hear, best of luck!

[@marinusverster543]

What he says about platinum is super important . I was quenching a bar of platinum in spirits to soften it . The spring tweezers I used were old and shot the bar out to the bottom of the jar the platinum was still so hot it cracked the glass and set my bench alight . Was not fun but my bench has a nice blackend finish to it now

[@DizzyRock09]

Great video . Thank you!!!! I’ve been doing handmade jewelry at home and been getting better and better over time & just wanting to add some extra good quality tools I might need . You just reminded me I have a brand new rotary tool with different attachments. I’m going to have to start getting used to using that . Thanks again for your video. Very helpful!

[@NEZOMBE]

Hello everyone from sunny Bulgaria. I want to congratulate all of you who make these videos. I can safely say that I am self-taught in the field of jewelry. Please go to a school or find someone to show you the craft

[@gregorycoleman2149]

Great video Bobby! Started making jewelry because of your videos. Got a job as a polisher and am doing sizing and chain work now too! Learning something new every day.

[@BobbyWhite]

Amazing! Love to hear it

[@minuteman4199]

I have several triblets in my tool collection and I have never heard that word before. I have never heard them called anything other than mandrels. I'll remember this word for playing scrabble!

[@MBranigan]

Thanks for that very honest and frank video.

[@mioulgaw]

That was excellent answers from you, as a expert handcrafted jewelry!

[@cmjewellers9420]

Your right man this work chose me... i love what i do, i feel like a god when the customer expresses the emotions toward the handmade products

[@Buddhika_Munasinghe]

I'm loving to be a professional jeweller like you. It's my only dream. You are fabulous ❤

[@stevegarcia5932]

Bobby watched your videos for years now I finally enrolled a jewelers school out here in Texas it ain’t easy but I’m determined and anytime I feel unsure of myself I watch your videos for inspiration thank You sir I respect the craft so much more amigo💯 #LoveFromTexas 🌴🏦🌴

[@adriennefraschetta5391]

Very informative and to the point, especially that last one!!!

[@LondonRocksJewellery]

Great work Bobby

[@andrewchild1592]

Hi Bobby...love the channel. Just by chance yesterday, as I was in a cab from Charring Cross to a hospital appointment in Marylebone, passed your shop. Was so tempted to pop in but, I could never afford to buy anything...so, didn't want to waste your staff's time. Did stop on the way back and look in the window... Amazing.

[@h.katsaros1790]

What is better money wise? Make ready to sell items Or bespoke (engagement rings etc

[@Johnne009]

Usually for bespoke you're limited to your local market as people would want to come by to have a discussion. Ready made you can go global easily

[@h.katsaros1790]

@@Johnne009 That was very useful actually thank you!

[@DSM2009]

Awesome Bobby got so much respect for your craft

[@JOHNTOPG]

I appreciate this, I have been buying gold and gems and tools to do this as a hobby, surprised to see I have all of this stuff except a drill and a microscope, but I do have a dremmel and I think that's close

[@celliniinternational9250]

Passion a must

[@lordgaz9533]

Yeah the Love and passion is the important thing to make something great

[@miguelm8496]

Very nice work shop confratulations

[@lilyflojewellery4945]

Hey Bobby, i love your comments around the tools and the passion and craft behind them. I'm a young fine jeweller and i adore your videos. Not only do I get close up on the processes and techniques and tools you use to do this.. you are really fun and inspiring - a long way from the fuddy hatton garden benches... i think you are brilliant. keep inspiring.

[@lescrooge]

Your work is tops. thanks for sharing

[@saltymemesmith]

Becoming a Jeweller is a job that chooses you not a job you would choose - Booby White 🔥💍

[@lifeaddict]

Well said. I never thought I would be in jewelery and still think how I got here. I’m glad I’ve been exposed to this world

[@h.katsaros1790]

@@lifeaddict would you say it's a lucrative field?

[@thijsheesen4901]

I will say bobby i recently took a class on jewelry and my teacher said i had a lot of promise after i made a few pendants, which made me very happy, i did however learn A LOT from your videos, so thank you very much, i wont make it my job but i will make it my hobby and a video like this helps me a lot (thankfully i work in a laboratory so a microscope is easy to get by :P ).

[@kurtismelrose]

Loved it. Useful.💙💎😎🪄👊💪🤝

[@BobbyWhite]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Buddyyz]

Bobby I admire your work I’m 20 from California and work full time in a warehouse job. Your work inspired me to chase my dream and to save up for a jewelry storefront. what’s some advice for someone brand new to this amazing jewelry world.

[@DaNargh42]

Career aside I do a bunch of different hobbies. Did jewelery making one year at school and after watching your channel I'm considering giving it another go in my spare time. I do already have a bunch of tools for various crafts. Looking into finding one of those piezo bench igniters that you have, that's something I can use for most things I do in the shed

[@Space_Trucker]

Love this video! I have no plans to start working with jewelry myself, though it sounds amazing, but WOW do I love your videos. I bet your channel has brought so many young new jewelers into the world!

[@DrivingWithJake]

Great video as always Bobby!

[@jaunceypl]

Thanks for your vids mate. Great passion and focus to your craft 👏

[@wncUK]

Hey Bobby. I have been told that the most important tools on your bench are your files. I was also told to make the effort to purchase the best files that you can afford first time. Can you please recommend as many different sets both standard AND needle files. I hope that makes sense lol… I do waffle on… so oopssss……..…. My bad 🤷🏼‍♀️ (sorry not sorry) 😂. Also, can you either do a short or a vid to explain your pickling cooker (slow cooker) etc, or if you could possibly dm me the info? Thanks 🤩… I WANNA BE LIKE BOBBY!!!❤

[@akmode1568]

Bravo!

[@dri6225]

That's awesome Bobby you got to have passion

[@stylermyler4660]

Awsome quality and very well explaned. Next week im in London can i visit u?

[@hombresito_graffiks2721]

Man I just discovered you and your work on Instagram and... You're crazy bro!!! This work is AWESOMELY AWESOME dude! Never seen so much creativity and originality in jewelry crafting! 😲 And I know what is precise work... Congrats for your work man I trully respect that. 💪😎🤘

[@uuppyy885421]

Great Video! I think a good follow up to this video would be what stock materials are to be used when starting to craft Jewellery?

[@jaderene]

This was super helpful Bobby!!!! Thanks 🤯💯🤍🤍

[@lorenzodelacruz9488]

Awesome stuff as always. I'm an apprentice currently and wish I could apprentice under you.

[@kojoaddo4581]

thanks bobby

[@BobbyWhite]

Any time!

[@stumc2223]

Awesome video man keep up the amazing content!

[@yoshirc2988]

Wow, thank you for so much information Bobby!

[@ramonurieldarioalatorredel5484]

I introduced in jewelry with those tools

[@laferrarajewellery5114]

100% agree

[@pr.luizclaudioribeirogomes4403]

Olá sou ourives e moro no Brasil parabéns pelo trabalho

[@Roselane222]

Hi Bobby, My name is John Lane and I run a handmade jewellery business in Australia near Melbourne. I love watching your videos and I would like to know the brand of claw splitters with the coloured bands that you use and where I would be able to purchase a set. Cheers John

[@godfreymkhabele2178]

Cool ring for someone like him

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

Thank you for this. I was always wondering what each tool really does really, why you needed them, and how much they cost. And this also explains why your work is so well made...you had a lot of practice, passion, and experience honing your craft.

[@BobbyWhite]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

@@BobbyWhite You're welcome, Bobby.

[@Johollister]

Very nice list! I'd just add some tweezers.

[@rosssparks197]

Respect. Your skill and craftsmanship are at such a superb level. Your videos are very inspirational. How did the jewelry making industry choose you Bobby?

[@alisa.maks26]

So, so many jewellers don’t use a microscope, or any optics whatsoever - one amazing jeweller i know didn’t use anything up until the age of 40 when his vision started getting worse, and even then he went for a headband magnifier. I honesly don’t know how people do it - even a super cheap microscope can be quite good and make an enormous difference. I’m also curious about what speed you really saw at 😄

[@nickgardener5802]

11. Barrier cream. By the time you've cut, burnt, linished and filed your trotters you need to have some skin protection. Worth pointing out that most tools will last a lifetime-mine have. Great vid fella.

[@marcelorecko]

Muy inspirador! muchas gracias

[@tverbs8719]

Lightbulb! Thank you for that harsh truth on #10...I needed to hear that. You said exactly what should've been said. Love it! Keep killin it! Love the vids. When are you gonna start a school? lol PeaceLove&Create -Greek

[@ethandonohoe]

I completely forgot how many times I cut myself with a saw when I first started.😂🤣. Superglue and keep it going.

[@ajaymicrosculptures7364]

Hello Bobby, it's good video, iam also jewellery maker. Ajay, India.

[@Yiarui]

6th ! Big fan !!! Bobby Great work you're doing !!! Apreciate your content !

[@alancampbell8760]

As a trade qualified setter I never used a microscope. I think I was lucky to have a good set of eyes to do the fine work close up. Retired now

[@user-hr6do6ve6h]

Can You teach us how to calculate the size around the stone?

[@aimeeaztec4601]

Would love to know about the tech you use as well please Bobby - your lab must have pretty steep insurance im guessing. Always love your content!

[@Celestial_Reach]

Can you believe I was able to get a starting stone setting microscope for under 500? I don't wanna name drop on your channel, but there is a brand that's kind enough now to give some very affordable options.

[@ritahunterlafavorita]

I dunno if anyone has asked this question but, that liquid that is with those little bits you paint on to solder pieces together (I love it when it heats up and it just sucks into the gap between the two pieces)...is that water?

[@jasonsummit1885]

I have all tools except for one, a microscope. I don't think I'll ever lose interest in making jewelry, I also just bought a faceting machine and am going to get started faceting stones.😁

[@BlkK1ng]

I just want to know what’s the thing used to put dent in metal so the gem can sit inside

[@XENOJewelry]

I've come to learn that collecting jewellery tools shouldn't be rushed, most of theses tools will last a lifetime so you should be picky and buy the good stuff as you go to avoid buying twice! Also some advice that would be great for anybody is to find a retiring jeweler and buy their tools, they'll have everything you need and more for a fraction of the price you'll pay for something new.

[@whitestar8]

You are the BEST 😎

[@9daywonda]

The first time I ever used a jeweller's hacksaw I used a thimble until I got the feel of the cut.

[@belglacius]

What’s the brand of your flex shaft? I’m using a grobet, and want a foredom, but yours looks nice

[@kelvinpoetra]

hello sir, I want to ask where to find a complete site for materials for making jewelry?

[@sneakyfingersdevandle8164]

How much does the torch hurt your pocket n is using the Mil to make wire something that takes practice?

[@davon2623]

How do I go about getting started and learning?

[@SerioSerioNieZciemniam]

We need more vids from ya buddy wake up🍓😘❤️

[@albertpartridge2194]

great advice few things i could do with but lack of funds and being on a pension and people saying make me one of them and i will give you a fiver or i am not paying for it kind of screws it up a bit

[@shannahmiller]

I used to have people say that to me about my pottery, and eventually I just started telling people that "my books are closed, sorry." I make things that I think are good and sell them at shows or online, and never under price my work.

[@lollipopyummy4924]

"Let the file do the work" that's the Gordon Ramsay of jewelry!

[@frederickmaguire6796]

Thanks for another great video Bobby, how can I apply for an apprenticeship with you?

[@joeyramonelookalike]

Hey Bobby. What laser cutter do you use? I saw it in a previous video and loved the idea but all I can find is engravers. Thanks.

[@OhRockoh]

Does anyone know what torch setup he has to melt his silver and gold?

[@aleksanderhejn768]

Hey Bobby when your new store opens?

[@jamieparker4010]

I deal in jewellery but can't say I could actually make it as I view and openly sayI'm too oafish for that, I can think up the idea but will get someone else to produce the product

[@Mikesukes]

What fuel gas does your torch use? It doesn't look like acetylene because of the flame color. Also your flame is long even when soldering.

[@simonvidajewelry]

I assume propane/ oxygen

[@manishmurpani6835]

The jelly making itself is that that's make you mad about making a new thing can you give the website to buy this things like good things which are reliability good for work on gold

[@suicidediamonds]

💎

[@BobotBalacanao]

Help me to buy adapter carvings engryving

[@birdytiger]

Don't cheap out on the saw blades! Good blades are such a game changer

[@Shadypete]

No polishing lathe?

[@unsanaeem8513]

Can you take orders from outside the country

[@calebwilliamjewelry6652]

Anyone know what kind of saw that is?

[@coreyriggle]

Looks like a grobet, perhaps with replaced thumb screws giving more leverage.

[@ADDMNDS]

what word do the english have for band-aids?

[@user-zh7kd1jq7i]

Howmuch t0ols

[@djgravey2977]

I have a 14k wedding band that I need to make smaller. Could I do it with house hold items? Until I take it to a local jeweler or do it myself, I have a string wrapped around so it won't fall off. It was passed down to me from family. So it is special. Or I would just have bought a new one my size.

[@xXxSynthxXx]

YEAH! You should try yourself! What could go wrong!

[@colincarpenter3898]

you can get a ring resized easily at pretty much any jewelry store. i’m not 100% sure about the price but it’ll be under $100 for sure so it’s definitely worth it. if its very sentimental and depending on how much metal is removed you could ask the jeweler to save that metal and make something else for you like a little pendant or something(for a price obv).

[@tessiepinkman]

@@colincarpenter3898 Hope the one writing that comment really take your advice, since it's so cheap to get a ring refitted and doing it by your self without training (and the right tools) is nothing but pure madness, especially when it's an heirloom.

[@mkjewellry]

♥️

[@udg8573]

Subtítulos en español!!!!

[@mybadluck4890]

How to make solder How to perfect solding

[@soka4250]

🙌🙌💯

[@Willmillion1]

Hey Bobby I’m wondering how many times you hurt your fingers?

[@prun8893]

Woss dat ting oi use wit da ammah called again?