die forming

[@missanna208802]

Ahh I wish I had HALF the tools you have. You have such an amazing collection of tools. I just wish they weren't so expensive. The expensive part in jewelry making is not the metal and stones, but the TOOLS!!! I love your videos, and I thank you so much for sharing with everyone. It is really wonderful of you to take the time to show people the processes of making jewelry. Your videos have been such a great refresher for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@mikema9311]

thank you for sharing the use of the tooling for these die forming

[@alanr4263]

Great video how do you make the shape dies?

[@LeslieKailVillarreal]

Is this a 20 lb press? I've scoured the auto store like O'reilly and Kragen and can not find one like you have!

[@mcquality55]

Leslie Villarreal You will have better luck finding one at a Harbor Freight if you have one nearby. You can order one online through them but shipping is not cheap. Check Craigslist too. It will likely be more of a 2 ton press, than a 2 lb on. Good luck.

[@64t120r]

It's a standard bottle jack. They usually go up into thousands of pounds. The amount of pressure exerted depends on you and the lever.

[@kent323is]

Nice video showing the forming of silver. I like the use of the polyurethane block for the back side of the press tooling. Where did you get the polyurethane from? On the gauge, that is reading the pressure in lbs per square inch of the hydraulic oil... to get the force applied by the hydraulic jack, it is PSI times Area of the ram. The ram looked to be about 2" in diameter, which equates to 3.14 square inches. So 200 lbs/in^2 times 3.14 square inches gives an actual force of 628 lbs applied to the tooling. Hopefully that helps for the future. For the guys looking for a jack, these hydraulic jacks are sold in multiple locations, Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, Farm & Ranch stores, and a very limited selection in the big box hardware stores, like Lowes, Menards, Home Depot etc. Just do a search for bottle jack.

[@1soham1]

riogrande.com

[@rizoyevdilmurod8848]

krasnavata paxoj rizinu chto za material kavchuk ili chtota drugoye a sam pres chotki

[@LeslieKailVillarreal]

Soham Kevin Potter tells me you are using a bonny doon press and That is not 200 lbs that is 2000 psi which is about 5 tons. Says you are reading the gauge wrong?

[@1soham1]

it is possible, but i am reading 200 lbs on my guage. dies and presses are his business, so he should know.

[@huskyfluffy]

Awesome! How much does a manual press cost? Is it available in the usual jewelry supply places? I didn't know there was a manual choice.

[@1soham1]

look on rio grande and otto frei online catalogues, automotive tool supply shops also have them

[@mayamaven]

By the way, it's entirely feasible to build your own bottle jack press. I believe there is more than one tutorial available online, though I can't remember whether I saw them on KZbin, Instructables, or one of the metal fabrication forums. I like making tools! Good luck.

[@relaxnow1374]

Thank you!

[@relaxnow1374]

where did you get the press and where do you get the dies?

[@sohamharrison]

any good auto parts store will have hydraulic presses. a two ton should be enough.both rio grande and otto frei on line have dies

[@gusmcgussy3299]

Hahaha just because you write copyright and your name doesn't make it cooyrighted

[@CJOlin]

Actually, it does make it Copyright material by writing just that. If you take a photo, it is your intellectual property. It's called implied copyright. If it is YOUR original works, whether it be a photo, video or drawings, it is automatically your copyright material. Look it up. Maybe you should actually know the law, before commenting ABOUT the law. Genius.

[@sohamharrison]

my pleasure. you can use a large vise to do the same work. it just takes more times annealing