Cutting Before Or After Using A Rolling Mill? | 12 Months Of Metal

WATCH MORE ROLLING MILL TUTORIALS: www.kernowcraf...
Kim: "Cut first or texture first?
I get asked this all the time. It all depends on the look you're wanting to achieve!
If you texture then cut, you'll be left with the exact shape that you cut out. If you cut then texture, your shape will change... ut sometimes that's a good thing.
See how these matching leaf cut outs changed depending on the order I cut and textured them using a rolling mill. They were identical to begin with..."
Read the monthly round up with all of Kim's jewellery making tutorials on the Kernowcraft blog: www.kernowcraf...
Shop soldering supplies: www.kernowcraf...
Shop sanding & polishing supplies: www.kernowcraf...
Shop rawhide mallet: www.kernowcraf...
LET'S GET SOCIAL
Facebook: / kernowcraft
Instagram: / kernowcraft
Twitter: / kernowcraft
Pinterest: / kernowcraft
Follow Kim: / makeitwithkim

[@NuclearRoll]

I'm probably not the average demographic that watches these as a young man, but your expertise has helped me out a lot in my process of making the many sketches of a piece of jewelry I designed for my girlfriend months ago finally come off the page and become a reality. I appreciate it very much :)

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful :)

[@tzingt]

Probably one of my favorite demonstrations of anything ever. So many great tips

[@kernowcraft]

Wow, what a lovely comment!

[@johngpreston1784]

Very helpful thanks

[@woodcar111]

I definitely like the second set of leaves. The texture seems to be deeper and I can see it much more clear

[@allanthompson9695]

Great demonstration. So much useful inspiring information. Thank you for posting the video.

[@johnhowton6339]

nice demo thanks

[@woodcar111]

Very nice earrings thank you for sharing

[@annh3599]

Thanks! Just got a mill. Never considered the "stretch". Beautiful earrings!

[@specialgems]

Wonderful video thank You you are the best

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Thank you :)

[@sheena8869]

lovely. lots of information too :)

[@camillalaursen249]

Thanks for a great video 🙏🏻

[@rochellebg]

Love this! Thank you!!

[@nattie911]

lots of great tips and explanations, thank for sharing !! :)

[@mikealman9259]

Excellent Video, I've had a rolling mill for a while now but am currently teaching myself enameling, so now looking at experimenting with the mill to texture copper/silver for my Champleve pieces, Thanks for the tips. Liked an subbed ;@)

[@johnhowton6339]

I really recommend a geared mill durston have new model agile with 4_1 gearing you seem to struggle with yours without gearing

[@kimthomson400]

It's just down to space and cost. I have 4 mills across 4 different venues so don't use any one enough to justify the price :) One day maybe.

[@janwoutschrotenboer106]

Wonderful video indeed. Can you tell me where I can buy the leaf veins that you use to texture the metal with the rolling-mill?

[@makeitwithkim-jewellerysil3126]

Thanks. The leaves are normally used for card making and similar crafts so most craft stores stock them or you can find them online. They are called skeleton leaves.

[@AC-pf1ne]

How did you get the Cooper earrings to look silver in color?

[@TralfazConstruction]

I was privileged to work in a manufacturing facility where we used 24-pass Tishken roll-forming mills where we could maintain tight tolerances. In our more advanced applications we would 'pre-notch' the uncoiled metal strip in a continuous feed method after the strip had passed through a sizing mill. Maintaining the correct dimensions were left to our tool makers, engineers and troubleshooters. I was in the latter group. We would see fluctuations in hardness and ductility within our batches of strip material and it was found that by varying the pressure on the rolls in the first two passes of the forming process that the proper relation of dimensions of the pre-notched holes, slots and irregularly-shaped cuts could be maintained by pressure alone.

[@ritamontalvo6195]

Why not make the ear wires out of copper, too?

[@peterfowler7189]

What is the ideal starter kit for jewelry making

[@kernowcraft]

Depends what area you're interested in - we'd recommend taking a look at our Build A Tool Kits which give you an idea of what tools you'll likely need 🙂 www.kernowcraft.com/collections/build-a-tool-kit

[@karlstutz7399]

Glowing you out the material?

[@doriennehodge2893]

OMG she talks too much

[@kimthomson400]

I shall endeavour to try filming future demos through the medium of mime :)

[@mbr663]

1. Don't take the Lord's name in vain. 2. Don't be a petty complainer. Most of us would agree that she talked as much as was necessary to produce a good video.