Jewelry Making : How to Cast Jewelry

[MrMISTERFREAK]

Sir you do this for one ring? What is the price of the ring for casting i spend 20 euros

[BryceDesigns]

Don't forget to take the rubber sprue base off the mold after that hour and 15 mins. Hate to see anyone burn up their base, plus it smells like someone just peeled out in your shop...

[halocekicksass]

Does anyone know if I'll need a lot of extra silver for this process? I'm trying to make something small and fine and I don't have a lot of silver atm.

[BryceDesigns]

@halocekicksass Don't know if anyone has replied to you yet, but I usually add about 10g more than the piece needs. It also depends on what kind of casting machine you're using. I use a vacuum caster. That 10g adds a bit more pressure to push the air out of that mold and allow the metal to flow through entirely. Centrifugal casting isn't much different (except you have molten metal spinning at a high rpm).

[DH405okc]

Looks like the guy is good at explaining things, but the editing cut WAY too much of the explanation out. It's like he's suddenly doing weird stuff without explaining WHY he's doing it.

Also, whoever held the camera needs to keep their hands off of the mic.

[TheBandwagonman]

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[Birdshavewings]

Very clear. Good teacher!



[sonicfreak04]

how can i cast charm pieces?

[HillBillyF100]

MY PRECIOUS!!!

[jimbob202019]

Also 6 hours of bakeing wow lol defo simpler ways then that, in england my electric bill would go through the roof

[colton12344321]

i just starting doing this in my jewelery class at school, i think it is one of the coolest things. just being able to make a wearable piece of jewelery on my own is very interesting to me. since iv started the class i always look at jewelery and can figure out how to make it when i go shopping with my wife.

[jimbob202019]

@colton12344321 been doing this for 16 years but its been in my family for 120 years and their are much muchhhh more easyer ways to doing a ring, what hes doing their is called the lost wax casting, but you can do the same thing in around 60 secounds, but its just the fileing and buffing that can take some time.

But your learn loads along the way its just when you start getting better thats when you start buying the realy good stuff that you need and thats not cheap some times :(

[Karlemids]

@jimbob202019 could you share the much easier methods than casting? ,im presuming you mean using silver clay?

[dopephat]

this is my new hobbby but whats the ratio b/c i realy dont wanna wait gold lol

[QuietOneOnLine]

Thank you for this.... it is good to have a FAST OVER VIEW of this process for those who do not understand all the hard hand work that goes into each image.

[theandrewholt]

could you use this method to make a spinner ring? if not, how would you make one?

[toobaaaapi]

excellent video!!!

[zdanz25]

all that sanding scrapes off gold, is there a way you capture all that and reuse it or is it so insignificant that its nt worth it?

[JepMaster8]

@zdanz25 with gold being around $1200 an ounce, those filings are definitely worth saving.

[Sincrol]

man... im really feeling i want to learn alot of this stuff...

[AndreTwin]

I've read that it's not safe to cast using scrap jewelry. because reusing materials makes the new jewelry much weaker & prone to cracking.

What if I only use .925 Sterling as scrap jewelry as my materials for casting new jewelry? Is it safe?

[TVAExtreme]

@AndreTwin When you cast it all the impurities and crap will float to the TOP(sprue) of the casting, thats why u always need to use alot more metal for casting then is necesary to fill the wax-model hole. Without a sprue your casted ring or w/e will indeed be prone...

The Jewelry company I worked at re-used gold 3 times max, but everytime they added some ''new'' gold/alloy to the scrap, for the right result.

[drpepper8412]

What is that "specific ratio" you talked about?

For 18kt gold?

For 14kt gold?

For silver?

[SunShyneY2J]

I would like to know how you actually make the wax moulding for the casting. I have a ram head ring thats about 80g, and a skull thats about 24g, I am very curious as to how they cast a ram head.

[MrKhalio]

thanks

nice and very useful ,,,,,make another video pls

[cesarguitar69]

exelente video, oye una pregunta ¿cuanto tiempo dejas el frasco en la bomba e vacio? te felcito very thanks

[vivenoussig]

nice jobe yes i werck like you for 10 yers ago

[Av3rnus]

Awesome thanks a lot! You should make another video and put some diamonds or other stones on a ring.

[SurpriseGuest1]

Vacuum suction works much better than the old spin bucket and it's much safer!

And they arent that much more money.

[GamingWorldHD]

could i use a pottery oven to melt the gold?

[Kitinetnies]

gold melts at just under 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, most ovens wont go quite THAT high, hence why he was using oxyacetylene (well, looked like oxyacetylene anyways)

[SSWOLFENSTEINSS]

i dont think it will ever get hot enough to liquify gold or silver. you could make a small furn cheap run on propane or a friend showed me how to melt silver and gold in a microwave if you want that expense of high electric bills. Caution you need to make some extra items to cover the the metel when melting it also i would not reuse the microwave to feed your family.Furn. cost 400 made and delivered on ebay.

[avilanch2000]

ok so is there a way to cast a ring without the centrifugal casting macine and still get a complete full ring? and is that normal plaster that you are using? i understand the need for geting the air out so thats cool.just wondering im trying to do it myself.

[gus361]

cool.