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Channel: jewelleryatena
Date: 2022-01-21

If the word silver scares you, it's time to be surprised.
What information do we need at the beginning of silver work? Silversmithing is not a difficult task.
This specialty is not just for skilled jewelers with scary jewelry tools.
5 steps in silver work

In this video, I engrave and weld a pre-made silver foil.

In fact, you are only 5 steps away from designing what you have in mind to the ring on your hand or any piece of jewelry.
Many silversmith projects do not require all five of these steps.
By summarizing silversmithing into manageable steps and learning them in turn, we find that silversmithing is an achievable (and very exciting) process.


1. Sawing

Skilled silversmiths will tell you that the key to success in metal sawing is having the right saw with the best blades available and learning sawing skills.

Start with a 2.0 saw blade, then work your way up with a 4.0 saw blade and expand your skills.

Then use a 6.0 saw blade to do delicate silverwork.

Lubricate the saw blade using Burlife, beeswax or Gemlube to smooth and balance your sawing movements.
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The cleaner the saw, the less need you have for sawing.
The hardest part of scraping may be remembering the direction of the scraper.
Tip: This is not like nail file.
Do not move the razor back and forth and only pull the razor in one direction and opposite to the body.
The razors are usually flat or semicircular and are measured with a number. The higher the number, the cleaner the cut.
In this way, the 0 and 1 toothed razors are large and will easily remove a large amount of metal in the shortest time.


If the cut piece has irregular and irregular edges, first solve this problem with these razors.
If you can only buy one razor, it is better to choose razor number 2.
This razor is suitable for almost all purposes and its teeth are medium.
For more precise work, you can use razors with smaller teeth, such as numbers 4 and 6.
Metal shavings are cleaned with a brush after scraping.

3 .. Metalworking (forging, hammering, weaving, casting and extrusion work, etc.)

A leather or plastic hammer can bend around a ring, bracelet or neck bar or curved metal surfaces and shape it to your liking.
Silver hammers are available in any texture imaginable and will give you everything you need.
Hammering and weaving and other parts Shaping metal in silverwork requires training on cheaper metals such as copper, and
Once we are familiar with all the different aspects of the hammer, work on the silver begins.
Casting molds help you shape flat pieces into dome-shaped metals.
4. Soldering

The more you work with the welding torch, the easier it will be for you to do it. Then you will know the difference between oxidizing (evaporating) and erosive (yellow) and natural (yellow tip) flames.
And how to move the flame at the right speed and height when heating silver jewelry,
How much lava to use in addition to protecting the jewelry, do not alter it, the exact points of soldering and
What it will look like after melting and flowing, and how to determine the temperature required for the metal using the appearance of the lava.
Tip: Turn on the pickle maker when you start your silverware project, and then the hot pickle is ready to clean your silver jewelry.
Pickling will clean silver jewelry before and after soldering.

5. Finishing (weaving, polishing, polishing, polishing, painting)

After soldering, you may need to scrape some or remove any traces of pickles.
Depending on the type of jewelry you want, you may need to add more texture to your silver jewelry design.
The next step is to use a polishing wheel to polish the silver and achieve a great, polished shine.
You can also fix small defects with a razor.

You can use sulfur or other methods to add patina to your silver jewelry design and give it an antique look.
Also, improve its texture and add more details to darken the shiny appearance of silver and completely change its appearance.
This makes the imperfections more prominent and therefore it is necessary to do all the previous steps before adding the patina.
Naturally, this is just a summary of the steps involved in silversmithing, and now we realize that silversmithing is not terrifying and impossible, and that you can easily make your own silver jewelry.
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