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mustachemetalworks
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Registrace 8. 05. 2020
I hand-make 24k gold jewellery.
Instagram has pictures of most of my work.
I sell stuff on Etsy and in shady-back-alley deals.
Feel free to reach out for silly business requests via my etsy; I might be willing to work with you on a custom piece.
Instagram has pictures of most of my work.
I sell stuff on Etsy and in shady-back-alley deals.
Feel free to reach out for silly business requests via my etsy; I might be willing to work with you on a custom piece.
Forging Two Full Ounces of Pure Silver, Handmade 2 Troy Ounce Bracelet
I forged a pure 999 silver bracelet from a two ounce ingot. I poured the silver bar in a previous video. This prototype went to a lucky customer on etsy. Working this much fine silver was a learning experience.
0:00 Design Discussion
0:45 Cutting ingot
2:49 Initial shaping
4:10 First anneal
7:40 More shaping
10:50 First roll
13:36 Cutting the ends
15:16 Hammer Texture
18:45 Shaping/Polish
20:50 Sunshine Chat
0:00 Design Discussion
0:45 Cutting ingot
2:49 Initial shaping
4:10 First anneal
7:40 More shaping
10:50 First roll
13:36 Cutting the ends
15:16 Hammer Texture
18:45 Shaping/Polish
20:50 Sunshine Chat
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Melting 5 Ounces of Pure Silver in a Furnace for a Handmade Bracelet
zhlédnutí 103Před 4 měsíci
I needed to make a pure silver ingot big enough to make a 2 troy ounce bracelet for a client, so I had to build the "big" furnace. I was very scared, but everything went well. Now I am the proud owner of a huge bar of 999 silver and I can start my new project. I forged this bar into a big bracelet in a following video.
Fixing Bent Sterling Silver Rings: my thoughts on work hardening sterling silver
zhlédnutí 196Před 6 měsíci
Join me as I rescue several rings from oblong warbles and attempt to string together several coherent thoughts regarding mass produced silver products. Properly work hardening these rings should have happened before being sized, so that ship has sailed. All I can do now is make them circle again...
Making My Own Wedding Ring from 24k Gold
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 7 měsíci
I start with a 24k gold bar and make the ring that I'll wear forever! Even though I've made this design a few times, I definitely learned a bunch. My process seems to be getting more streamlined. 0:00 Design Discussion 2:10 First melt 3:54 Ingot ready to roll out 10:25 Making the circle 11:15 First Cut 15:13 First Fuse 16:51 Second Fuse 17:30 Texture and Sizing
Walk Through: Full Troy Ounce Flat Silver Bracelet
zhlédnutí 196Před 7 měsíci
I made a modification on my most popular pure silver bracelet design and documented the process for your entertainment (and my future reference!)
Walk Through: Forging a Custom Silver Nail Cuff Bracelet
zhlédnutí 321Před 8 měsíci
I handmade this solid silver nail bracelet for a customer and wanted to show how I did it! I talk about what I look for while working with fine silver. This video also serves a recipe for me to use at a later date!
Beefy, Brawny, Badass: Making a Man's 24k Gold Wedding Ring
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I transform a chunk of pure gold into a masterpiece. Watch the 24 karat magic. gold jewellery making gold ring design making gold ring
Silver Coin to Signet Ring, handmade 999 silver coin ring
zhlédnutí 913Před 2 lety
I tried my hand at making a simple roman style signet ring from pure silver. I learned a lot and my next signet will be much better... there's no way it could be worse than this one! I started with two pure silver coins and some silver solder.
Making Lots of Gold Earrings from One Small 24k Bar
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Making Lots of Gold Earrings from One Small 24k Bar
I made the world's tiniest 24k gold spoon
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I made the world's tiniest 24k gold spoon
Setup to Make Jewelry at Home! Sound Dampening, Low Budget Cubicle in My Dining Room!
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Setup to Make Jewelry at Home! Sound Dampening, Low Budget Cubicle in My Dining Room!
24k Gold Ring, One of a Kind Hand Forged Pure Gold
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24k Gold Ring, One of a Kind Hand Forged Pure Gold
How to Make a Square Knot Ring, handmade by Mustache Metal Works
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How to Make a Square Knot Ring, handmade by Mustache Metal Works
24k Gold Engagement Ring, handmade by MustacheMetalWorks
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24k Gold Engagement Ring, handmade by MustacheMetalWorks
Do you need flux to solder 24k Gold? does that even work? Hand Forged Pure(?) Gold Ring
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Do you need flux to solder 24k Gold? does that even work? Hand Forged Pure(?) Gold Ring
Forging the Simplest One Dollar Ring I Could Imagine, handmade by Mustache Metal Works
zhlédnutí 450Před 2 lety
Forging the Simplest One Dollar Ring I Could Imagine, handmade by Mustache Metal Works
Handmade Cuban Chain, handforged chain by MustacheMetalWorks
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Handmade Cuban Chain, handforged chain by MustacheMetalWorks
Handmade Gemstone Ring: Pure 24k Silver Good Luck Tension Setting
zhlédnutí 308Před 2 lety
Handmade Gemstone Ring: Pure 24k Silver Good Luck Tension Setting
Handmade Gemstone Ring, Cup Bezel Amethyst in Pure Silver
zhlédnutí 363Před 2 lety
Handmade Gemstone Ring, Cup Bezel Amethyst in Pure Silver
Melting a Pure Gold Nugget from a 9999 Gold Bar
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Melting a Pure Gold Nugget from a 9999 Gold Bar
Forging a Spinny Ring from 1 Ounce Pure Silver Ingot
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Forging a Spinny Ring from 1 Ounce Pure Silver Ingot
Gypsy Set Citrine and Pure Silver Bracelet, Flush Setting Gemstones
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Gypsy Set Citrine and Pure Silver Bracelet, Flush Setting Gemstones
Making a Pure 24k Gold Band, hand forged, hand made
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Making a Pure 24k Gold Band, hand forged, hand made
Making a Pure Silver Engagement Ring by Hand
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Making a Pure Silver Engagement Ring by Hand
What torch do I need to fuse 24k links when making a chain Only 5mm links
Any home Depot plumbing torch will do. Try a pencil tip
@@mustachemetalworks thanks buddy I’ve got a re fill butane but it’s not working for some reason Maybe I need to saw the links Instead of snipping to get more flush I’ve tried it with no dust just heat but won’t work
butane isnt hot enough for gold. you're not going to have any luck no matter how long you try to hold the flame. use a bigger propane torch. Highly recommend the standard $20 plumbing torch. a map gas torch will be too much heat for links.
@@mustachemetalworks thanks mate it’s a little hard here in the uk the map torch is all we have available for a plumbing torch I’ve been told to buy the blazer big shot But again it’s butane but apparently great
@@mustachemetalworks so the blazer does indeed work It works rather good too Refill with butane But I did get a can of mix propane and butane
Hi 👋 how many gram to make a 5mm wide size 8 24k gold ring ? I am thinking 3 or 5 gram ?
Perform volumetric analysis for a man, feed him for a day. Teach a man volumetric analysis, feed him for life. Put in your dimensions, convert to volume in cm3, then convert your volume to grams using gold's density. www.omnicalculator.com/math/hollow-cylinder-volume www.aqua-calc.com/page/density-table/substance/gold
@mustachemetalworks 0.03tfluid ounces if I have done that correctly. Thanm you for sharing
That is frigging awesome I absolutely love it. I had no way you could melt down those single ingots. I have a powerful butane torch wirh small flame outlet. I have seen other jewellers use it. Do you think it would work? 24k is soft as can be. I can't get over how you made that. It is so impressive. From a local jewellers here £900 easy for a single 5gram 24kbgold ingot £300 what a saving
I know it's been 3 years but i hope you're pouring ingots by now. My dad was a jeweler and i found his scrap tin after he passed. I bought the tools on Amazon and ebay and practiced on scrap jewelry and now I'm pouring great. I was gonna surprise my sister with a pendant like you said at the beginning, but the scrap ended up being more than expected so i 2 sided taped the bars and buttons inside the Altoids tin and taped it to a picture frame filled with pics of me and our father. You're definitely intelligent, attentive, and patient enough to make good pours. Thanks for the info.
I've just now been pouring rough ingots which have been... good enough. I still like running the torch with my charcoal block for most things though. Thank you for the kind words, I hope your projects are fun and successful!!
Thank you! I learned I rather silversmith. 😅😃
Great video thank you I only I have just started using 24 carat gold for all my jewellery projects Questions please What solder do you use so it keeps its assay of 24k or 995 I believe it still passes I did get told to make some from 97% gold 7% zinc
If you're trying to keep it 24k, fuse it. Don't mess around with homemade solders. That's my opinion.
Hey! Just found your channel and am enjoying qll your videos! Im an amateur prospector and am getting married in the next 6 months. Im on my way to having found enough gold to make my own set of bands from and have no prior experience in making rings. What tools would you recommend I aquire before getting started? I really quite like that hammered texture a lot and thats about all im looking to do
Watch a few more of my videos. I'll get a ez start list together. Do watch my "simplest 1 dollar silver ring" video, I talk about what is absolutely necessary.
"How did you get so cute?!" Haha. Subscribed!
Good job ...🥂Beautiful ring
Awesome job. Thanks for sharing
what was the mm of the mandrel u used to wrap your wire around?
That came out really good. The rolling mill works wonders for wire. I There is a couple cheap units I've seen on ebay thinking about buying.
My pepetools mill has made me money by saving me time. I bet the cheap blue cast mills are fine, but if youre trying to run a business, I would shell out the cash for a pepetools or durston! I looked at the cast iron Mills for a good long time. Buy the tools you need!
Quite a system there!
czcams.com/users/shortsns9et_KqL8o?si=QLbe2qb9hJlkpcqk first 18k chain
What’s a good site to buy all the equipment? I need to mount gold and silver and molds to make jewelry?
Try RioGrande and Amazon
@@mustachemetalworks thank you
Semangat beraktifitas sahabat baik, itu pekerjaan yang membutuhkan kesabaran ektra.. 👍👍
FINALLY! I've been searching you tube for 3 days to find out how to hammer pure silver! Thank you so much. Now I can go attempt my first "hammer time". "Can't touch this." :)
I'm glad you finally found it! Good luck with your project, try to be fearless, silver teaches good lessons. Try not to burn your fingers as much as I did the first few times, and wear eye protection! You're going to love it.
I'm sure it's because it's not hot enough. Maybe map gass 🎉
This is pure mess work that a child can do even better
Yes! What a terrible mess. Where were the children during quality control? Who allowed this work to see the light of day?
I found when drawing the wire that running the end through the Durston mill for an inch and making it smaller saves all the hammering and works just fine. I have done hundreds of yards of silver and a good few yards of 18k gold that i smelted from 3/4 9999 gold and 1/4 9999 silver. Try putting your draw plate into a vice and pulling with draw tongs, I draw 7metre lengths like that, the only limit is my workshop width. Also a 12v winch makes it effortless if your doing kilos of wire.👍🏴 P.S. you should consider a smiths little torch with oxy propane as its important with gold solder to get it melted in quick as I'm sure you know, definitely way more flux as well it never does any harm.
I concur, I think drawing tongs might be an important part missing from my setup. Do you recommend the durston tongs? I see good reviews of the durston tongs and very bad reviews of the "knockoff amazon" offerings. Smith little torch is somewhere in my future, not sure how near. Maybe once I graduate from my little workstation to a real studio :)
@@mustachemetalworks Too be honest I recommend anything and everything from Durston, I have my stuff in a crowded workshop and also in my sun room. I'm going to mill the wood to make a nice big jewellery only workshop. I am a relative beginner at jewellery but have always worked with metal in different ways. I actually enjoy doing every part of it and it isn't too taxing to do. I have invested a fortune in tooling.
Beautiful
thank you!
Thank you for your video. For those who are unfamiliar with the process, heating a nonferrous metal such as gold, silver or copper to a dull red heat and allowing it to cool is known as annealing. Annealing softens a metal by restoring its malleability. Increased malleability allows annealed metal to be hammered, compressed or bent and to avoid the formation of stress cracks due to excessive work hardening. Annealing also restores the ductility of a metal so that it be stretched or elongated such as being drawn through a die to form wire.
You can pickle quench silver while annealing to get rid of a lot of that surface scaling make it easier to polish, and a liver of sulphur antique in the letters would help them pop and is super easy to apply, the old cyananide black was waaay darker but mad toxic and hard to find now a days lol
I will try pickle quenching next time! I wonder if my tap water is the source of the cloud... Maybe I should try distilled water, and maybe I should try distilled water to make my pickle too. Thanks for the idea.
@mustachemetalworks even quenching in pickle will cloud it if you get it too hot, just a faint red on the heat works great for annealing on silver / yellow gold, and you can quench yellow gold / silver, don't have to let cool, white gold you gotta get quite a bit hotter and let air cool, the pickle more so saves the fire scale, which is the hard surface to subsurface oxidation discoloration that takes a bit more effort to get shiny / right color. Boric acid powder and ethyl or denatured alcohol in a 1:1 mix to make a slurry, thin layer on the metal, and then light it with a flame to make a oxidation protectant layer is what benchies usually use (thats also what you coat diamonds sapphires and rubies in for retipping / torch work to keep them from scorching). Looks like you got all the basics of everything down and got a sweet shop, just some quality of life tricks will save you some time and effort, anything to save a few minutes makes a big difference over the course of a lot of pieces
I just quenched in pickle last night, it splattered everywhere and the acid totally ate some of my skin.... I'm going to have to learn the right way to do it, because that wasn't the right way.
@@mustachemetalworks haha well good try and it will definitely fuck up your skin, pickle pots with a lid and long copper tongs, make sure not to use anything ferrous based as the pickle will eat it right up, do you have a discord channel or something? Can give you stuller or gesswein links for stuff to make it easier
Regarding 10:02, the steel hand clamp acts as a heat sink such that the gold ring does not heat up sufficiently to melt the solder adequately. Instead try using ceramic tip cross lock self-closing tweezers. The ceramic tips are insulators such that they do not conduct away heat from the torch @ czcams.com/video/Y62j-ZdCFo4/video.html
You're totally correct; I didn't know these existed! I will be purchasing a new set for my workshop asap! Thank you for the heads up.
The Third Hand Tool will clamp onto the Locking Tweezers @ czcams.com/video/aBw1w0_Bh-E/video.html
Hey, cool, youtube notifications work again!! Gorgeous piece! I like very much this kind of bracelets!
Thank you for the kind words! This bracelet was super fun to make and I'm happy with the level of effort required to make it (not too difficult, not too easy). I'm glad youtube sent you back to the new video!
Crap, youtube notifications are not working again!!! Luckly I was "passing by" to check if you have posted something.
The Algorithm gives first dibs to those who post regularly. Poor me has been too busy actually making jewelry to appease the youtube gods. Thank you for stopping by!
Beutiful!
thank you! I think so too. Its nice to wear it everyday
Parallelogram? Was that word you were looking for, for the shape you made? I can see why it would be.
Yes, I think that's a good word. Sometimes the brain/mouth interface doesnt operate at 100%
@@mustachemetalworks I understand mate, believe me I understand. With the meds I take, I suffer from the same affliction.
Glad to see you're still making videos
I have a few videos in the pipeline, but my free time is seriously swamped making etsy orders! Thanks for the support
They have a record when you buy more than $600 worth of metals
"They" have a record every time you visit the restroom. Should we stop doing what we need to do?
Hey you did better than I could ever do. But why not solder the joint with 14k or 18k? The melting temp is lower right? That way you don’t melt the wall. Anyway good job.
Yes, correct. Melting point would have been lower. I was trying to keep the overall karat result of the piece as high as possible so I choose to fuse whenever it is structurally possible.
@@mustachemetalworks Ok gotcha
Iron gold plainer sir to order about that tools
Sir help me I need a gold planner iron I like that work if available in ur shop how much
Great video I’m starting a wedding band next month and this had me researching so thanks So would I be totally fine beating some 24k gold really thin and place in between the gap on the band then heat up causing a weld but keeping the ring pure 24k gold Or do you use dust here in the video Thanks agsin
A thin strip of gold is perfectly suited for the weld. I use dust because I have it on hand from my saw work, but I have used tiny strips of wire. Anything with significant surface area will melt faster than the major work. Good luck and thanks for watching
So jewelers were really right. 24kt is really so soft to work with. That's why they need to alloy it.
Right, they need to alloy it. That's why I wouldn't wear 24k gold every day, especially a wedding ring. That would be especially dumb.
Dude you need to get a oxygen and mapp gas set up! It’s like night and day! I’m jealous of your roller though. I hammered mine out honestly doesn’t take as long as you would think but you have to anneal a lot. I wear a size 13+ ring it came out to 25 grams lol I still have about 32 grams left. I ran out of oxygen but man I went from a ts8000 torch I bought to my dad’s old craftsman oxygen/ mapp set up and it works so well to not only fuse but also to melt down the gold in like 1/10 of the time. I don’t have the super precise tips though some day I’ll get a finer set up but for my chunky ring it worked fine… a super fine tip would be amazing though. I thought the craftsman was fine until I saw other precise ones online….
I've been eyeing the smith little torch dual fuel, but I'm seriously nervous having bottle o2. It freaks me out and I would feel better if someone would teach me the fuel blending. Good job on making a ring! 25g is a massive unit. The precision tips on the little torch must be a huge upgrade for fusing joints. I think they're key, especially when using such a hot torch. Keep me updated, and if you post your ring, I'll give it a thumbs up!
@@mustachemetalworks well maybe get the little bottles like I have and you’ll learn it’s definitely the same thing though with the big except you have the mixer by your hand rather than the bottles, I’ve used oxygen/ acetylene cutting torches before so it’s the same concept just little bit of fuel, add oxygen but just an added regulator which you look at the numbers and learn quick for optimal cutting pressure, you’ll see it turn blue if not you add just a tiny bit of fuel if the oxygen isn’t turning blue I’d say just get it you won’t regret it, as long as you can buy bottles where you are at you’ll be fine. Just if you have angle grinders or random flames make sure valves are shut and check it with soapy water/ by ear periodically but even if the oxygen caught fire it would burn and not explode lol. The bad thing about the little 16 ounce I found out is it runs out of oxygen quickly compared to the propane or mapp + it’s 14 a bottle rather than 3-12 like propane/ mapp That being said if you use it just to fuse it would last long. You’ll be so happy with the smith torch.
Thanks bro appreciate the breakdown
It a ring for somewhere else
Interesting 😊
Why not using Flux past for joint it . also be cheaper to buy casting grain from your local refinery then pay a premium on a bar
Flux wont really help the fusion joint because the gold doesnt need to be prevented from reacting to any of the molecules in the air. Casing grain doesn't buy me much from where I purchase (APMEX) and I dont have a local refinery to call. I dont pay much premium over spot anyway.
Fun fact: that half ozt of gold cost my entire life
Are you King Midas?
How thick in mm was the wire you Made it from ?
Around 2mm (I believe)
Ew, a nose ring. Top 5 grossest places to put a ring.
🧌"The internet, best place to spew my ignorance" 😑 ew, Imagine caring that someone has piercings, and btw the nose is a super common spot
@@izalternative Just because 'everyone is doing it' doesn't mean it's not disgusting. But hey, you have fun rocking your door knocker.
@@ThunderMuffinMan Dude what's more "disgusting" is your attitude, why are nose rings so "gross" bro. It is the same as piercing a conch in your ear. It's just a hole in the body that you clean like everything else.
Why ?
A skilled craftsman 🔥
I hate the idea of soldering 22k into 24. I'm just going to keep being stubborn and learn to fuse like there is no other way! Great vid, I'm subbing!
I want one do you sell these?!???
I don't sell to most people. If you're prepared to spend four grand, we can chat.
@@mustachemetalworks 4grand. What's the weight for the ring then?? For 4 grand, i would expect the ring to be atleast 30 gram 😂 if not, the mark up is INSANE 😂
@@dotalesale I charge insane markup, which is why I usually tell people to make their own.... because it's really easy.
@mustachemetalworks agree. 👍 Atleast u are being honest
I made one that ended up weighing precisely 1/4 ozt. The hardest part was fusing it without having it slump.
If only we could somehow work in zero gravity to prevent molten metal slump... it's a pain in the rear
Damn fine work
Thank you much!
@@mustachemetalworks sir I enjoy watching you work and creat such beautiful things
Glad that you were satisfied with it at the end! 😊. Fun to watch your videos