Art Jewelry magazine associate editor Addie Kidd demonstrates basic sawing techniques. Visit www.artjewelrymag.com/howto for more information and videos.
So very glad I found your video! I am brand new to jewelry sawing and this was a perfect instructional video! You covered all the basics in a clear and concise manner. Much appreciate your channel/content. Thank you 🙏🏼 😊
Thank you so much for this. I just started a Cold Connection class and it's been a nightmare trying to learn how to saw the metal. This is going to help a lot.
Thank you so much for this beautiful,quality instruction. I am a beginner (I have had a few lessons with the local lapidary club I joined a month ago) and have found your teaching and tips very, very clear, concise and in easy to understand steps.
Glad to hear that you're getting useful information out of our videos. And you're very lucky to have a lapidary club nearby - communities like that can be a great wealth of knowledge. If you'd like to expand your jewelry-making community even more you should visit the forums on our Magazine's Web site. They're a friendly, helpful group!
Thanks for this video. I had my very first lesson today and needed to review what I had just practised in class. I've subscribed to your channel so I can practice at home.
I was taught to use a saw frame held at right angles to the eyeline and pierce across the vee of the bench pin, this enables the piercer to see wher the blade is going rather than where it has been.
Thanks for this video. I kept hearing to keep the saw forward and move the piece, but no one does. After seeing this, I tried it and making small quick cuts on turns and now I am knocking them out with very few mistakes. It is much more fun when you are not breaking saw blades all day.
It looks to me like the edge of the metal had already been sawed into a tiny bit before the first cut. I am still struggling with getting the saw started at the edge of the metal but find that if I angle it a little when first starting it seems to cut a little easier at the very edge. Also, I don't use any sort of blade lubricant and I haven't had any problem with the blade catching or chattering. I also don't grip my hand like I'm holding a gun but very loosely between my thumb and index finger but that's only my preference. Thank you for the video.
You know what's funny? Being taped doing something, and then watching that video are two very different things for me. It's hard because when I go back to watch the videos, even I have plenty of little criticisms of how I did things. Ah well, chalk it up to experience for next time I guess. Glad you found some of it helpful! :)
Beeswax can sometimes tend to clog the saw blade, but here's a trick! You can apply the beeswax to the back edge of the blade, rather than the teeth. This will reduce friction between the blade and the metal, and the teeth won't get clogged. I like BurLife as well, but any wax, including candle wax, will work fine. It all depends on what youprefer! Thanks for the tip.
I haven't tried sewing wax - I may have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion. The synthetic lube does adhere to the blade well, the extra bits just flakes off pretty quickly.
Hello first of all I really learned lot of thing from your channel even the things teachers don't told us and I want to ask do you continue these videos because I think lots of student can learn from you and if you want to know my scholl here it is czcams.com/video/SksCWKlDJF4/video.html (sorry for my bad english)
Wow, that's great to hear! Err...it's great that our video was helpful to you, not that your instructor wasn't very clear. And boy, that rewind button is great when you're learning a new technique, isn't it? :)
FYI- I tried using beeswax for a long time, and it is sticky and grips onto the tiny filings and clogs up the grooves in the blades really bad. I really dig the kind you are using there (BurLife). I don't know if you are not suposeed to mention the name, but I am sure that Rio Grande wouldn't mind me giving them a bit of free advertising. Bur life doesn't clog the grooves in the blades etc.
Thanks ckretz. You can find more videos from myself and my fellow Associate Editor Jill Erickson by visiting our magazine's Web site. (The address is at the top-left of our channel page.) Let us know if you have any requests. We're always adding to our topic wish list!
@livy10889 Our free Metal Piercing Chart will help you with that! To download the chart, visit our website and click on the Resources tab. Then click on Reference. When that page comes up, scroll down to find the chart. Have fun!
@Microglia1 We have a great article on this in our July 2011 issue. Check out our Business Savvy column, "What You Need to Know About Trademarks and Quality Marks," p. 24. For even more information, Business Savvy columnist Marlene Richey recommends in the article that you look at "The Essential Guide to the U.S. Trade in Gold and Silver Jewelry" on the Jewelers Vigilance Committee website.
Ain't nothin' wrong with you voice or your tutorial, some people just don't get the simple instruction you were trying to provide in sawing, I thought it was good really.
So very glad I found your video! I am brand new to jewelry sawing and this was a perfect instructional video! You covered all the basics in a clear and concise manner. Much appreciate your channel/content. Thank you 🙏🏼 😊
Thank you sharing, I've been cutting a brass sheet using very thin blades and I must say it certainly doesn't cut through so effortlessly like that!
your videos are blowing my mind! i am watching and learning so much! THANK YOU!
Ezi working
4 years working in dubai
Thank you so much for this. I just started a Cold Connection class and it's been a nightmare trying to learn how to saw the metal. This is going to help a lot.
Thank you so much for this beautiful,quality instruction. I am a beginner (I have had a few lessons with the local lapidary club I joined a month ago) and have found your teaching and tips very, very clear, concise and in easy to understand steps.
Glad to hear that you're getting useful information out of our videos. And you're very lucky to have a lapidary club nearby - communities like that can be a great wealth of knowledge.
If you'd like to expand your jewelry-making community even more you should visit the forums on our Magazine's Web site. They're a friendly, helpful group!
Thanks for this video. I had my very first lesson today and needed to review what I had just practised in class. I've subscribed to your channel so I can practice at home.
I was taught to use a saw frame held at right angles to the eyeline and pierce across the vee of the bench pin, this enables the piercer to see wher the blade is going rather than where it has been.
Thanks for this video. I kept hearing to keep the saw forward and move the piece, but no one does. After seeing this, I tried it and making small quick cuts on turns and now I am knocking them out with very few mistakes. It is much more fun when you are not breaking saw blades all day.
It looks to me like the edge of the metal had already been sawed into a tiny bit before the first cut. I am still struggling with getting the saw started at the edge of the metal but find that if I angle it a little when first starting it seems to cut a little easier at the very edge. Also, I don't use any sort of blade lubricant and I haven't had any problem with the blade catching or chattering. I also don't grip my hand like I'm holding a gun but very loosely between my thumb and index finger but that's only my preference. Thank you for the video.
You know what's funny? Being taped doing something, and then watching that video are two very different things for me. It's hard because when I go back to watch the videos, even I have plenty of little criticisms of how I did things. Ah well, chalk it up to experience for next time I guess.
Glad you found some of it helpful! :)
You make it look so easy. I just started and can barely do a straight line
Beeswax can sometimes tend to clog the saw blade, but here's a trick! You can apply the beeswax to the back edge of the blade, rather than the teeth. This will reduce friction between the blade and the metal, and the teeth won't get clogged. I like BurLife as well, but any wax, including candle wax, will work fine. It all depends on what youprefer! Thanks for the tip.
I haven't tried sewing wax - I may have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
The synthetic lube does adhere to the blade well, the extra bits just flakes off pretty quickly.
Hello first of all I really learned lot of thing from your channel even the things teachers don't told us and I want to ask do you continue these videos because I think lots of student can learn from you
and if you want to know my scholl here it is czcams.com/video/SksCWKlDJF4/video.html (sorry for my bad english)
Muy buena técnica de corte, con la sierra
Wow, that's great to hear! Err...it's great that our video was helpful to you, not that your instructor wasn't very clear.
And boy, that rewind button is great when you're learning a new technique, isn't it? :)
Can you saw through a thicker piece of aluminum? It is a stamping piece that I want cut in half
great video! I broke a dozen blades yesterday trying to cut a circle! Hopefully this will help today.
all of these negative comments?
i will say thanks for posting an informative & enjoyable video!!
this vid is excellent. thanks
Great way you teach thanks alot mam ☺️
Great video , it’s good to get tips that help beginners like me ,
Thank you, 💯👍
where does one acquire a vice-like in the video?
I learned from an internship from my peer that spitting on the saw blades work perfectly and its free...no more messy wax bits
Nicely done. Thank you.
That's true, 1axvn, it does help spread the heat. Good point to note.
Piercing saw blade suply in philipines where?
Is this candle and soap blue?
Great video I just ordered 22 g aluminum. Hopefully easy to saw for earrings
FYI- I tried using beeswax for a long time, and it is sticky and grips onto the tiny filings and clogs up the grooves in the blades really bad. I really dig the kind you are using there (BurLife). I don't know if you are not suposeed to mention the name, but I am sure that Rio Grande wouldn't mind me giving them a bit of free advertising. Bur life doesn't clog the grooves in the blades etc.
Hello I really enjoyed your videos. I am trying to learn how to make jewelry out of teacups and plates. Do you think it’s the bezelled like this 😉
Thanks ckretz. You can find more videos from myself and my fellow Associate Editor Jill Erickson by visiting our magazine's Web site. (The address is at the top-left of our channel page.)
Let us know if you have any requests. We're always adding to our topic wish list!
@snapwing
Hi Snapwing, I'm so keen to see a video on sawing techniques from you, it sounds like it would be amazing!
where can I find a saw like this in the US?
@livy10889 Our free Metal Piercing Chart will help you with that! To download the chart, visit our website and click on the Resources tab. Then click on Reference. When that page comes up, scroll down to find the chart. Have fun!
@Microglia1 We have a great article on this in our July 2011 issue. Check out our Business Savvy column, "What You Need to Know About Trademarks and Quality Marks," p. 24. For even more information, Business Savvy columnist Marlene Richey recommends in the article that you look at "The Essential Guide to the U.S. Trade in Gold and Silver Jewelry" on the Jewelers Vigilance Committee website.
Art Jewelry Magazine can I buy back orders of the actual magazines?
I like it
What kind of saw is that and where can I get one .
great video thanks
Ain't nothin' wrong with you voice or your tutorial, some people just don't get the simple instruction you were trying to provide in sawing, I thought it was good really.
Awesome 👍💯
Hello, please let me know if you teach classes, I will be traveling to the US in a short while, would love to visit.
best,
Thank you. I will drop on by :)
❤️👍
noice!
I'm workers.
:)