Episode 2: Preparing your Dividers and Mastering your Saw Blade - (free) Online Metalsmithing Class
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2021
- In this second episode we will continue with some basics. I will show you how you can prepare your dividers for first use and off course how you can use them. Not only for drawing circles but as a measuring and scribing tool as well. We are going to continue where we stopped at our first lesson as well. You are going to learn how to cut sharp corners, round corners and circles with your saw blade. All in preparation of next week, when we are going to make our first piece of jewelry.
If you have always wanted to become a metalsmith or are interested in making your own jewelry than feel free to watch all 18 episodes of my metalsmithing course. You can find the entire course right here on my youtube channel. Just check out the 'free metalsmithing and jewelry making' playlist.
The metalsmithing tool kits are no longer available on my website. It was taking up too much time that I would rather spend behind the bench. The companies listed below are stepping in and would love to help you out. Best part: they even offered some great discount codes!
To end up, I would like to point out that all my videos are and will remain free. In return, it would be awesome if you could take the time to share my channel on your socials or with your metalsmithing friends. That's all. I think it's a privilege to create a community of people doing what I love most. So thank you so much for your support, it means the world to me.
Have a wonderful day,
Bregje
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By using these affilate links buying tools is a lot of fun for the both of us! You will receive a nice discount and I will receive a small bonus from the company mentioned. I will only work with companies I trust, have talked to face to face, and who provide quality tools.
I am so happy that I found your videos. You are a generous person and deserve all the respect for sharing your knowledge for free. Thank you.
Thank you so much for appreciating the effort1
I always say that the Dutch are more precise than the Germans and you are a confirmation. I am always in a hurry to finish my job and I don't think I am capable of working as you do. congratulations, I like how you work.
Off course you can Giorgio. When I started I was in a hurry as well to finish things, but it took me a lot longer to fix my mistakes in the end. If you screw up often enough you will slow down eventually, ;-)
Hallo Giorgio ,I know that the Dutch are same precise than the Deutsche,a similar technique and know-how.have nice day.
Fixing the tip of my dividers is something I too did as a leatherworker, and it's something close to nobody ever tells you. I'm happy to have a teacher (you) who showed that in a video! Yours are truly complete classes!
Thanks, that is really, really nice of you!
I know this sounds weird, but I feel like you are my favorite professor from college. I really learn a lot, you have a pleasant voice and I'm always looking forward to the next class 🙂
This is just beyond AMAZING!! YOU are pure perfection!!! Thank you so much again!!
Thank you for watching en your enthousiasm Denae!
You have so quickly become my all time favorite CZcams channel of all time!! 💙🤗 I have a lot of health issues and in bed watching YT for most of the time so I know a bunch of people here. I am serious when I say I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU ❣️ Content, skills, personality, character, you are an amazing person! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SO MUCH EFFORT AND HARD WORK!!!!
Oh, that is so kind of you Kera, thank you very, very much. I hope you are feeling okay at the moment,
Thank you so much for taking the time to back to the basics . It’s really generous of you and is really appreciated.
Thank you so much for your appreciation, that means a lot to me!
Im entering the world of jewlery making and these are so helpful!!
I love this ,no other person on this platform gose as in depth as this .this is so well thought out and put together clear and precise. This covers everything what's more amazing is that you're doing this all for no cost . And you're helping a lot of people achieve their dreams and what they want to do with this step-by-step series when it comes to the tools the techniques and the tips and tricks to transform what's in your mind to a beautiful piece of art. And I just wanted to say thank you so much.
Excellent tutorial! I especially appreciate the info on how to use the dividers correctly, sooo interesting! 💙
Hi Sabine, I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Loved every mi ute of it. Things I never saw from other instructors
That is a very nice compliment, thank you!
I am loving these classes and getting back to the basics!! My sawing skills definitely are benefitting from the practice 🙏😁
You sure are right about breaking blades. Broke a few in the last few months as I hone my skills. Have sawing down pretty good now. It is really about having a good solid surface and the peice held solid. As you only want the saw doing the work. As you said when you start moving it around and not the piece it breaks blades. Loved your videos before the class and love the class as well because I am still picking up little beginner things.
I am so happy to hear that Janet!
And you are absolutely right Chuck. A solid surface really can make a difference as well!
Hi, I discovered your channel quite by accident & subscribed to you as many of the methods for metalworking, especially in brass can be used to build model trains, which is what my niche is so to speak... I really like how you present your methods & techniques and explain things fully and show even the minutiae of metalworking. Thank you.
Thank you ❤
Very nice tip about modifying the tips of dividers. I have 3 pairs and none of them were perfectly aligned. I have now made the correction to all of them. Thanks for your tutorials.
That is so nice to hear Ann, thank you!
Thank you for the divider tip. I had no idea they were out of alignment. No wonder I was so frustrated with them! Thanks, also, for the tip on cutting a sharp corner. As for my sawing technique... I pretty much saw at the same tempo as your sped-up sequences. 😁
I am glad you could pick up a tip in my tutorial. Thanks for watching another one!
Just super I will also try this out
Thank you so much for these tutorials this is my second lesson going in for the third now. Much love from Australia
Just found you. So wonderful you are offering these lessons for free. Would you mind posting your internet site here. I caught the first name but cant make out the full thing. Thank you so very much. Your 1st. lesson on sawing, saved me and my saw.
Hi Sandy, glad I could save you and your saw blade, ;-). My site is estona.nl. I am translating everything to English at the moment (I am from the Netherlands), so it's down this week. Let's hope I can get it back online after that!
What a brilliant teacher you are🥰fabulous videos and simple to follow. Thankyou so much 😍😍😍😍
My thanks go out to you for watching Julie!
I'm learning so much! Thank you so much for this. I'll watch every one!!
Loving this helps so much 💖
Thanks Sandy!
Love this. Learned so much esp measuring. Most instructors never do this
I am glad you learned something new. Thanks Sylvia!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Your're amazing teacher, you explaination on sawing is great. I'm practicing and looks like my saw blades don't break as often as it was earlier :-) Important advise was to relax. It worked for me, thank you! I imagine I hold the steering wheel, relaxed and enjoying my "ride", only making slight corrections if my "car" attempts to leave the lane.
That is nicely put. I am happy the videos are helping you out. Enjoy the ride!
Another awesome video thank you !
Thank you for watching!
Great video! I just started watching your series, love it!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks for watching again Ann!
Love the videos going to order the tools from you
Keep up the good work
Thanks William!
Hello Estona. I just recently discovered your CZcams channel. I am self taught and have followed a number of instructors, but I have to say, you are absolutely fabulous. I have decided to start from the beginning and go through all the lessons! Thank you so very much sharing your knowledge and expertise💯❤️
Thank you so much Carol! That is very kind of you!!
Loved this video too and love sawing so homework this week will be fun. Also looking forward to the next one. I don't have a flex shaft but I do have a brand new micro motor that I'm itching to use. Thanks again 🌹
That is great Dawn! I don't own a micromotor myself but I think they work in about the same way?
@@Estona.Jewelry.Tutorials they do. The one I was advised to get is quite strong. Haven't used it yet but will have a practice before using it in actual jewellery making. 😊
Thanks Bregje , love your tutorial. Do you sharp your Caliper points the same as the dividers?
Hi Mariana, unfortunately you cannot sharp the points of your calipers. Than your measurements will be off. That is why I wouldn't use your calipers for scribing (even though a lot of metalsmiths do so) but I would use my dividers for it.
Thank you very much for offering your tutorials...they are awesome. What size saw blades are you using. I only have #4 at the moment which I have used to play with some copper and it works but wondering if different number would be better. I will be working with mostly silver and some copper. Thanks
Hi Kristine, thank you for watching. I am using a 2/0 saw blade.
Hi from Alberta Canada...what size is the plate you are using and saw size. Thanks, you got me loving this craft!!
I am so happy to hear that! You can use a plate that is 1,2 or 1,5 mm thick. The saw blades I use are 2/0 blades.
Hello !
I like the video and try the site you mentioned to buy a Divider but it says not found,
can you please tell more exact where to buy or what to write ,
I need to buy the divider with changable tip you showed,
Thank you Much Much)
kindly
Eros
Hi Eros, if you go to my website www.estona.nl you will find a page named suppliers. At the bottom of the page check the supplier that will ship to your country. You can ask them for help.
Thank you!
ti adoro anche se non capisco cosa dici riesco a capire perfettamente grazie 😊
Thank you!
Hi Bregtje, geweldige tutorials! Welke zaagjes worden in de tutorials gebruikt?
Hoi Janet, ik gebruik meestal de 2/0 zaadjes.
Hello! I've started your series and I'm currently buying all materials I might need. What type of metal would I be looking for to practice this. I know you said to start with brass. What would this sheet of brass be called and what size am I looking for? 😅 - Christina
Christina did you get an answer as to what size? thickness the metal should be?
Hi! I had this question as well. Through google I found - it should be between 0.5mm to 1mm in thickness. It would probably be easiest to start 0.7mm and see if you'd prefer thicker or thinner from there. Let me know if you have found a solid answer since you posted this comment please!@@catherinemartina6469
Just wanted to let you know that I have purchased the brass plates for the lessons on here from Temu, and have seen them on Amazon. Another source is the home Depot or other hardware stores. A brass push plate or a kick plate for wooden doors works too. You just end up with some waste trimming off the portions with the screw holes, but I have done it and it's an economical option.
how thick is the brass?
Want to order a metal divider like I saw on your video. Have the other tools. Watch videos over and iver
That is so great to hear. Thanks Sylvia!!
How thick are the practice plates please?
About 1 to 1,5 mm thick. I wouldn't use thinner or thicker plates to start out with. That is more difficult to cut.
Hoi Bregje, de rondjes uitzagen ben ik best tevreden over netjes op de lijn en best goed rond. De lijnen zagen dat is een dingetje. T gaat best in een rechte lijn niet hobbelig zeg maar. Maar er naast blijven dat is lastig ik beland meestal op de lijn. Maakt t uit waarom zagen we niet op de lijn. Wat voegen die 2 mm er naast toe? En heb je tips hoe je dat t beste kan zien aan je zaagje oid.
Hoi Joyce, je blijft aan de buitenkant van je lijn omdat je ontwerp beschadigd raakt als je over de lijn heen gaat. Stel je voor dat je een heel strak figuur uit wil zagen en je zaagt op de lijn of er lichtjes over. Dan zou je ontwerp uit balans zijn. Daarom zaag je zo dicht mogelijk naast de lijn (liever 0,2 mm dan 2 mm) en vijl je daarna naar de lijn toe.
@@Estona.Jewelry.Tutorials dankjewel, ik blijf extra oefenen tot t lukt 😉
Thicknesses of plate ?
You can use any thickness, but recommended is a thickness of 1,2 or 1,5 mm.
Can you please send me your website so I can buy more tools please and thank you. I am on my granddaughter’s CZcams but will set up a CZcams account. My name is Nikki so nice to meet you.
Hi Nikki, just send me a mail at info@estona.nl and please let me know where you are from. I will hook you up with the best suppliers, :-)