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James Thurman
United States
Приєднався 20 чер 2006
As a professional metalsmith for more than twenty five years, these videos are related to my own studio practice and are focused on metal spinning and related metalworking. Since I use a wide variety of tools, materials, and techniques, other videos will cover those as well, including Thurmanite, a composite material I developed made of layered recycled paper and eco-resin. I'm always creating new videos so please let me know if you have any requests or suggestions. Enjoy!
COOL TOOL: Metal Trays
This video is part of my “Cool Tool” series where I highlight favorite tools of mine that I use all the time in the studio-some of them are better known and some are more obscure but they are all very practical for a jeweler or metalsmith. In this one, I share my love of my organizational metal trays!
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DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment purposes only. When using any tool or machinery, always follow the manufacturer’s safety instructions. Please work safely and carefully.
Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested!
Further online resources of mine:
www.jamesthurman.com/
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DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment purposes only. When using any tool or machinery, always follow the manufacturer’s safety instructions. Please work safely and carefully.
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Textile Techniques in Metal: Vise Braiding
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This video is part of our Textile Techniques in Metal series that explain and demonstrate a variety of different textile techniques that can be adapted to make pieces using metal. Vise braiding is a form of braiding that uses metal wires, a steel mandrel, and a vise to create components that can be made into a wide range of finished pieces. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and sha...
COOL TOOL: X-ACTO handle (for left-handers!)
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This video is part of my “Cool Tool” series where I highlight favorite tools of mine that I use all the time in the studio-some of them are better known and some are more obscure but they are all very practical for a jeweler or metalsmith. This great X-ACTO handle from Fiskars is WONDERFUL, especially for left-handers (like me) because it doesn't loosen all the time. It definitely changed my li...
How To Do Marriage of Metal
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This week’s new UA-cam video is How To Do Marriage of Metal. If you’re not familiar, this is a basic but challenging process in metalsmithing and jewelry-making. One type of metal is precisely cut to fit into another piece of metal, soldered in place, and cleaned up so that the inlaid piece of metal is nearly seamlessly a part of the base metal and can be seen from both sides. If you are a begi...
How to Make Solder Inlay
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This video covers the basics of how to do solder inlay, a basic surface texture technique used in metalsmithing and jewelry. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment purposes only. When using any tool or machi...
Turkish Filigree Basic Fabrication
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This video is part of our series on how to make traditional Turkish filigree. Through the creation of a basic six petal flower ring, all of the steps of filigree fabrication will be covered, including four different typical filling forms. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ in...
How to Make Wires for Filigree
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This video is part of our series on how to make traditional Turkish filigree. All of the steps necessary for how to make your own wires for filigree will be shown and explained. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for ente...
How to Make Solder for Filigree
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This video is part of our series on how to make traditional Turkish filigree. All of the steps necessary for how to make your own solder for filigree will be shown and explained. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for ent...
COOL TOOL: Dividers
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This video is part of my “Cool Tool” series where I highlight favorite tools of mine that I use all the time in the studio-some of them are better known and some are more obscure but they are all very practical for a jeweler or metalsmith. Dividers are a more common tool but extremely important for creating precision layouts. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone ...
COOL TOOL: Split Ring Pliers
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This video is part of my “Cool Tool” series where I highlight favorite tools of mine that I use all the time in the studio-some of them are better known and some are more obscure but they are all very practical for a jeweler or metalsmith. Although split ring pliers are highly specialized, many people don't even realize that they exist and are thrilled to use them when they do discover them. Th...
Denton Maker Center walk through
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This is a quick walk through of the new space that will be housing the Denton Maker Center. Thank you in advance for all of your support and donations!
Introduction to Granulation
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This video is a basic introduction to granulation. Granulation is the fusing of small spheres of metal (usually silver or gold) to a metal substructure (also usually silver or gold). Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for...
Forged Fibulae
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This video demonstrates how to make forged fibulae. This is similar to how ancient fibulae were made but obviously with modern tools and materials. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment purposes only. When ...
Coining Dies
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This video demonstrates how to make and use coining dies. This is similar to how ancient coins were made (hence the name). Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ jamesathurman DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment purposes only. When using any tool or machine...
Depletion Gilding
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This video demonstrates how to do depletion gilding on sterling silver. This technique can also be done on various gold alloys. Having a pure fine silver surface is great for patinas, reducing tarnish/oxidation, and even enameling. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe and share with anyone you think might be interested! Further online resources of mine: www.jamesthurman.com/ instagram...
How to Make a Metal Spinning Blank Chuck
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How to Make a Metal Spinning Blank Chuck
Interview with İdil Laslo (Jeweler in Istanbul)
Переглядів 1925 місяців тому
Interview with İdil Laslo (Jeweler in Istanbul)
Tweezers for Jewelry & Metalsmithing
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Tweezers for Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Istanbul Casting Company (Murad Işler Döküm)
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Istanbul Casting Company (Murad Işler Döküm)
Do you wash your transparent enamels before using ?
Typically yes but we made this video for complete beginners so we didn't want to confuse them. We will be making more enameling videos that go into more detail. Thanks for asking!
Plastic chinese take-out containers with the clear snap-on lids are great for storing project parts.
Great low-cost/recycled idea too! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful results! Definitely not a job for those short of patience LOL
That's for sure. But it can be soothing and relaxing once you get the hang of it...
They should make a left hand threading version of these!
Seriously, right?!?!
Exactly the video I was looking for, what is a pin vise, what does it do, here I am doing it. Boom.... Subbed
So glad you like the channel! Always lots more great info to come...
I am trying to find anywhere on the internet that can help remove the ever-growing bubble in my favourite pen! I'd imagine find the leak, and syringe in new oil and glue the end, but any idea what oil is in there? Or is it water?
and wont roll off the table
Nice job...
Thanks! I hope you enjoy the channel. I'm always making new videos, so just let me know anything you'd like to see!
Babe, wake up, new technique just dropped
It's not easy but it's beautiful when done well! Good luck!
Any chance you could tell me where you buy your riveting tools? And the name of the tools? Bucking bar? Thanks James. Great video
The small nail sets are a common woodworking tool (most hardware stores should have them). The larger ones either I made or found (Etsy, flea markets, auctions, etc.). Good luck and share any good finds!
Could this be done without solder if you used EDM to machine the cuts for an interference fit with liquid nitrogen on the insert and a torch on the base peice
Wow, that's a crazy idea! It might work if the metal was thick enough to hold together with a pressure fit (like a bearing onto an axle). If you ever give it a try, definitely let me know how it goes!
Please explain how to wrap a tool with an added hole on the handle with thermal heat tubing. Thanks in advance !
Beautiful results! I'd never heard of marriage of metal before, but saw similar pieces and had no idea how it was made... One thing I ask myself now is what about getting the cuts with a CNC router? Sounds like cheating but could be used for semi-manual craft I suppose? Thanks for sharing I really enjoy this channel, specially the Cool Tool series.
Thanks so much for your encouragement and interest! I don't think using any CNC equipment would be "cheating"--there is still a lot of work to do that way (figuring out the cut radius/kerf, programming it to cut inside versus outside, figuring out how to hold down the sheet metal well, soldering, clean up, etc.). If you do it, I would love to see the results!
You both are funny, great video!
Thanks! We find humor helps with learning and retention...
The subject is good, but your video is BAD because YOU DIDN'T SHOW US THE PROCESS. Action sells, words SUCK. Thank you for taking the initiative, but next time show us HOW you do it and if you think parts are tedious, then they are, so speed those actions up with time-lapse.
I appreciate the feedback and I definitely will!
You still doing this?
You betcha! I haven't been publishing new metal spinning videos because I have a lot of beginning metalsmithing/jewelry students that need a lot of reference videos. Just let me know anything you'd like to see in a future video!
First lesson should be how to correctly pronounce solder,it has an L in it :)
🤣All depends on where you live and where you learned, right?!?
I guess people really want to see fire! I'll have to post an updated version! Until then--if you want to try it, just melt solder into the stamped areas & file any excess off...
It is not the fire, it is showing the work. not just showing the result. it is a how to without the exposition. everyone is trying to help they are giving constructive criticism.
@@cerberus333dog I definitely appreciate the feedback--I will certainly be redoing this video.
Show the process?
Good idea (maybe?) but some people might struggle without examples.
How do you get small pieces? You didn't _show_ us anything!
Awesome video! I couldn't find the cold joining compilation booklet on your website, how do I get it?
www.jamesthurman.com/resources-metalsmithing.html
cool technique, thanks james!
You're so very welcome! Definitely share anything you end up creating...
I know this video is a year old, but now I feel silly that I was taking one of these and sticking it into a drill press to use micro-drills.. I had to loosen-turn tighten to get perfect concentricity due to the knurling, but once it was set it did work pretty well! Apparently proper adapters for this already exist.. 'mandrel chuck adapters' seems to be a good way to find them.
No need to feel silly! Learning is a never-ending process. Thanks so much for sharing and glad that this could help on your journey of making!
Ty!
Thank you for making this video! Love working with filigree wire thanks to you and Umut!
Can't wait to see what you create!
Hello! Do you know which is the minimum thickness you can forming with this technique? Because I have to do a dome shape with an alluminium foil thick of 0.2 mm...
Typically the approach I take here is for thicker sheet metal. You could go very slowly and be very careful not to get any wrinkles if you are making a dome with very thin sheet metal. Good luck and i hope this helps!
Thanks, James, for sharing this video, it's hard to find specific videos related to filigree work. I do have to point out that after you have filed the solder dust, you should get a strong magnet and remove the metal filings that come off.
Excellent tip!
Commercialized filigree soldering created in USA by Victoria Lansford
Great to know! Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow , Look like "Big Guy" knitting..!! 😂
Great and informative video! We need more videos on how to DIY the basics like this (; Do you also have a video showing how you use this powder?
Working on it right now! I'll publish how to make the wires next week and then filigree fabrication will be the week after that...stay tuned!
@@JamesThurman awesome, cant wait to check it out!
Yes you can buy filligree powder solder at Rio Grande that has been produced for Victoria Langford who does Russian filligree and teaches it
Great to know!
In this video, I’m wearing one of our own “Tool-O-Rama Anvil” aprons that we designed and created along with a “Toolvetica” Metalsmith T-shirt, both from Zazzle. Our “Tool-O-Rama” Anvil design features everything a metalsmith might want or need in their studio. “Toolvetica” is a font inspired by Helvetica but uses jewelry and metalsmithing tools for each letter. As metalsmiths and professors, we’ve been creating each individual tool graphic over the years to embellish our studios and handouts. Just for fun, we made this composite image and printed it on some work aprons for ourselves. We like it so much, we thought we would share it with everyone! You can even order one for yourself or as a gift: www.zazzle.com/store/jamesthurman
Dividers really upped my jewelry game. A trick I discovered about making scribed lines more visible while sawing. I take a micro-fine Sharpy pen and run it along the bur created by the dividers. This lays black right in the grove without thickening the line. So much easier to see. If your touch is light the pen steers itself along the bur. I find this useful when laying out split ring shanks for sawing.
Excellent additional tip! Thanks for contributing and sharing!
In this video, I’m wearing one of our own “Tool-O-Rama Anvil” aprons that we designed and created along with a “Toolvetica” Metalsmith T-shirt, both from Zazzle. Our “Tool-O-Rama” Anvil design features everything a metalsmith might want or need in their studio. “Toolvetica” is a font inspired by Helvetica but uses jewelry and metalsmithing tools for each letter. As metalsmiths and professors, we’ve been creating each individual tool graphic over the years to embellish our studios and handouts. Just for fun, we made this composite image and printed it on some work aprons for ourselves. We like it so much, we thought we would share it with everyone! You can even order one for yourself or as a gift: www.zazzle.com/store/jamesthurman
Close ups of the ring and plier tip then one with the ring on the plier an finally rings in use. I know I want this show us all how and where to use them. Thanks
Happy to help! I use them all the time and was so happy to learn they existed!
In this video, I’m wearing one of our own “Tool-O-Rama Anvil” aprons that we designed and created along with a “Toolvetica” Metalsmith T-shirt, both from Zazzle. Our “Tool-O-Rama” Anvil design features everything a metalsmith might want or need in their studio. “Toolvetica” is a font inspired by Helvetica but uses jewelry and metalsmithing tools for each letter. As metalsmiths and professors, we’ve been creating each individual tool graphic over the years to embellish our studios and handouts. Just for fun, we made this composite image and printed it on some work aprons for ourselves. We like it so much, we thought we would share it with everyone! You can even order one for yourself or as a gift: www.zazzle.com/store/jamesthurman
So is this only for copper? I was trying to find information about enamel for cast iron.. Amazon keeps trying to give me acrylic paint and “klyr-fire” which I’m assuming is also not what I am looking for
These particular enamels will also work on fine silver. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with enameling cast iron. Amazon is definitely wrong. I would suggest you reach out to a foundry that also enamels (like Kohler) and see what information they can share. If you find out anything useful or interesting, definitely let me know! Good luck!
looks nice!
Thanks so much! We're so excited about getting started. Please share and we hope to see you there sometime!
It's amazing to learn simple techniques for jewelry smithing. As a journeyman blacksmith I will say it's so much more detail oriented rather than just moving the most metal. You have earned a new subscriber!
Thank you so very much! There is so much in common with working with different types of metals--we can all be inspired and learn from each other...
I love the drop distance tip - what a great time-saver.
Thanks! I have so much more success and better shaped granules--as long as they roll the right direction into the water...ha ha...
Do you have any suggestions for sanding down non flat metal surfaces (say the outside of a metal cylinder)? I assume it’d be better to just use sandpaper without a stick if it’s not flat?
For larger objects, I would definitely use a power tool, like a disk sander. But all of the different grits are all the same. I hope your project goes well!
These are fun to make but hard to sell. Modern fabrics don't like to be stuck with big pins as you say. They might be popular with the Live-Action role play (LARP) people. Thanks for the tutorial.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing...
In this video, I’m wearing one of our own “Tool-O-Rama Anvil” aprons that we designed and created along with a “Toolvetica” Metalsmith T-shirt, both from Zazzle. Our “Tool-O-Rama” Anvil design features everything a metalsmith might want or need in their studio. “Toolvetica” is a font inspired by Helvetica but uses jewelry and metalsmithing tools for each letter. As metalsmiths and professors, we’ve been creating each individual tool graphic over the years to embellish our studios and handouts. Just for fun, we made this composite image and printed it on some work aprons for ourselves. We like it so much, we thought we would share it with everyone! You can even order one for yourself or as a gift: www.zazzle.com/store/jamesthurman
Yup, as technology improves and everyday people are able to produce counterfeit hard currency, digital-only currency becomes an easier sell.
But the very handmade processes I'm showing here certainly wouldn't fool anyone, right?!?
Really wish we could see what you are doing.
Let me know what you couldn't see and I'm happy to clarify what isn't shown in the video!
Showed up in my feed and thought "depletion gilding" was a roundabout way of saying "balding"
😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing nice video- to the point and not too long. Can we do depletion guiding using a kiln? If so what would you recommend for temperature and time? Thx
I never have but it would work. It could be an efficient approach if you were doing a lot of pieces. Honestly, I don't know what temperature to set it at since I always use a torch. If you figure it out, please let me know so I can share that information too!
Some good tips. But I'm puzzled. I thought that liver of sulfur does not work on fine silver because there is no copper present to oxidize and I have not been able to do so when I have tried to oxidize fine silver. But here you say depletion guilding is used in association with patina.
Different patinas work in different ways. Pure silver will darken when reacting with sulfur (like liver of sulfur). Copper will react with many different chemicals with many different results (sulfur, oxidizers, etc.). Sterling can be confusing because there is both copper and silver reacting with the patina. I hope that helps?
In this video, I’m wearing one of our own “Tool-O-Rama Anvil” aprons that we designed and created along with a “Toolvetica” Metalsmith T-shirt, both from Zazzle. Our “Tool-O-Rama” Anvil design features everything a metalsmith might want or need in their studio. “Toolvetica” is a font inspired by Helvetica but uses jewelry and metalsmithing tools for each letter. As metalsmiths and professors, we’ve been creating each individual tool graphic over the years to embellish our studios and handouts. Just for fun, we made this composite image and printed it on some work aprons for ourselves. We like it so much, we thought we would share it with everyone! You can even order one for yourself or as a gift: www.zazzle.com/store/jamesthurman