The making of a sterling silver, folded box with flush hinge

This is how I made a sterling silver box which was first folded and then a flush hinge was constructed. Its not shown in a finished state as there is some engraving to be applied. The engraving process will be another video, this one is long enough as it is. If you don't want to listen to me whittering on you can always speed up the playback.

[@patcahillmetalworks322]

Nice box I love seeing other people make boxes I always learn something.

[@alastairduncan4702]

@@patcahillmetalworks322thank you, there are so many ways to make boxes. You could spend your life making boxes and never get bored. 🙂

[@jkopel]

Very nice work. I like how you build up the bottom of the box versus just soldering on a flat piece. I may need to "borrow" that approach.

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you. You are very welcome to borrow anything you can. It is a traditional way of making a lot of vessels.

[@reidsmith9575]

Inspiring. Thank you, sir.

[@PrDrDrUiuaa]

Very very fine work! :)

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you :-)

[@SouthOfGate]

beautiful! I have found manicurist’s buffing blocks also very good. Nice work and very informative

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you 🙂

[@Milkthief]

Absolutely awesome! If I tried something like this it would come out completely crooked :(

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you.

[@jonmccully-lm6cr]

Nice

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you

[@Dwayanu17]

Beautiful work! Serious craftmanship involved! What are these sort of clips you use to hold pieces while soldering (22:25)? Did you make them or are they availableo n the market? If so, can you tell me where? Thank you for sharing your mastery of metalworking, sir!

[@alastairduncan4702]

@@Dwayanu17 thank you.
The clips were made from split pins aka cotter pins. You can get boxes of assorted sizes from Amazon they are useful for different sized work stainless steel are best. You can also use titanium solder clips available from places such as Cooksongold. These are flat strips that can be bent to shape, they can also be cut with a piercing saw. The benefit of titanium is that solder does not stick to it but they are more expensive and I'm cheap 😉

[@Dwayanu17]

@@alastairduncan4702 Thank you for your prompt reply, Mr. Duncan! 😊

[@Vlad22051969]

шикарно

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you.

[@jeejee825]

So cool! Love your craftmanship! 15:36 What’s this machine?? And what is it doing? Never saw it before!

[@alastairduncan4702]

Thank you. The tool I use is the super easy graver to push up a stitch which the wire rests on when it's soldered. A stitch is a bit like the burrs that jewellery setters push up and then they round over the top to form a grain. The stitches are a bit larger. You don't need to use a powered tool you can use a spitstick (onglet) or a standard 90⁰ push engraving tool.

[@sara-nf9lo]

can you demo this a bit clearer? its the only step i dont understand here. i love your approach to keeping the knuckles even. another metal worker suggests bundles of mechanical pencil lead@@alastairduncan4702

[@goldchain4729]

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