Beefy, Brawny, Badass: Making a Man's 24k Gold Wedding Ring

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Жыл бұрын

I transform a chunk of pure gold into a masterpiece. Watch the 24 karat magic.
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@lamp7432 Жыл бұрын

That surely is a very manly, beefy, brawny ring. I'm sure the client loves it!

@kirtandrews1859 18 күн бұрын

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

@thomasgarcia9445 Жыл бұрын

If you want to remove the taper that comes from forming it on the mandrel, you can size up that last size by hammering it on a socket instead of a mandrel. The trick is to have the ring a smidge smaller than the socket and then hammer the socket through the inside of the ring. The chamfer on the socket and the taper inside the ring make this operation possible. Then hold the socket in a vise with the ring around it and hammer to size just as you'd do with a mandrel.

@mangledtapes Жыл бұрын

welcome back! hope to see more vids in the future

@gabrielabissinger6263 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you again!!! I missed your videos!!!

@mustachemetalworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the warm welcome back! I've been busy making other big things happen, and my videos had to take the back seat.

@madhavkoppararajeev4829 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome!

@skyelee9398 Ай бұрын

Awesome job. Thanks for sharing

@ssewwess2700 Жыл бұрын

This is so satisfying.

@DesertTuna Жыл бұрын

That is a very very nice ring well done 👍

@Sporkball Жыл бұрын

Your father is one of my teachers he is fun

@user-lc2ho8mt5j 5 ай бұрын

Sir help me I need a gold planner iron I like that work if available in ur shop how much

@user-yk1rc6ty2q 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@mustachemetalworks 3 ай бұрын

thank you!

@andreak001 10 ай бұрын

That gold looks good enough to eat!

@mustachemetalworks 9 ай бұрын

I've tried to nibble it but my friend slapped me because it was still on his hand.

@Atmospheric23 Жыл бұрын

Have you tried a liquid flux to fuse the 24k gold? Great video, thanks!

@mustachemetalworks Жыл бұрын

GIVEN: My understanding of flux is that it is used to quell the formation of oxidation and other atmospheric gases interactions with metals that are being heated. When the heated flux shields the metal, it prevents these contaminations that would otherwise jeopardize the structural integrity of the "joint". GIVEN: Gold doesn't interact with any atmospheric gases, even in the liquid phase. THEREFORE: No need to use a flux with fusing 24k gold.

@hasfafamily 3 ай бұрын

Semangat beraktifitas sahabat baik, itu pekerjaan yang membutuhkan kesabaran ektra.. 👍👍

@user-lc2ho8mt5j 5 ай бұрын

Iron gold plainer sir to order about that tools

@EroticOnion23 7 күн бұрын

I also found that fusing is a butt-clencher for sure 😆, though far preferable than using solder and 'contaminating' a pure piece imo!! EDIT: BTW I found that sticking a wad of ceramic-wool through the middle of the ring makes it 'safer' to heat from the outside, gives it support so it doesn't collapse

@mustachemetalworks 3 күн бұрын

I'm happy to hear that fusing is universally terrifying. Good trick with the ceramic; do you find that it clings to the metal after melting? I would hate to foul gold for the sake of easy fusing. I would prefer some carbon based material, like a piece of jewlers charcoal cut-to-fit, but thats a pain in the rear-end to manufacture.

@EroticOnion23 3 күн бұрын

@@mustachemetalworks only time it clings slightly (like literal tiny fibers on the surface) to the gold/silver is when it’s completely melted (or if borax is used, naturally), and is very easily removed as simple as being able to be rubbed off by hand once it cools, or pickling for ~15sec (even including borax). No problem at all if annealing or fusing 👍

@alextucker8624 3 ай бұрын

What’s a good site to buy all the equipment? I need to mount gold and silver and molds to make jewelry?

@mustachemetalworks 3 ай бұрын

Try RioGrande and Amazon

@alextucker8624 3 ай бұрын

@@mustachemetalworks thank you

@UcheFiasco Жыл бұрын

You’re the only person I’ve seen use 24k to fuse at the end. Anyone know why jewelers use lower karat gold to fuse?

@mustachemetalworks Жыл бұрын

Using the "base" metal (in this case: 24k gold) is the only way to "fuse". Using a lower karat gold, which probably has a lower melting point, is technically a solder, because the base metal now has a lower karat solder in-between the two sides. A real "fused joint" requires the base metal to melt and solidify with only the base metal. I use 24k dust and chips to add extra metal to the joint but I technically don't need to. I could just let the two ends melt and solidify. Using the beneficial melting properties of a lower karat gold is cheating if advertised as a "fused joint"

@keivkeiv Жыл бұрын

What is the surface you melt the gold on? Thank you

@mustachemetalworks Жыл бұрын

Charcoal block. Theoretically... pure carbon. Low coefficient of thermal conductivity. Wet with water to prevent combustion. Re-wet after every flame. I dug a hole to allow the gold to sit in without risking a mess!

@keivkeiv Жыл бұрын

@@mustachemetalworks Thank you! Can you melt gold on top of a clean anvil?

@mustachemetalworks Жыл бұрын

Trust me, that's not a good idea. The anvil will soak up the torch heat and you'll end up with a hot anvil and a warm piece of gold.