The time a goldsmith puts into his work is underestimated on a daily basis. As well as the time it takes to develop the skills needed to begin with. It's sadly something most craftsman have to deal with because so much is based on money nowadays.

Drawing silver wire through the plate is not as simple as it appears. It requires proper annealing of the wire, getting it started properly and liberal use of wintergreen oil to make it slide smoothly. I've had lots of drawn silver wire crack. Might be easier to buy the silver wire in the diameter you need. Also wire mills are expensive.

Stainless steel shot and dish soap.

Liver of sulfur

The metal is not tempered, this is usually only a process used on an iron alloy. The quench is necessary to remove as much energy from the metal as possible so the internal structure stops moving. If you don't quench, the metal will harden again.

It looked more like he was annealing it to remove any tension in the metal after moving it in order to keep it pliable.

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The white color is an effect from the pickle solution, it rubs off.

@@TheMayflowerPilgrem I know, but the green liquid that is in the heater with lid, that liquid I want to know what it is, I know that it is stripping liquid, but I want to know what solution is

@@jacobmata6638 the stuff in the crockpot is pickle. The stuff he blackened with is called liver of sulfer.

@@TheMayflowerPilgrem you didn't solve my question, but thanks, nice video

That white color is pure silver left after the pickle desolves the copper in the alloy. For a pickle there are several options, although sulfuric acid/vitriol is usually the working agent in the solution. The most used kristal form is vitrex powder, which is desolved in water to create the solution. Sodium-aluminium-sulphate can be used to create a toxic fumeless solution, but it works slower. The solution is colorless when you make it, when is get's saitisfied with copper, it turns green.