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.

@@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 👍

Any home Depot plumbing torch will do. Try a pencil tip

@@mustachemetalworks thanks buddy I’ve got a re fill butane but it’s not working for some reason Maybe I need to saw the links Instead of snipping to get more flush I’ve tried it with no dust just heat but won’t work

butane isnt hot enough for gold. you're not going to have any luck no matter how long you try to hold the flame. use a bigger propane torch. Highly recommend the standard $20 plumbing torch. a map gas torch will be too much heat for links.

@@mustachemetalworks thanks mate it’s a little hard here in the uk the map torch is all we have available for a plumbing torch I’ve been told to buy the blazer big shot But again it’s butane but apparently great

@@mustachemetalworks so the blazer does indeed work It works rather good too Refill with butane But I did get a can of mix propane and butane

Perform volumetric analysis for a man, feed him for a day. Teach a man volumetric analysis, feed him for life. Put in your dimensions, convert to volume in cm3, then convert your volume to grams using gold's density. www.omnicalculator.com/math/hollow-cylinder-volume www.aqua-calc.com/page/density-table/substance/gold

@mustachemetalworks 0.03tfluid ounces if I have done that correctly. Thanm you for sharing

I've just now been pouring rough ingots which have been... good enough. I still like running the torch with my charcoal block for most things though. Thank you for the kind words, I hope your projects are fun and successful!!

If you're trying to keep it 24k, fuse it. Don't mess around with homemade solders. That's my opinion.

Watch a few more of my videos. I'll get a ez start list together. Do watch my "simplest 1 dollar silver ring" video, I talk about what is absolutely necessary.

My pepetools mill has made me money by saving me time. I bet the cheap blue cast mills are fine, but if youre trying to run a business, I would shell out the cash for a pepetools or durston! I looked at the cast iron Mills for a good long time. Buy the tools you need!

Try RioGrande and Amazon

@@mustachemetalworks thank you

I'm glad you finally found it! Good luck with your project, try to be fearless, silver teaches good lessons. Try not to burn your fingers as much as I did the first few times, and wear eye protection! You're going to love it.

Yes! What a terrible mess. Where were the children during quality control? Who allowed this work to see the light of day?

I concur, I think drawing tongs might be an important part missing from my setup. Do you recommend the durston tongs? I see good reviews of the durston tongs and very bad reviews of the "knockoff amazon" offerings. Smith little torch is somewhere in my future, not sure how near. Maybe once I graduate from my little workstation to a real studio :)

@@mustachemetalworks Too be honest I recommend anything and everything from Durston, I have my stuff in a crowded workshop and also in my sun room. I'm going to mill the wood to make a nice big jewellery only workshop. I am a relative beginner at jewellery but have always worked with metal in different ways. I actually enjoy doing every part of it and it isn't too taxing to do. I have invested a fortune in tooling.

thank you!

I will try pickle quenching next time! I wonder if my tap water is the source of the cloud... Maybe I should try distilled water, and maybe I should try distilled water to make my pickle too. Thanks for the idea.

@mustachemetalworks even quenching in pickle will cloud it if you get it too hot, just a faint red on the heat works great for annealing on silver / yellow gold, and you can quench yellow gold / silver, don't have to let cool, white gold you gotta get quite a bit hotter and let air cool, the pickle more so saves the fire scale, which is the hard surface to subsurface oxidation discoloration that takes a bit more effort to get shiny / right color. Boric acid powder and ethyl or denatured alcohol in a 1:1 mix to make a slurry, thin layer on the metal, and then light it with a flame to make a oxidation protectant layer is what benchies usually use (thats also what you coat diamonds sapphires and rubies in for retipping / torch work to keep them from scorching). Looks like you got all the basics of everything down and got a sweet shop, just some quality of life tricks will save you some time and effort, anything to save a few minutes makes a big difference over the course of a lot of pieces

I just quenched in pickle last night, it splattered everywhere and the acid totally ate some of my skin.... I'm going to have to learn the right way to do it, because that wasn't the right way.

@@mustachemetalworks haha well good try and it will definitely fuck up your skin, pickle pots with a lid and long copper tongs, make sure not to use anything ferrous based as the pickle will eat it right up, do you have a discord channel or something? Can give you stuller or gesswein links for stuff to make it easier

You're totally correct; I didn't know these existed! I will be purchasing a new set for my workshop asap! Thank you for the heads up.

The Third Hand Tool will clamp onto the Locking Tweezers @ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6inZNphxKjMXXk.html

Thank you for the kind words! This bracelet was super fun to make and I'm happy with the level of effort required to make it (not too difficult, not too easy). I'm glad youtube sent you back to the new video!

The Algorithm gives first dibs to those who post regularly. Poor me has been too busy actually making jewelry to appease the youtube gods. Thank you for stopping by!

thank you! I think so too. Its nice to wear it everyday

Yes, I think that's a good word. Sometimes the brain/mouth interface doesnt operate at 100%

@@mustachemetalworks I understand mate, believe me I understand. With the meds I take, I suffer from the same affliction.

I have a few videos in the pipeline, but my free time is seriously swamped making etsy orders! Thanks for the support

"They" have a record every time you visit the restroom. Should we stop doing what we need to do?

Yes, correct. Melting point would have been lower. I was trying to keep the overall karat result of the piece as high as possible so I choose to fuse whenever it is structurally possible.

@@mustachemetalworks Ok gotcha

A thin strip of gold is perfectly suited for the weld. I use dust because I have it on hand from my saw work, but I have used tiny strips of wire. Anything with significant surface area will melt faster than the major work. Good luck and thanks for watching

Right, they need to alloy it. That's why I wouldn't wear 24k gold every day, especially a wedding ring. That would be especially dumb.

I've been eyeing the smith little torch dual fuel, but I'm seriously nervous having bottle o2. It freaks me out and I would feel better if someone would teach me the fuel blending. Good job on making a ring! 25g is a massive unit. The precision tips on the little torch must be a huge upgrade for fusing joints. I think they're key, especially when using such a hot torch. Keep me updated, and if you post your ring, I'll give it a thumbs up!

@@mustachemetalworks well maybe get the little bottles like I have and you’ll learn it’s definitely the same thing though with the big except you have the mixer by your hand rather than the bottles, I’ve used oxygen/ acetylene cutting torches before so it’s the same concept just little bit of fuel, add oxygen but just an added regulator which you look at the numbers and learn quick for optimal cutting pressure, you’ll see it turn blue if not you add just a tiny bit of fuel if the oxygen isn’t turning blue I’d say just get it you won’t regret it, as long as you can buy bottles where you are at you’ll be fine. Just if you have angle grinders or random flames make sure valves are shut and check it with soapy water/ by ear periodically but even if the oxygen caught fire it would burn and not explode lol. The bad thing about the little 16 ounce I found out is it runs out of oxygen quickly compared to the propane or mapp + it’s 14 a bottle rather than 3-12 like propane/ mapp That being said if you use it just to fuse it would last long. You’ll be so happy with the smith torch.

Flux wont really help the fusion joint because the gold doesnt need to be prevented from reacting to any of the molecules in the air. Casing grain doesn't buy me much from where I purchase (APMEX) and I dont have a local refinery to call. I dont pay much premium over spot anyway.

Are you King Midas?

Around 2mm (I believe)

🧌"The internet, best place to spew my ignorance" 😑 ew, Imagine caring that someone has piercings, and btw the nose is a super common spot

@@izalternative Just because 'everyone is doing it' doesn't mean it's not disgusting. But hey, you have fun rocking your door knocker.

@@ThunderMuffinMan Dude what's more "disgusting" is your attitude, why are nose rings so "gross" bro. It is the same as piercing a conch in your ear. It's just a hole in the body that you clean like everything else.

I don't sell to most people. If you're prepared to spend four grand, we can chat.

​​@@mustachemetalworks 4grand. What's the weight for the ring then?? For 4 grand, i would expect the ring to be atleast 30 gram 😂 if not, the mark up is INSANE 😂

@@dotalesale I charge insane markup, which is why I usually tell people to make their own.... because it's really easy.

@mustachemetalworks agree. 👍 Atleast u are being honest

If only we could somehow work in zero gravity to prevent molten metal slump... it's a pain in the rear