WELCOME ANCIENT GOLDSMITHING PT 1

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****NEW: instead of buying glue—Use this video to make your own- Your supply list was updated to include this You’ll need to make it any way if you take AG Part 2! ***

PART 1 Explanation of measuring gold in DTWS and grains, weighing silver & copper preparing your charcoal block.

PART 2 Explantion of torch tips and flames for melting and alloying your metals, splitting your gold into ingots.

Part 3 Forging gold, rolling out sheets, Alloying 20 21k for ring shanks.

PART 4: compressing the 21k ingot for wire, Silver practice: rolling out square wire ,making a draw dog, using the draw plates silver wire practice.

PART 5:Drawing down the GOLD for 1/2 round wire (for ring shanks), rolling square wire ,making a draw dog, using the draw plates with GOLD. morning a gold round ring shank on a mandrel, sawing.

PART 6: Forming and shaping gold bezels starting with pear.

Part 7 the square bezel, cutting out back plates.

PART 8 Copper plating , Fusing and soldering bezels to backplates, soldering on the ring shank.

PART 9: Remelting your gold scraps, punching sheet to make granules adding granulation, making daisies.

Part 10 Soldering on Daisys to bezels, polishing and setting the stones.