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How to Make a Round Silver Ring Video

How to Make a Round Silver Ring Video

Ganoksin instructor Kelly Jean Conroy, a bench jeweler out of Massachusetts, leads you through the basics of making a round...
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Filing, Sanding and Buffing: Hand Finishing

Filing, Sanding and Buffing: Hand Finishing

Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman offer tips, tricks and various techniques to finish your project by hand. You...
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How to Resize a Ring

How to Resize a Ring

Sizing a ring is one of the most requested repairs a jeweler will see. Ganoksin instructor Mechelle Lois teaches you...
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Make Your Own DIY Rotary Burr

Make Your Own DIY Rotary Burr

Make your own high quality rotary burr from an inexpensive disposable lighter. By master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain. Filmed in full...
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Gerry Lewy Video F – Bead Setting

Gerry Lewy Video F – Bead Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you the technique of bead setting...
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Gerry Lewy Video E – Princess Setting Round Claws – V Shaped Claws – Wedding band

Gerry Lewy Video E – Princess Setting Round Claws – V Shaped Claws – Wedding band

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set a diamond...
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Troubleshooting Soldering

Troubleshooting Soldering

This troubleshooting tutorial from Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman highlights some common soldering problems and their solutions. Pattie...
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How to Repair a Thin Ring Shank

How to Repair a Thin Ring Shank

Fixing a worn thin shank is an essential repair for rings. Learn how to re-shank a worn or split shank...
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Fishtail Setting Tutorial

Fishtail Setting Tutorial

Master diamond setter Gerry Lewy shows dying art of making a fish tail setting. Made completely by hand, this is...
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Turning Wax on a Flex Shaft

Turning Wax on a Flex Shaft

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain shows how to turn wax, like on a lathe, but with a flex shaft instead. Filmed...
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Paper Die Embossing

Paper Die Embossing

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain demonstrates a technique called "paper die" which involves compressing or cutting a stiff piece of paper...
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Gerry Lewy Video B – Setting a Solitaire – 4 Prong – 6 Prong

Gerry Lewy Video B – Setting a Solitaire – 4 Prong – 6 Prong

Drawing on 40+ years of experience, Gerry Lewy shows you how to set a diamond in 4-prong and 6-prong solitaire...
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How to Repair an Ear Wire

How to Repair an Ear Wire

Earrings that dangle or have movement to them are often made with an ear wire. This is the portion of...
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How to Make a Picture Frame Pendant

How to Make a Picture Frame Pendant

Ganoksin instructor Kelly Jean Conroy teaches you how to make a sterling silver picture frame pendant in this video. Follow...
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Filing, Sanding and Buffing: Using Flex Shaft Machine

Filing, Sanding and Buffing: Using Flex Shaft Machine

The flex shaft machine is one of the most common tools at a jeweler's bench. Watch Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst...
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How to Finish a Chain End

How to Finish a Chain End

Whether you want to finish a chain you bought by the foot or want to repair a clasp or jump...
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How to Repair a Chain

How to Repair a Chain

Next to ring sizing, chain repairs are the most common repair you will see because chains are regularly worn and...
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Introduction to Soldering

Introduction to Soldering

Learn the basics of soldering from Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman. They walk you through the fundamentals like...
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Soldering Techniques from Beginner to Advanced

Soldering Techniques from Beginner to Advanced

This tutorial from Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman features various soldering methods that you can implement to improve...
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How to Make Sizing Beads to Size a Ring Down

How to Make Sizing Beads to Size a Ring Down

Mechelle Lois demonstrates how to make sizing beads - a perfect solution for difficult to size rings. Mechelle goes over...
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Gerry Lewy Video C – Bezel Setting – Channel Setting

Gerry Lewy Video C – Bezel Setting – Channel Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set a diamond...
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How to Install a Figure 8 Catch

How to Install a Figure 8 Catch

A figure 8 safety clasp is added to the box clasp of a link or bangle bracelet as a backup...
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How to Repair a Bezel by Patching

How to Repair a Bezel by Patching

Over time, bezels can wear thin which opens the possibility of the stone breaking or falling out. There are multiple...
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How to Add a Safety Chain to a Bracelet

How to Add a Safety Chain to a Bracelet

Safety chains prevent a bracelet from falling off of the wrist when a clasp fails. Safety chains are a necessary...
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How to Repair an Earring Post

How to Repair an Earring Post

Earrings with a post can break or bend from too much wear. Ganoksin instructor Mechelle Lois walks you through the...
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How to Repair a Channel on a Channel Set Ring

How to Repair a Channel on a Channel Set Ring

When a channel set ring needs to be repaired it is almost always because the channel has worn down over...
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How to Repair a Cuff Bracelet

How to Repair a Cuff Bracelet

Every time a cuff bracelet is worn it is squeezed on the wrist for a custom fit. This constant adjusting...
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Apply Your Skills – 4 Beginner Metalsmithing Projects

Apply Your Skills – 4 Beginner Metalsmithing Projects

Take what you have learned from our other soldering videos and watch Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman work...
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How to Resize a Ring With a Stone

How to Resize a Ring With a Stone

In part 2 of this series, instructor Mechelle Lois teaches you how to re-size a ring with a stone. Sizing...
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Introduction to Sawing & Piercing

Introduction to Sawing & Piercing

Sawing and piercing metal using a jeweler's saw is a fundamental skill for any bench jeweler. Join Ganoksin instructors Richard...
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How to Bezel Set Fancy Cut Soft Stones

How to Bezel Set Fancy Cut Soft Stones

The one request that makes a jeweler's blood pressure rise is when they are asked to bezel set a fancy...
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How to Harden and Temper Tool Steel

How to Harden and Temper Tool Steel

Learn to harden and temper your own custom-shaped jewelry tools. By master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain. Filmed in full HD 1080p....
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How to Make Wax Engraving Tools

How to Make Wax Engraving Tools

Create DIY wax carving engravers made from everyday steel construction nails. When jewelers carve wax many of them will automatically...
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Foldforming Overview and Techniques

Foldforming Overview and Techniques

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain invented foldforming and demonstrates the technique in this video. Foldforming is a system of metalworking that...
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Keum-Boo

Keum-Boo

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain lectures about and demonstrates how to make Keum-Boo foil and use the technique. This a method...
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Gerry Lewy Video A – Intro – Tool Modification – Skills

Gerry Lewy Video A – Intro – Tool Modification – Skills

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to modify simple, everyday,...
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How to Install a Clasp

How to Install a Clasp

When the spring inside a clasp wears out a new clasp will need to be installed. Learn how to attach...
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How to Solder Two Rings Together

How to Solder Two Rings Together

Mechelle Lois demonstrates how to solder two rings together. By soldering the base of the bands together, the rings will...
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How to Repair a Prong

How to Repair a Prong

Repairing a prong is one of the most requested repairs for a jeweler. In this video, Ganoksin instructor Mechelle Lois...
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Other Uses for a Pencil in Jewelry Making

Other Uses for a Pencil in Jewelry Making

Two surprising uses for a pencil as a tool in jewelry making. (1) Gain extreme control over the burr on...
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Make Your Own Cardboard Disc Sander

Make Your Own Cardboard Disc Sander

Handy trick to make a useful cardboard disc sander which master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain learned about at a factory in...
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Method to Quickly Identify Tool Steel

Method to Quickly Identify Tool Steel

Learn to be able to quickly identify what quality of steel a tool is made of and whether it's low...
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Preparing a Hammer for Foldforming

Preparing a Hammer for Foldforming

One of the most frequent foldforming questions Charles Lewton-Brain gets is that someone's forging hammer isn't working well for them....
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Gerry Lewy Video D – Cluster Setting – Flush Setting

Gerry Lewy Video D – Cluster Setting – Flush Setting

Gerry Lewy draws on his over 40 years of diamond setting experience to show you how to set gems in...
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