Fast Silver Bezel Video

Jay Whaley, a goldsmith and university instructor from San Diego, demonstrates the process of making a silver bezel from rough-poured ingot through smooth-finished bezel.

As the clock in the upper left corner of the screen reaches 5:00 pm, Jay lights his propane/oxygen torch and begins to heat up 13 grams of pure silver in a ceramic melting dish. When the metal turns liquid, he pours the molten metal into a steel ingot mold, creating an elongated rod of silver. He then releases the silver ingot from the mold, quenches it in water, dries it with a cloth, and quickly files off the sharp fins formed from the pour with a hand file.

The smooth ingot now undergoes reforming in the rolling mill, reshaping the metal into a long square rod, all while reducing its outer dimensions. After repeated rolling, tightening the mill with each successive pass through the rollers, the ingot becomes narrower and longer, hardened by the repeated rolling.

Jay returns to the workbench with the square stock, anneals it with the torch again to a dull red color. This softens the metal for further shaping by the rolling mill. It is then quenched in water and dried again.

The ingot is now ready to be flattened to its final thickness (about 22 gauge) with the rolling mill. By guiding the ingot through the flat rollers, tightening them with each pass through the mill, a perfectly straight, smooth-edge bezel is created.

The clock shows 5:02 pm after the last pass through the mill. Total elapsed time to create this silver bezel: 2 minutes, 35 seconds.

Whaley Studios: www.WhaleyWorkshops.com

are you rolling ...
are you rolling the? silver to half round?

who is meant? to ...
who is meant? to get anything out of this? No explanation of anything? SUCKS

is that gummie bear ...
is that gummie bear ur? listening to ... thats cool i have that song too

Haha, I like it, ...
Haha, I like it, that? you're playing German pop music in the background :D

genius video.. ...
genius video.. what? type of torch do you use?

tir38: He's ...
tir38: He's annealing the ingot. Repeated? rollings work-harden the metal, so by heating and quenching, the metal is "softened" allowing for further rollings.

What is the purpose ...
What is the purpose of the reheating at 1:30? Also, I see your lower workbench silver file-catch-area. How much silver do? you have to reclaim from the filing process?

Im about 99.5 ...
Im about 99.5 percent sure at least it is the? meco midget torch.The pros say there are the best

what? kind of torch ...
what? kind of torch do you use? i have propane will that work?

vc pos fogo? no ...
vc pos fogo? no cadinho em baixo de uma lampada num estoura alampada nao com essa temperatura?

Way cool, ease, ...
Way cool, ease, simplicity, motion, music, functionality ;>)?

If he did a ...
If he did a moonwalk or breakdance move between heating and flattening, that would have been pure ownage.?

That is a rolling ...
That is a rolling mill. This one is a Durston D2, 120 mm? wide.

What is the name of ...
What is the name of the machine you are using? to flatten the wire?

do you? happen to ...
do you? happen to know what kind of material the crucible is made of?

i love? handwork
i love? handwork

Very cool and fast. ...
Very cool and fast...your technique rocks!!!love your rolling? mill...where did you get that one? Thanks! Christina Christna

Wow, this was great ...
Wow, this was great! I like that crusher thing. I want one. Thanks!?

10-4 I will, I'm? ...
10-4 I will, I'm? uploading a project now check it out and let me know what you think, later. 1axvn

Hi, Thanks for the ...
Hi, Thanks for the critique on my video. I agree with your comments, but this video was meant to demonstrate that silver bezel could, in fact be made in this short of a time frame. Many jewelers have told me it could not be done this fast. Details were not important to show, but seeing the whole? process was. I made my point by making this first video clip. I plan on doing some short "how to" videos soon, so look for them. ---Jay Whaley

chas8491, the video ...
chas8491, the video quality was very good, but how? about doing a vid or vids that show a complete (stare to finish) jewelry project, and some commentary on what you are doing and why, that would be even better. 1axvn

You? rock Jay!
You? rock Jay!

The ingot mold I'm ...
The ingot mold I'm using is called a "combination ingot mold" available at almost all jewelry tool suppliers, like Rio Grande, Frei and Borel, Gesswein, etc. It allows you to make 4 different sizes? of round ingots, and any width of sheet stock. They also come in a taller style, for making really big ingots. ---Jay

YAH! YIPPEE! ...
YAH! YIPPEE! more? more please.

Karen Hung's friend ...
Karen Hung's friend.?