Art Jewelry - Basic Sawing Techniques

Great instruction!

all of these negative comments?
i will say thanks for posting an informative & enjoyable video!!

You know what's funny? Being taped doing something, and then watching that video are two very different things for me. It's hard because when I go back to watch the videos, even I have plenty of little criticisms of how I did things. Ah well, chalk it up to experience for next time I guess.
Glad you found some of it helpful! :)

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I haven't tried sewing wax - I may have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
The synthetic lube does adhere to the blade well, the extra bits just flakes off pretty quickly.

That's true, 1axvn, it does help spread the heat. Good point to note.

Please watch the video at :5::34 it is obvious that the saw blade is to big for the thickness of the silver, you must size the blade to the thickness of the metal plate. AND It also looks like the saw lube is not attaching itself to the blade I use sewing wax and it attaches much better, but I have never used saw lube and after viewing this video I don't think I ever will. There are a lot more things Id like to say, But I dont have time tonight.

This is the best teacher for silversmithing on youtube. I hope she makes many more videos.

She dose not fully understand what the saw lub/bees wax really dose, it dose reduces chatter, but really it's there to spread the heat to all parts of the blade and extend the life of the blade by about 100%.

The techniques shown are helpful, but the instructor is somewhat lacking in the teaching department. She was quite monotone in her delivery, making it difficult to listen. However, the worst of all is that she's just not that good at sawing. I've seen beginning bench students saw better and more smoothly. Sorry, it's just my personal opinion after watching....