How to make Mokume Gane! 

Use thicker plates to compress with to combat delamination. Also more bolts for even pressure. And lastly, Polish the plates 120 grit sandpaper is too abrasive. Need to do 200 grit for edge burs, then work way down to 2000 grit. Then clean and stack. Also use neutral toward reducing flame for heating. And when you pull from fire it doesnt hurt to have a way to compress and hold compression on the billet. Like one tiny pump from a manual hydraulic press OR a good snap clamp for welding. The. Tighten your bolts. Then back into the fire. Go slow with it like that

its not gay ney its gah neh moh koo meh gah neh he's a trick for japanese vowels a = ah e = eh i = ee o = oh u = as in boo now we both learned something.

30mm, centimetres are for the bloody dress makers! As my teachers would say as an apprentice fitter. Excellent presentation and work though, really informative.

This is the first time I have seen or heard of Mokume Gane, looks like a really interesting experiment, I’m going to look this up to see what it’s used for.

the delam occurred because the forge weld didn't take - use wire instead of the press and then take it back to the forge for repeated heats and hammers to get that to weld to properly take, also monkume gane is copper and nickel because they weld together better than copper and brass.

Hi, thanks so much for the video. Really instructive. Just one thing about your blade breaking. There is a rule of thumb that you choose your blade according to your material. I was taught that the tpi should allow for about 3 teeth covering your thickness of material. It looked like your blade was more than that. Just my twopenny's worth, but very interesting. Thanks again

Beautiful. 👌💕

It doesn't need to be clean if you forge it. I make it all the time, i don't use borax either.

Tanks alot❤

Thank you for keeping the volume at an appropriately set decibel range. Can't express how annoying it is to not be able to hear or face to crank it an the way down

Thanks for this!

If I don’t want the steel plates in the weld, do they have to be cleaned

Hi, could you tell me what the clamp is called? Or where I could purchase these. Many thanks

Thanks for sharing. This is cool!👍 I learned about something new today. 🙂 Is there a reason you waited to remove the paper until after you cut your pieces as opposed to removing it before cutting?

i wear my glasses sometimes if i’m not welding and i’m like doing heavy grinding but they fog terribly no matter ehich pair i het

Thanks for sharing! I'd not heard of Mokume Gane before watching your video, and it was great to follow allow with your experiment in getting it to weld. Can't wait to try it out myself. Side note: where did you source your borax from? I've only ever seen substitute for sale in the UK, so clearly I'm looking in the wrong places. 😁

If your looking for information Steve Midgett has posted his book for free on his website. Mokume.com, under book in the menu. It's an incredible resource and I guarantee it will save you time and money. It covers multiple ways to fire mokume gane, patterning, proper annealing and so much more. He's a master mokume artist and it includes chapters where other artists like James Binnion share their techniques. The book has been out of print for years, copies were going for hundreds of dollars. It has been updated to cover new techniques learned since the original publication. It has been a game changer for me, I haven't had a billet fail since reading it.

ALWAYS USE A RESPIRATOR WHILE CUTTING DRY METAL. Approx. 6:15 he breathes in approximately .5g of metal dust. This can cause serious harm. Or death. Always wear and take safety measures first.

Your blade broke because it's for wood, You need lots of small teeth rather than few large teeth for metal 👍

Sorry had to laugh the intro to this made me chuckle ( mouthfulltounguetwister) brill bud keep them coming

it's pronounced 木目金

Больше половины ролика ушло на то, как запихать пластины, хорошо хоть гайки по одной не закручивал😃🤟

I always heard it pronounced Muh-koo-may Gone-A.

Makoomai Gauna! Is how it's pronounced

Better title “how to almost make…”

Тетраборат натрия где?!

Mokume gane is copper and nickel not copper and brass

Gay nae ?

I'm sorry, the way you pronounce mokume gane is so painfully wrong I just can't finish the video

It literally doesn’t matter at all how you pronounce it, we know what you’re talking about. Pronunciation nazis are everywhere

Why post the video when the end result is a failure? Waste of time.

Mokume gane ( gah nee) the way you say it is badly annoying

Band saw is hard starting and stopping..... it destroys blades. You can likely find a soft start switch and fit easy enough