I've been making molds for 25 years, but needed to know how to cut a cuff bracelet with bezels. Finding this video was SO helpful!!!! Very thankful for people like this man who share their talents....
Excellent video, I've been a jeweler for more than 50 years, I cut simple molds myself but the skill to cut a complex mold is a joy to watch, thank you!
Good mold cutting. I do not use spray and powder together. I almost have stopped using powder as, I always make my rubber molds in silicone rubber. And I always highly polish my master models before making rubber molds, as I want polished wax patterns. So minimum finishing and polishing after casting. I take care to plate my masters with rhodium after polishing it properly with no scratches, I check it under 6x magnification. I like to do it properly, which saves silver or gold in the future process. I never hurry up, because we loose our precious time and money later in finishing and polishing. My two cents. May all be happy and at ease, free from dis-ease. Happy mold cutting.
thank you! I want to learn and am trying to cast my own pieces at home and this was one of the most useful videos that I found again thank you so much! you are local so I might pass by the shop one of these days and say thank you in person!
the result is impressive, but i did this job for three years with another methode, i use 4 rivets neer the edges between the layers of the square of castaldo rubber and to separate the two faces of the molde i use white grade powder , thank you for the videos.
Hello, thank you for the video! I was wondering what is the tool you use to inject the material at 8:50, how does air flow out of the mold during the injection? Cheers!
Hi , I use a wax injector call Arbe , and to get the air out of the mold when injecting you cut from the imprint with a surgical blade to the outside of the mold two or three times then you put some Johnson’s baby power and some silicon spray from Castaldo , you can see some of my work in Instagram @ gastonjewelrymiami Thank You
Hi , is the back end of a file you anneal it ,drill two holes so you can put two screws and screw it on top of a bench ,bent the tip when hot , make sure the tip is pointed so you can pinch the mold and cut it , you can see some of my work in Instagram @ gastonjewelrymiami Thank You
Hi , that’s a silicon spray to release the wax from the mold , you can buy that at any jewelry supply house and the powder I only use Johnson’s baby power , you can see some of my work in Instagram @gastonjewelrymiami ,Thank You