The Work in the Wire: The Making of Silver Wire

Having plenty of gold or silver wire at your disposal is a necessity for a jeweller. Here Ian makes a coil of silver wire, to make jump rings out of for chain and bracelet repairs.

Starring Ian Singleton, Adam Bramhald. Shot and Edited by Michael Bramhald

[JoinTheTechnicians]

Holy cow, awesome! This video is the most complete demonstration I've seen to date.

[hateonskillz]

Great video loved how you rolled it through the mill but then brought it back negating the bend a rolling mill puts on metals when used was awesome to see. Also helpful seeing you use just a vice when using a draw plate. Seems like you work smarter rather than harder I can dig that. Been looking at draw benches but with a vice and sturdy surface seems quite effective. 👏

[m.a_sky_walker]

And this is why it is so necessary for me, (newbiejewellerlol), to save up and buy silver wire in the gauges I require in bulk!! Thank you for this video, was sitting and moaning over the cost of said bulk materials plus postage😊, but now I appreciate it may be quite labour intensive and therefore totally worth it😉.
Serious envy of your work shop and tool collection though, (sigh🤩), I have read some other comments and noted you have since upgraded and downsized on elbow room 🤔 so will be interested to see that too!
Thanks again.

[MotorhomeDIY]

You make it look so easy
I have just received my rolling mill
When starting on the first one with the ingot do you keep on the first track until it’s tight to the last setting
Then start on the next track down and repeat ?

I’m struggling getting passed the 2mm track to the 1.5mm

Once I get to that one it leaves track lines in the wire like my wire is to wide for that track

Any help much appreciated

[ristorinne]

Hello Morris Bywater. I am a silver hobbyist and a bought a budget mill. Only problem with it, is that it has rollers only for sheet, triangular, and half round. And there is no way to change both rollers, only the top roller. So i have always a flat roller at the bottom. If i may ask, is it possible to make first a half round wire with the mill and then pull it through the draw plate to get round wire? Good video.

[TheRealDToTsO]

Is it possible to fill the whole cavity for lots of wire stock?

I can't seem to get half filled without over pour out cooling.

[gazzmell]

No pickling? The oxides are driven into the surface when you pull the wire through the draw plate if you don't remove them with pickle first. And why no oil or bees wax when you draw the wire?

[taracampbell]

Hi, when melting the silver did you just melt scrap silver directly? Is there anything to be done before hand?

[quickminutetv]

Do you know how much time I spend hammering just to get a length of silver one quarter that of the rolling mill?

[farkindy]

thanks for you solution my problem make in wire

[SilkyJonson]

hoping you can answer a question for me. what is the machine called that you use to turn the silver bar into wire?

[tommyfisher]

Do you sale Silver Wire for making Colloidal Silver ?

[danhoyt]

Why file the wire to a point rather than forging it?

[elitedestroyer]

What is the name of equipment that rolled out the wire? (the one with the handle)

[nesto]

Why does my silver crack when i put it in the rolling mill

[skidadle]

Hehe my teacher sent this so we can watch