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Budding Metalsmiths! Great Videos Worth Watching On YouTube

I love browsing YouTube for tutorials on jewellery making techniques. At the moment it's soldering and in my search for helpful videos to watch I've come across some stinkers - you know the one's I mean where you can't see what the person is doing because their hands are in the way, or it's just a series of photos advertising their jewellery or the one's where they don't speak and just play some weird music instead...........

So I was really happy to find a series of videos (30) from Nancy LT Hamilton, a US jewellery maker, that are a joy to watch. You can see and hear her clearly, she knows what she's talking about and she's funny too. Plus she has a workroom to die for!

Nancy covers subjects including all about solder, fancy rivets, how to saw, annealing metal, how to make a ring plus some handy tips. So if you're a budding metal worker who's dying to know how to create a flush rivet or how to make your own fancy twisted wire I'd definitely recommend watching her videos :D
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  1. Christals CreationsSunday, August 21, 2011

    ohh. I'm going to check this one out. I've looked in the past but often come across the duds! :o)
    Thank you for sharing.
    xx

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  2. UnknownTuesday, August 23, 2011

    brilliant - will go and check them out now. Thanks for that - I've watched some TERRIBLE ones in the past too!

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