Thanks for the tips and great advice Andrew. All the best. Cant wait for tomorrows Q&A. I hope we are back in time, otherwise Ill have to escape the meeting and watch it on the phone.
Thanks, Andrew, for yet another great video. You have motivated me to clean and sharpen my growing collection of disc cutters today. While watching this video, I remembered back to when I got my very first Pepe Tools round disc cutter. I made the mistake of putting the punch in upside down and hitting it hard over and over wondering why it wasn't going through the annealed silver. I was not happy with myself when I realized my mistake.
I'm on my second disk cutter...partly because I didn't know enough to care for my first one, and partly because I wanted to be able to cut other sizes. Now maybe I can cure the ills of the first and prevent any on the second. Thanks for the simple method. I know it's well worth doing, although I wasn't sure it was a wise thing to do, so I didn't.
Ms Starlight I keep mine in Lil pump bottle spritzers I have two or three on my desk so they’re always within reach alcohol in a pump bottle can be used for just about everything to a quick cleaning because alcohol dissolves so many things and it evaporates quickly
@@itsmericlemade994 thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. It's a great idea & having used alcohol swabs before, I think your way would be better.
@angelaksams Thank you for this cleaning demo! My largest punch got used on the wrong end by a group of students and has been dull and nicked. I just followed your tutorial and now it is clean and sharp! Thank you!
Hello Andrew, I must say I'm a fan. Lol I have a question and it's not realated to video but im commenting here so that you will see this. How can you work harden a peice of silver so that you can make a spring out of it? Or can you even do that? Is there any way you can make a -let's say a torsion spring - out of silver? I want to make some mechanical structure out of silver. That's the application. Thank you
Tharindu Pramuditha Gamage of you work harden the silver it becomes hard to bend and springy. So if you hammer a piece of sheet it will become hard and stiff. If you draw or roll down wire that will also work harden it and make it spring like
Great tip. Thank you for sharing. I would never even thought about this technique. I will have a look at the one I have. Also what is the maximum thickness when using a disc cutter? 🇨🇦😎
I am just starting out. I would like to know when should I get my own hallmark or if I should ever do it? And if I should. How do you go about getting one registered to you?
can you do a video about files. there are so many different cuts and shapes and sizes it can be very expensive going trial and error method of learning about the differences per aggression or a much finer cut.
Another thing you can do (if you are confident in your sharpening ability) is skew the cutting face slightly. This is one difference that you will see between higher end cutting discs and cheap ones. The principle is that you cut your disc with a slicing motion rather than having the tool have to break all the edges at once. (Imagine pressing a knife straight down into a tomatoe as apposed to drawing the edge of the knife along it. The caveats- depending on just how cheap the tool is it may not be hardened too deep. But I would say chances are it is hardened deep enough, just the heat to raise a plug like a 1/2” disc cutter is going to cause some penetration. The other caveat. The process of changing the angle of your cutter can be tricky not to make your tool haywire. If you can make yourself some kind of jog to keep your angle, that is best. And a very slight angle will yield improvements.
Have you heard of the mint - change you can wear?? He sent me over to check out your channel. Go check out his latest video, and while you're at it, could you ask him to pick me to win the ring??? You're the best, thanks pal! 💙
I just looked up concave disc cutters. I first assumed that the concave of the disc was basically the equivalent of a hollow grind on a knife or any other type of cutter (in which case, sharpening in this manner would have you no worse off than your standard disc cutter). But when I looked it up I even found sets which included concave, flat, and convex disc cutters. Surely the purpose is not to impart a curve to the metal while you make the cut? But it seems like that has to be it. Do you use these pjinto?
@@gwaaiedenshaw8310 The set I have basically has a concave on the cutting end, instead of angle as most seem to have, in which case sharpening as describe above would "flatten " out the hollow, I do not know how many sets have this the one I have came from m y Grandfather, I attempted to find a example on line and was unsuccessful
Thanks for the tips and great advice Andrew. All the best. Cant wait for tomorrows Q&A. I hope we are back in time, otherwise Ill have to escape the meeting and watch it on the phone.
Thanks, Andrew, for yet another great video. You have motivated me to clean and sharpen my growing collection of disc cutters today. While watching this video, I remembered back to when I got my very first Pepe Tools round disc cutter. I made the mistake of putting the punch in upside down and hitting it hard over and over wondering why it wasn't going through the annealed silver. I was not happy with myself when I realized my mistake.
I'm on my second disk cutter...partly because I didn't know enough to care for my first one, and partly because I wanted to be able to cut other sizes. Now maybe I can cure the ills of the first and prevent any on the second. Thanks for the simple method. I know it's well worth doing, although I wasn't sure it was a wise thing to do, so I didn't.
Great tip it looks like you have honed down punch care thank you
Having the spirits, etc, in a spray bottle is a really great idea. 👍👍☺
Ms Starlight I keep mine in Lil pump bottle spritzers I have two or three on my desk so they’re always within reach alcohol in a pump bottle can be used for just about everything to a quick cleaning because alcohol dissolves so many things and it evaporates quickly
@@itsmericlemade994 thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. It's a great idea & having used alcohol swabs before, I think your way would be better.
@angelaksams Thank you for this cleaning demo! My largest punch got used on the wrong end by a group of students and has been dull and nicked. I just followed your tutorial and now it is clean and sharp! Thank you!
Genius!
THANKS
Thank you so much for answering my questions thank you thank you thank you
Oh, this vid (topic) was on my wish list!
Thank you!
Hello Andrew, I must say I'm a fan. Lol
I have a question and it's not realated to video but im commenting here so that you will see this.
How can you work harden a peice of silver so that you can make a spring out of it? Or can you even do that? Is there any way you can make a -let's say a torsion spring - out of silver?
I want to make some mechanical structure out of silver. That's the application. Thank you
Tharindu Pramuditha Gamage of you work harden the silver it becomes hard to bend and springy. So if you hammer a piece of sheet it will become hard and stiff. If you draw or roll down wire that will also work harden it and make it spring like
Thanks Andrew!
Great tip. Thank you for sharing. I would never even thought about this technique. I will have a look at the one I have. Also what is the maximum thickness when using a disc cutter? 🇨🇦😎
With my Durston I’ve punched out 2mm thick but that was with the aid of a vice
Brilliant!!!!
Great info, thanks!
What grid did u used? What other oil I can use? Thank you
I am just starting out. I would like to know when should I get my own hallmark or if I should ever do it? And if I should. How do you go about getting one registered to you?
Contact your local Assay Office. They will assign a makers mark to you. Hallmarking is done by the assay office, not the maker.
can you do a video about files. there are so many different cuts and shapes and sizes it can be very expensive going trial and error method of learning about the differences per aggression or a much finer cut.
I want to center cut a design in the middle of a penny. Say a cross, for example. Any thoughts? Thanks, Len
I keep mine wrapped in a slightly oiled rag to keep it clean, when not in use.
hello there! my question is how to make different samples of silver and gold .and solder for themwhite gold and various samples
Thank you for another great tip! Where did you purchase your shirt! Its awesome!
whereisthefire it’s my design and I sell them at www.andrewberry.co.uk
Hi Andrew. I don’t know if you’re in the UK, but do you ever attend SNAGs conferences in the US?
Yes I am in the UK but I don’t attend SNAG. I am in New York in March at the MJSA helping out Durston though
Another thing you can do (if you are confident in your sharpening ability) is skew the cutting face slightly.
This is one difference that you will see between higher end cutting discs and cheap ones.
The principle is that you cut your disc with a slicing motion rather than having the tool have to break all the edges at once. (Imagine pressing a knife straight down into a tomatoe as apposed to drawing the edge of the knife along it.
The caveats- depending on just how cheap the tool is it may not be hardened too deep. But I would say chances are it is hardened deep enough, just the heat to raise a plug like a 1/2” disc cutter is going to cause some penetration.
The other caveat. The process of changing the angle of your cutter can be tricky not to make your tool haywire. If you can make yourself some kind of jog to keep your angle, that is best.
And a very slight angle will yield improvements.
*Your disc cutter in title of video. I don't have one but thank you for sharing.
Have you heard of the mint - change you can wear?? He sent me over to check out your channel.
Go check out his latest video, and while you're at it, could you ask him to pick me to win the ring???
You're the best, thanks pal! 💙
Don't do this with a concave type cutter, it will ruin it
I just looked up concave disc cutters.
I first assumed that the concave of the disc was basically the equivalent of a hollow grind on a knife or any other type of cutter (in which case, sharpening in this manner would have you no worse off than your standard disc cutter). But when I looked it up I even found sets which included concave, flat, and convex disc cutters. Surely the purpose is not to impart a curve to the metal while you make the cut? But it seems like that has to be it. Do you use these pjinto?
@@gwaaiedenshaw8310 The set I have basically has a concave on the cutting end, instead of angle as most seem to have, in which case sharpening as describe above would "flatten "
out the hollow, I do not know how many sets have this the one I have came from m y Grandfather, I attempted to find a example on line and was unsuccessful
@@NewWorldHoarder no concave cutters are concave, they are ground like that from the factory