I was just looking at that saw and thought it looked really cool! Thanks for doing a talk on them, great info when I got to get another saw, probably the red one. Also looking forward to seeing more of the jewelry you make. Especially more cold connections. I have a ton of crystal points and pieces and would love to have an idea for form folding, or some sort of metal work that would not involve a torch to make them into pendants...I have wired wrapped them in various gauges of round copper wire, but I want to do something different, organic looking with some 26 or 28 gauge copper to set them into...I've ordered some copper sheet, so if you can think of anything, would love to see your ideas. I've been doing a lot of riveting, having lots of fun with that. :)
That’s wonderful, I love riveting. The red Knew Concepts saw is so good for doing pieces with lots of piercings and definitely the lightest weight in hand. Ooh I’ll have to think about crystal caps, I actually have a few tiny ones that I haven’t done anything with but just thought they were so cute I had to have them.😀
@@amuckdesign All my crystal points are pretty rough/natural some are small, some are pretty good size, around 2 inches...so they have a lot of shape to them, not straight, so lots of room for imagination. I have looked all over pinterest and have not seen anything like what I'm thinking of...just sort of wrapping enough of the crystal in copper sheet to hold it secure, but leaving the front open so the crystal can be seen in the copper...then deciding if using the liver of sulfur before or after wrapping the crystal, since the crystals show the dark through them if I don't have a way to polish it off...I just have so many crystals I've collected over the years I'd like to do something different with them rather than just wrapping them in the traditional way with round wire.
I purchased the original KC back when they first came out and within about a month the top bits broke and one of the screw thingos you turn to hold the blade in, also broke. I am in AU and I imported it from Rio, so I didn't do anything about it. And it's hung in my studio ever since..... I went back to the German Saw. Really wanted to try the Green Lion, but never got around to it. Then the Haymaker came out and I was really interested.......lo and behold a jewellery suppliers I often buy from here in Queensland imported a whole heap of them and I bought one on sale...it cost me $132!!!! Pretty happy with it thus far, now I can saw straight(er) lines!! haha
Whoa, that stinks about the KC saw!!! I’m glad you’re liking the Haymaker so far and yay for straighter lines.😀😀 yeah those German ones really are hardworking.
@@amuckdesign They are! Peeps have been using them for decades. The one thing with the haymaker over the german is it has a good throat depth. So not too shallow and not too deep, so I don't have to change it out much. I should probably contact KC about my saw and see if they can help me fix it. It too cost me something like $110.
I was just looking at that saw and thought it looked really cool! Thanks for doing a talk on them, great info when I got to get another saw, probably the red one. Also looking forward to seeing more of the jewelry you make. Especially more cold connections. I have a ton of crystal points and pieces and would love to have an idea for form folding, or some sort of metal work that would not involve a torch to make them into pendants...I have wired wrapped them in various gauges of round copper wire, but I want to do something different, organic looking with some 26 or 28 gauge copper to set them into...I've ordered some copper sheet, so if you can think of anything, would love to see your ideas. I've been doing a lot of riveting, having lots of fun with that. :)
That’s wonderful, I love riveting. The red Knew Concepts saw is so good for doing pieces with lots of piercings and definitely the lightest weight in hand. Ooh I’ll have to think about crystal caps, I actually have a few tiny ones that I haven’t done anything with but just thought they were so cute I had to have them.😀
@@amuckdesign All my crystal points are pretty rough/natural some are small, some are pretty good size, around 2 inches...so they have a lot of shape to them, not straight, so lots of room for imagination. I have looked all over pinterest and have not seen anything like what I'm thinking of...just sort of wrapping enough of the crystal in copper sheet to hold it secure, but leaving the front open so the crystal can be seen in the copper...then deciding if using the liver of sulfur before or after wrapping the crystal, since the crystals show the dark through them if I don't have a way to polish it off...I just have so many crystals I've collected over the years I'd like to do something different with them rather than just wrapping them in the traditional way with round wire.
I purchased the original KC back when they first came out and within about a month the top bits broke and one of the screw thingos you turn to hold the blade in, also broke. I am in AU and I imported it from Rio, so I didn't do anything about it. And it's hung in my studio ever since..... I went back to the German Saw. Really wanted to try the Green Lion, but never got around to it. Then the Haymaker came out and I was really interested.......lo and behold a jewellery suppliers I often buy from here in Queensland imported a whole heap of them and I bought one on sale...it cost me $132!!!! Pretty happy with it thus far, now I can saw straight(er) lines!! haha
Whoa, that stinks about the KC saw!!! I’m glad you’re liking the Haymaker so far and yay for straighter lines.😀😀 yeah those German ones really are hardworking.
@@amuckdesign They are! Peeps have been using them for decades. The one thing with the haymaker over the german is it has a good throat depth. So not too shallow and not too deep, so I don't have to change it out much. I should probably contact KC about my saw and see if they can help me fix it. It too cost me something like $110.