Happy new year! Welcome to the first youtube upload of 2021. Iv got a ton of new videos to make and am looking forward to sharing all my ideas with you. Lets start the year with a beginners guide video. In this episode I talk about fluxing. Specifically Borax cones, as that's all I use and recommend you use too. I show a real time, close up demonstration of an actual solder being done! I have recently join Patreon. This channel has potential to grow in to a great archive of jewellers knowledge with your help. With patrons support I will be able to offer far more information than I am currently able to. With nearly 25 years of knowledge gained in the jewellery trade working with some of the best diamond mounters in the UK I can train practitioners of jewellery making, up to and far beyond the skill level found in High Street jewellers workshops. I have been lucky enough to have been taught by actual Bond Street shop model makers and my ambition is to share what I have learned through out my career to as many people as possible. My vehicle to do this is the Diamond Mounter YouTube channel and now after nearly 1 year of uploading video guides, its time to take it up a level. My ambition is to be able to make instructional videos with not just silver, but gold and platinum also. Some proper jewellers soldering equipment will enable me to create much more special pieces too! This will open up a whole new world of information I have to share. There are many specific methods and techniques used for the different precious metals and knowledge about gemstones I can teach that will never enter my videos unless I am actually working with them. If you may be interested in becoming a patron and supporting the channel to help it grow please click the link below to go to the Patreon website and find out about all the benefits that come with being a Diamond Mounter patron. https://www.patreon.com/join/5278612? There is now a new entry level tier which costs just £1 a month. Its named the supporter tier which allows you to support the channel with out any substantial financial obligation. I will thank you personally on the next Diamond Mounter video uploaded! I hope you will consider becoming a patron. Thank you, C.Bilton With this channel I will share with you methods and techniques I have learned over the previous 24 years as a professional jeweller. I specialize in high end bespoke pieces made the old fashioned way by hand. I wish to document everything I know, continue to learn and make accessible to everyone rare skills and techniques only usually taught in high security jewellers workshops. www.cbiltonjewellery.com #cbiltonjewellery @diamondmounter https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CBiltonJewellery ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMi3FapCrQw

Diamond Mounter Bites! To become a Diamond Mounter patron follow the link, https://www.patreon.com/diamondmounter You will benefit with a personal shout out on the channel, gain access to new uploads 2 weeks before they go public on youtube , access regular exclusive content and all of the jewellery making full instructional guides Check out the accompanying youtube channel, 'Jeweller Reviews' https://youtu.be/cRCXu_YrHYY Support the channel and become a youtube member! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_H... Many of the hand tools I use on the channel are available from - https://www.cbilton.shop/ #diamondmounter ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzOoZVua9Y

This time I check out a video from the Insider channel. As usual, when you watch documentary videos on youtube attentively you can find suspicious scenes that don't add up. You learned something from this video?? Why not support the channel and help me share more of what I've learned from over 2 decades being a professional jeweller by becoming a patron or member. For access to new uploads 2 weeks before they go public on youtube ,regular exclusive content and all of the jewellery making full instructional guides please become a Diamond Mounter patron - https://www.patreon.com/diamondmounter ... or I'd be grateful if you would help support the channel by becoming a member! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_H... #diamondmounter #kitten ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0dM8n0vegA

I have a new artwork idea I'd like to try but I need some large diameter square tube to make it. I found in a hardware store this aluminium tube that would be ideal if I can solder it. This video was made to document my first experience working with aluminium. It didn't go too well! For access to new uploads 2 weeks before they go public on youtube , regular exclusive content and all of the jewellery making full instructional guides please become a Diamond Mounter patron - https://www.patreon.com/diamondmounter Support the channel and become a member! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_HD2tJKNCAr3ikdNVhuLg/join Check out the accompanying youtube channel, 'Diamond Mounter Clips' https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc5O... Many of the hand tools I use on the channel are available from - https://www.cbilton.shop/ #diamondmounter #aluminium ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRzYkzvMCEs