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Learn about the many tools needed to get started in professional metal jewelry making. Expert: Courtney Gray Contact: www.courtneygrayarts.com Bio: Courtney Gray is an artist and professional jewelry maker who creates jewelry from the design stage all the way through to the final product.

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I’ve been making miniature gun models as a hobby when I was little but never out of metal obviously because I don’t have the skill to and its too dangerous for a kid. Now I’m thinking about learning art metalcraft to make fully functional rescaled replica of modern firearms for a hobby, but how do I get started on it?
- What classes I need to take or what do I need to learn to make them?
- What metal is easiest to cast and mold and to yield realism along with precise details of the model? Also durability?
- What kind of tools and equipment?

Just any pointers or any information regarding this topic that can help would be greatly appreciated.
Example would be something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esfNu4OzI-4&feature=fvw

Thanks

This will be a multi part video on foundry pattern making. A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is inserted to produce the cylinder bore in the casting. A wooden pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.

This will be a multi part video on foundry pattern making. A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the mold. A sand core is inserted to produce the cylinder bore in the casting.

This will be a multi part video on how to make a split foundry pattern . A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is place in the mold produce the cylinder bore in the casting. The wooden pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.

Showing how wooden patterns are made to make greensand moulds.

DIY Jewelry Making with Erica Batchelder

im trying to make something like this..

http://i30.tinypic.com/ms2h7a.jpg

please dont get into technical terms because i really dont know much about metal and metal works.

id just like to know how to make a mold like that, and how much it would cost.

Cleaning gold jewelry is best done with household cleaner and a toothbrush, as the brush is gentle enough not to scratch and the cleaner is just strong enough to remove dirt and debris. Keep gold jewelry clean at home with information from a bench jeweler and gemologist in this free video on jewelry. Expert: Chuck Koehler Contact: www.chuckkoehler.com/Services.htm Bio: Chuck Koeler is a bench jeweler and gemologist in Nashville, Tenn. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge