Unkamen Knowledge: Episodes 11 and 12

by Karen on May 10, 2013

Back from vacation, I finish up the four part series on Sterling Silver, the different types of silver, and several less expensive alternatives for the hobby jeweler who wants to work with sterling silver but can’t afford it.

New videos to be released every Friday!

Watch the videos here: Episode 11, Episode 12.

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Unkamen Knowledge, Episodes 9 and 10

by Ralph on April 27, 2013

Last week and this week, I begin a four part video series on Sterling Silver, the different types of silver, and several less expensive alternatives for the hobby jeweler who wants to work with sterling silver but can’t afford it.

New videos to be released every Friday!

Watch the videos here: Episode 9, Episode 10.

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Unkamen Knowledge: Episode 8, Two Parter!

April 12, 2013

This week is a two part video! Let’s talk stainless steel.  In this episode 8, I list a few of the most common grades of stainless steel and talk about their differences. New videos to be released every Friday! Watch this week’s video here: Part 1. Part 2.

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Unkamen Knowledge, Episode 7, back after Easter!

April 5, 2013

I got so busy during Easter weekend, that I completely forgot to upload a new video, sorry!  Here it is, episode 7.  This week I define the terms “work hardening” and “springback.”  I talk about how they relate to each other when you work with wire and make jump rings. New videos to be released [...]

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Episode 6 of the Unkamen Knowledge video series

March 21, 2013

The topic of this week’s video is tarnish resistance and durability. I talk a little bit about which metals tarnish and which metals don’t. I also talk about ways to prevent wire and jump rings from tarnishing and the pros and cons of enamel coating. New videos to be released every Friday! Watch this week’s [...]

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Unkamen Knowledge Week 5: Soldering Step-by-stp

March 15, 2013

This week, I will be soldering two jump rings together.  I will take you through the entire process step by step so that you can see exactly what I am doing and learn a little more about soldering jewelry! Watch this week’s video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozmLK-5odU I have JUST made available an All-in-One Soldering Kit, you [...]

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Unkamen Knowledge Episode 4: Soldering

March 8, 2013

I’m so happy to announce the fourth episode of Unkamen Knowledge! I always get a lot of questions about soldering, such as what materials you can and can’t solder.  This week, I take you through the list of what you can solder, and tell you why can’t solder some materials. Next week, I will show [...]

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Unkamen Knowledge: Episode 3

March 1, 2013

I’m really excited by all the positive comments I’m getting on the videos!  In this week’s video, I talk about the durability of enameled coated copper, and tips to increase the life of your enamel coated jewelry. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD1blg6y2wA

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Luck of the Irish!

March 1, 2013

St. Pat’s is just around the bend!  You might have seen this logo on our Facebook pages: We want to give YOU free prizes!  What you need to do to let your Irish Luck shine is to place an order from unkamensupplies.etsy.com and pick a number from 1-7 and put that number in the “Notes [...]

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Unkamen Knowledge, Episode 2!

February 22, 2013

In this week’s Unkamen Knowledge episode, I take a look at the different types of metals that I use to make jump rings.  Each of the metals that I talk about in the video are available in many different gauge sizes and can be wound into jump rings. Tune in next week for some tips [...]

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