A beginner-friendly, step-by-step course teaching you how to master the jeweler’s saw, the foundation of all fine jewelry making. Learn precision sawing, avoid common mistakes, and build strong professional skills with Senior Master Jeweler Jozeph Zarokian, based in New York & New Jersey. (HD dual-camera) Joseph Zarokian is a Senior Master Jeweler with 20+ years of expertise in high-end jewelry construction, advanced goldsmithing, and complex materials work. He is renowned for creating fully handmade pieces, restoring museum-level and million-dollar jewelry, and engineering intricate, sculptural, and mechanically precise designs.
This course covers both theory and hands-on practice for a better understanding of jewelry making techniques. Part 1 (0:00–36:00) is fully beginner-friendly, covering saw setup, blade installation, and basic cutting techniques. After this section, intermediate learners can jump ahead to the advanced sawing and professional finishing techniques. Sawing is the foundation of jewelry making — master it early, and every skill becomes easier. This course gives you the confidence, clarity, and technique to handle the jeweler’s saw like a pro.
This 2-hour session covers everything from tool setup to precision cutting and clean finishing, filmed with dual-camera HD for maximum clarity. By the end of Parts 2 and 3, you’ll confidently create hundreds of designs and a variety of letter and name pendants using your jeweler’s saw skills, unlocking your full creative potential.
Course Structure:
- Part 1 – Beginner Sawing (0:00–36:00): Learn essential tools, saw setup, blade direction & tension, body alignment, straight and curved cuts, turning techniques, wrist control, and fundamentals for clean, stable cutting. Beginners are encouraged to practice ~20 hours before moving to Part 2 for best results.
- Part 2 – Advanced Sawing (36:00–1:37:00): Cutting complex patterns, interior cuts with drilled starter holes, letter pendants, micromotor bur work, advanced turning & angle control, cutting-order planning, and maintaining support for delicate shapes.
- Part 3 – Finishing & Cleanup (1:37:00–1:58:00): Cleaning burrs and rough edges, correcting angles, smoothing curves, using the blade’s sides/back for alignment, preparing pieces for filing/polishing, and fixing symmetry or step-marks.
