How To Make Baroque Pearl Pendant | Unleash Your Creativity with Micro Welding - Lessons EP2

In this video, I shared the technique of making a pendant by welding wire with a baroque pearl (and any bead), using a micro welder.
This method works for any pulse arc micro welder that can weld between 5 W to 10 W power. In this video, I am using the Zapp, but it works similarly for mPulse 30 and the Orion PJ.
This technique is a shortcut to weld any vertically drilled bead.
Tip 1: Use wire, thin enough to go through the bead twice. If the hole of the bead is too large, you can use a bead cap, or an additional small bead at the bottom, that has a smaller hole.
Tip 2: you can create a larger ball at the end of the wire by leaving the wires longer, reducing the power and welding the ball several times, so that it melts and collects more silver
Tip 3: if you have round nose pliers, you can make a rounder loop for the top of the bead, and the pendant will swing more smoothly.
Tip 4: for the bail, you can either use a Jump rings and then weld it, or you can use a soldered ring by slipping, yet into the wires before inserting the wires through the bead. This will save you one step, or if you are using Gold Filled jumprings, Soldered Rings will not have an extra weld mark.
Top 5: if the whole of the bed is not significantly larger than the double wires, you can trim the wire down to an excess of 2-3mm. For wires 28-24ga, 7w-8w power will work well. Four wires that are 22-20ga, 10w power seems to work better. You can adjust to see which power setting works best for you..
Tip 6: this method works well with solid metals, but I would not recommended for Gold, Filled or plated metals. If you want a gold filled necklace, you can use solid gold wire so that any oxidation can be brushed off without worry that the brass core may become exposed.
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Jewelry components used in this video (all available online | with product code):
FW Pearls Baroque Dyed Silver Grey | PX08E
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26ga Round Wire (0.40mm) Dead Soft Sterling Silver .925 | FW15S
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6mm Round Bubble Charm Closed Soldered Rings Sterling Silver .925 | FN0US
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18 inches 1mm Fine Curb Finished Chain Sterling Silver .925 | CF4CS
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FW Pearls Potato Natural White | PP00B
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5mm Round Closed Soldered Rings Sterling Silver .925 | FN0SS
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16 inches Fine Box Finished Chain Sterling Silver .925 | CF01S
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18x13mm Amazonite Smooth Teardrop Drop Beads | SZ021
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22ga Round Wire Dead Soft Sterling Silver .925 | FW0US
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18 inches Satellite Cable Finished Chain Sterling Silver .925 | CF2GS
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Orion Grounded Precision Pliers | TX041
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Zapp Entry-Level Permanent Jewelry Welder | ZAPP
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Time Stamps:
00:00 Start
00:10 Intro
00:23 Baroque pearl pendant
04:14 White pearl pendant
09:16 Blue bead pendant
10:29 End
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Note on Micro Welder I have used in this video:
Orion Micro Welder mPulse 30 is made by Sunstone Engineering, in the USA. Stones And Findings is a premier licensed distributor for Orion Micro Welders.
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[@pennycolwell3880]

Thank you so much I have a sunstone laser welder and I'm learning a lot from your videos😁

[@stonesandfindings]

Great to read this!!!!

[@bevmutch4310]

Amazing thank you ❤

[@stonesandfindings]

You're welcome 😊 thank you for liking and watching!!!

[@abdelmajid427]

عمل رائع وجميل أريد شراء مثل هده الآلة أنا من المغرب 🇲🇦 شكرا لك

[@stonesandfindings]

شكرًا لك! الجهاز مصنوع في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وسعره 1000 دولار أمريكي.
لا أعرف إذا كان هناك تاجر في المغرب. نحن نشحن إلى جميع أنحاء العالم باستخدام DHL وأتصور أن تكلفة الشحن إلى هناك تتراوح ما بين 160 إلى 200 دولار أمريكي تقريبًا. إنه حوالي 120 دولارًا - 140 دولارًا لفرنسا ودول الاتحاد الأوروبي الأخرى.
Thank you! The machine is made in the USA and sells for US$1000.
I do not know if there is a dealer in Morocco. We ship all over the world using DHL and I would imagine that it will be about US$160 - $200 to ship there. It is about $120-$140 to France and other EU countries.

[@brianb.2119]

Thanks for this tutorial. Would this work with Ethiopian opal bead?

[@stonesandfindings]

It should work with Ethiopian beads - I tried it with a very small one. I would suggest that you protect the larger beads with liquid latex that you can peel off later. I might consider filming it, but would have to go buy some next time I am out for supplies. You can buy them at any goldsmithing supply store.

[@natishamosier921]

Hi! Thanks for such great videos! Can you also work with gold filled wire with the welders?

[@stonesandfindings]

Yes you can! The only thing is the weld mark will become dark over time because the exposed brass inside of gold filled will darken over time. I would use a ball pin in gold filled and welder the top loop. I have a video for that style.

[@natishamosier921]

@@stonesandfindings can you send me the video?