Scroll earrings - Soldered jewelry tutorial
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2022
- Hi Guys, today I want to show you how to create soldered scroll earrings. I will touch on basics of soldering such as what flux and solder to use, how to solder freehand, how to create granulations and how add a gemstone using a bezel cup amongst other things.
Have fun! And I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think in the comments!!
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Materials:
Most uncoated metals are suitable:
Silver, copper, brass, gold etc..
I have used sterling silver.
- 1.3 mm (16 ga) sterling silver wire
- 0.8 mm (20 ga) sterling silver wire
- 4 mm bezel cups
- 4 mm round, flatback cabochons
Tools:
- Wire cutters
- Fine tipped round nose pliers
- Bail making pliers (optional)
- Chain nose pliers
- Butane torch (kitchen torch is okay)
- Fire brick/charcoal block
- Soldering pick/tweezers
- Third hand tool (optional)
- Hard/medium/easy solder
- Flux (borax cone is okay)
- Pickle solution (I use salt & vinegar)
- Jeweller's files - Навчання та стиль
Finally, I found someone who could show me where in the heck soft solder would be used. Thank you for that and how to make a beautiful pair of earrings too.
Glad I could help!
I've seen a wire wrapping version of this tutorial but I think your tutorial is an excellent demo for people who've just begun to learn how to solder. I like that you use salt and vinegar for your pickle because that's what I've always used ever since I first learned to solder a few years ago. I feel it's safer for me and the environment. I wanted to mention that I also use the salt and vinegar pickle for my copper jewelry and tumbling it removes the dullness and makes it shine like a brand new penny. If someone doesn't have a tumbler, they can scrub it with a brass brush and Dawn dish soap as a lubricant (I think some UK folks use something called Fairy). Anyway, thanks for an excellent tutorial. 👍 Cheers!😊
Thank you so much! I am glad you think this is useful. I very much prefer the vinegar pickle. There are far too many chemicals in jewellery making and I try to cut down wherever I can. I agree with the dullness, especially with copper. I find it makes the metal orange and won't go back to its original shine unless I polish it. A tumbler is a great idea. Thanks!
These are beautiful! I can’t wait to try and make a pair!
Have fun! 😊
just Beautiful............Love em ............Thank you for sharing........take care....hugsssss
Thank you! Hugs back x
PS - melting jump rings also make consistently sized silver grain. It saves LOTS of time especially if you're needing to make a lot of melted balls/grain because you don't have to measure each cut of wire once you determine what size jump ring you need to melt to get your desired grain size.
That could definitely work. Thank you! :)
Great tutorial, I always get great how toos from you and this beginner thanks you. I love the info about soldering but I feel that it’s above my skill level at this time.
Whenever you feel ready. You will probably be surprised by your skills when you get to trying it. x
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation of your soldering and the environmentally friendly flux and pickle supplies that you use.
BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️💖 earrings 🤩💗
Glad you found it useful!
A very well done tutorial, thank you. I found it very easy to follow!. Will have to check out your product.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing this process!
You are very welcome!
Really enjoyed your tutorial Nadja you explained everything so clearly and I’ve picked up some really good pointers thank you 😊💕
Glad you enjoyed it! x
Oooh beautiful! Will need to order some small bezel cups
They are really useful to have.
Very pretty design
Thank you!
Thank you for generously sharing your process. Love your work and tutorials are a pleasure to watch. I always look forward to seeing a new one.
Thank you so much!
excellent... do you offer just the printout or purchase?
Yes, I do also just offer the print-out. I have added the link to the description now. x
Could I use silver filled wire instead?
You can solder it, but you might expose some of the copper core if the silver layer gets too hot and melts. Having said that these only use a small amount of wire so I'd say give it a try. 😊
If your making the earrings from copper - what type of solder do you use?
It would still be silver solder. There is copper solder, but it has never worked well for me as I found it to be brittle and weak. If you are careful not to let the silver solder 'run' the joint will be hardly noticeable.
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