I'm a structural welder of ships, tanks and everything else. This was fascinating. I speak in much the same way to my rookie coworkers about details and quality. Nice job. You're magnificent!.
Thank you for your videos. I’ve been making jewelry for 15 years or so. Mostly self taught, I’ve taken a few courses. I so appreciate your common sense approach based on your experience. Your methods are solid and you’re blessed as an instructor. Thank you again; I’m most grateful I’ve found your channel.🙂
Out of all the nice tutorials on youtube I like listening to you the best. Your easy manner, UK accent and handy tips make it a delight. Some people on here it's like listening to paint dry.
I’m a female art welder (steel with a MIG) but I’m getting into jewelry making. I really appreciate your clear, thorough and precise instructions on soldering. I’m a new sub and will be watching your other videos! Many thanks.
Thank you for listing the equipment you used for the vlog. Would it be possible to also list the equipment you used for the soldering? That would be super helpful. Some of us are beginners and not so well versed on some of the terms mentioned, so it's hard to figure out what specifically is used, the soldering machine for example, which kind is it? Is it a gun or a fire machine? The stuff used to clean the jump rings, I tried to catch the names and write them down when mentioned, but still missed them... super helpful to have the relevant stuff listed as well. Thanks.
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Thank you so much for this video. I feel well informed now. Just going to start connecting jump rings for my bracelets and wire wrapping pieces. Buying equipment slowly. Thank you. Kim South Africa
Thanks for the film Andrew. I understand a lot more about solders now. Best to have everything at hand, in case needed, but try and stick to the best quality possible.
Thank you very much! I also think there's a paucity of information on soldering on UA-cam, and also in general. I've made my own mokume-game in a forge, I've got about 15 years of hobby blacksmithing experience but I've never been able to silver solder because people don't tell you the specific temperature ranges, required atmospheric conditions, cooling rates, etc. They just say "apply the flux, and heat till the solder melts". So thank you.
Great video on jump ring soldering. Thank you Andrew. Always my go to when I need to look up something in detail. Thank you also for your live sessions.
Hoorah I did my very first silver soldering today, I just wanted to repair some pocket watch chains but I feel I may be entering a whole new world now!!!
Thank you for this video Andrew. Excellent tips & well explained! I especially appreciate the demonstration on filing & sanding the rings to clean them! I feel silly asking this, but I've had a terrible time trying to get a good join on smaller gauge jump rings. No matter what I do, I can't get the seam butted up perfectly. Any tips on how I can do that with 20 gauge & smaller wire jump rings? Thank you!
Hello from a beautiful sunny morning in Florida! I really appreciate your careful methodology and standard of excellence, especially in your beginners' tutorials. Bad habits formed early can be hardest to break. I'd prefer not to cut corners in my own work, especially if I don't know I'm doing it and have to learn that later for myself the hard way. You make an engaging instructor. It's rare to find someone knowledgeable and gifted in their field who can so clearly and interestingly articulate what things need to be done and why. Looking forward to watching many more of your videos. Subscribed! Thanks for sharing your knowledge here on UA-cam. Very best wishes for the continuing success of this channel.
Great video! You give such understandable directions and show why you do what you're supposed to. I see I'm wrong in buying a soldering iron first before watching soldering for jewelry (or jewellery for the U.K.) or crafts.
Very informative! Is there any way you could link the soldering products you used? Do you have any videos or suggestions for soldering gold jump rings?
This speaks to what I'm presently doing, making a chain, using third hand, good to learn to heat third hand which I hadn't thought of. Wondered why that solder would slide down. I'm pick soldering and heating pick. I've got it working with easy solder. I use too much solder out of fear, so my chain now needs hand finishing/cleanup. Only melted a few, but not lately. My links are random size: long, short, plate, wire. I like it. Have stone in bezel ready when chain complete. Meanwhile finishing a novel.
Omg, you sound like me, I've just finished making 2000 5mm 316 jumprings, now I have to start coiling 6000 4mm ready to connect then solder.. And I'm in the middle of a series of 7 novels lol the jewelry is taking priority tho..
Have you done a video on using channel wire or regular wire for making open ring bezels with connectors on each end for a necklace of linked rose cut gems? Thank you Andrew!
THANK U!!! I'm just about to get into soldering sterling & I really appreciate your videos. Thank u so much! Definitely subscribed & a big thumbs up! 👍😘
Dear Mr Berry, thanks for all your amazingly instructive videos. I am re-watching a couple and doing some notes on them for my next project, it has been very helpful. So far most of my doubts have been answered but I am left wondering what would be the best way to solder a piece of chain onto a bigger piece of metal. If you would talk about it in any of your videos I would be certainly interested in hearing about your ideas... Just saying ;D Thanks again for sharing all this knowledge!
I just bought the dremel solder tool. I was told to use lead free rosin core solder and liquid soldering flux. Then to put the flux on the joint and heat the tool put the tip to the solder then apply to the joint.....Love the tip on cleaning the joints. But no one mentioned using borax and pickle solution.....do I need it for this type of soldering? Thanks ahead! Susita
I have been attempting to solder a piece for a week and nothing I have been doing works. I got different solders and different flux's and ever different metals. I still failed. I'm basically studying all of your soldering videos tonight and they're very easy to follow and filled with great information. I can't wait to try again tomorrow and see if I can get it to work this time around.
Its best to stick with SILVER. Use silver solder. Get that yellow flux. Have pickle solution. Play the fire over the piece like you are heating it evenly. Dont try to concentrate fire. Just heat evenly. Make sure two pieces are clean. SOmetimes I heat them up and drop them in pickle until they are snowy white. Its not brain surgery. I learned from just watching people and asking questions. I make cabs, too. But I usually just make a setting, then scribe the size onto slab. But using something to hold your piece will suck all of your heat away.I have NEVER used any aid in holding pieces. Im not as good as this guy, but I do what works for me, and itsnot that hard. You shoudnt need more than one try. Thats silly. I use a propane. Just a regular propane torch. Jump rings are tricky. I have never been able to do them, altho I have made 100s of rings, repairs, pendants.
Good for you for continuing to work at it Shannon! Have you succeeded yet? I tell you, every one says how easy soldering jump rings is, but I totally disagree. It's difficult to correctly solder those tiny things!! I've been able to solder larger items with no problem, but fine jump rings are totally different. So delicate. I'm going to keep trying too though! Andrew does explain well. His tips on filing & sanding the area to solder are excellent. Good luck to you!
Good for you for continuing to work at it Shannon! Have you succeeded yet? I tell you, every one says how easy soldering jump rings is, but I totally disagree. It's difficult to correctly solder those tiny things!! I've been able to solder larger items with no problem, but fine jump rings are totally different. So delicate. I'm going to keep trying too though! Andrew does explain well. His tips on filing & sanding the area to solder are excellent. Good luck to you!
Hi Shannon! Darn I'm sorry. I didn't get back to this for a while, so any success yet? I finally succeeded with my jump rings by changing my flux (now using paste Handi-flux which works great!) & using a magnifying visor headset to make sure I'm filing the ends accurately to correctly join. I'd been filing too vigorously before. I'd also started with copper (so I wouldn't waste the more expensive silver) & just read an article that stated copper is much more difficult to solder than silver! I thought, "Well duh! Why didn't I read this before!" Does any of this help you? What have you been using?
Your education is very much appreciated. I have questions regarding Borax, is it used in place of flux? Is it a special Borax or the same Borax used for cleaning, that can be purchased at a regular grocery store? Thank you much!
nah just the stuff like for laundry, used it before. It is a type of flux that you can use, just pour some in a small container of water and paint it on your piece
Hi Andrew, thanks for a really good series. I am battling with soldering and I would want to know what solder you use I tried Easy, Hard solder (flat strips) but I have to heat the piece till the borax is black and then it still wont melt the solder. I am at my wits end a bit.
Your instruction is so easy to follow! And you pronounce ""solder" correctly. Why we Americans say "sauter" I will never understand. My husband is a machinist and he corrects me when I say "solder". He says "no, it's SAUTER." Where on earth did that come from?!
As a plumber I was taught that cleaning (in my case pipe and fittings) is absolutely vital. And as you pointed out, not touching afterwards. I am used to heating the metal enough for the solder to melt on contact, with no need for the flame to touch the solder. Is that a viable technique at this smaller scale?
Allen Clark Exactly. When soldering fine chains if you touched the chain with the torch it would melt so you use the heat from the metal to melt the solder
When you say clean, you mean file both sides of the jump ring so they will evenly align and close together before soldering? This was very helpful. I’m a self taught jewelry maker and this helped me gain a great new technique to keep jump rings sturdy. Thanks for the tutorial
Hi. I very recently discovered Andrew's videos and have been watching them obsessively trying to learn about soldering. He always stresses that one needs to make sure the area to be soldered is clean no matter what the project is and he uses Emery cloth/boards, or files, etc., to clean the area. I believe what he is saying is to scuff the ends of the jump ring just enough so they are clean so it will make a good solder joint. Good jump rings are already flush (evenly aligned) unless they are damaged or get bent out of shape by not closing them correctly. Cheers! 🙂
Just out of curiosity... I am not a jewelry maker or an expert on solder, but I did do some soldering in an electrical class in college and that process was extremely different. We had a soldering iron and the solder was like wire that we touched the end of to the part we were soldering. So why the difference? What we did seems much easier so I'm sure there must be a good reason that jewelry making has a more advanced soldering process, but I don't have any idea of what it could be.
Soldering irons generally don't get hot enough. I think that is one of the main reasons they aren't used very often in jewelry making. The wire you were using to solder probably had a flux core.
Hi Andrew! im fr argentina and im really happy i found this tutorials!! very well explained! I have a question.. could you please tell me the brand of the torches? in other video you showed two, a smaller and a bigger one, could you please tell me the brand or the specifications? cause i ll buy it at amazon or try to find here in buenos aires, and would love to know what to buy so i dont pick the wrong one..thx!!!! Veronica
When I first started smithing I used wire solder. I started using sheet and stopped using wire. I don't like it. I have no experience with paste. Always used borax though. It makes a nice red glass, too!good video!
Hi Andrew, does solder wire come in any other colour other than silver? What if you were working on something that had a copper or gold colour to it? Thanks
I am a medal worker and machinist and I am familiar with many different types of brazing and soldering. Can you do a video the specific types of solder you are using and where you use them. I have also seen jewlers just use silver to enlarge a ring, can you explain what exactly they are using.
How do you pickle the soldered jump ring if it’s on a piece of jewelry that has components that probably shouldn’t come in contact with the pickle (such as pearls on a pearl necklace, where the soldered jump rings are used to attach the two halves of the clasp)? Great video, and also your video on tools needed for soldering!
I do like your tutorials, you are an excellent instructor. Would you recommend practicing my soldering on copper & copper wire? Silver is so expensive. The problem with using uother metals is the different melting point tho, so what is closest metal to silver to use as far as amount of heat/time necessary to solder?
Excellent sir...I have made a lot of chain mail jewelry like Byzantine and Persian styles but I did not solder...so my hard work is coming undone, should I take it all apart and start again, or can I solder the pieces while on the chain? Thank u sir.
This is an older video so i don’t know if you’ll see it. Back when I was doing electrical soldering, i would clean the wire with an eraser, and you could somewhat control how far the solder would go up the wire by how far you cleaned. Would that work with silver wire?
This was excellent -- so clear and helpful. Thank you so much. Can you please explain what the borax is for? Is this the same as flux? Also, I know that flux is critical, but I'm not sure just what it does. If you could help me through these questions I'd be very grateful. I'm interested in getting enough information together to do backless bevels on ceramic pieces. Thank you again!
One of THE best jewellery teachers on YT 🎉🎉❤❤❤
I'm a structural welder of ships, tanks and everything else. This was fascinating. I speak in much the same way to my rookie coworkers about details and quality. Nice job. You're magnificent!.
Thank you for your videos. I’ve been making jewelry for 15 years or so. Mostly self taught, I’ve taken a few courses. I so appreciate your common sense approach based on your experience. Your methods are solid and you’re blessed as an instructor. Thank you again; I’m most grateful I’ve found your channel.🙂
Out of all the nice tutorials on youtube I like listening to you the best. Your easy manner, UK accent and handy tips make it a delight. Some people on here it's like listening to paint dry.
OH MY GOSH YOU ARE SOOOOOOO CORRECT.....THE WOMEN LIKE TO CHAT!
Lol I thought most of them sounded like they need to blow their nose..
nice when people speak naturally and are not trying to sound like a gadget commercial.
I’m a female art welder (steel with a MIG) but I’m getting into jewelry making. I really appreciate your clear, thorough and precise instructions on soldering. I’m a new sub and will be watching your other videos! Many thanks.
Thank you for listing the equipment you used for the vlog. Would it be possible to also list the equipment you used for the soldering? That would be super helpful. Some of us are beginners and not so well versed on some of the terms mentioned, so it's hard to figure out what specifically is used, the soldering machine for example, which kind is it? Is it a gun or a fire machine? The stuff used to clean the jump rings, I tried to catch the names and write them down when mentioned, but still missed them... super helpful to have the relevant stuff listed as well. Thanks.
Wow! Thanks so much Andew for such a detailed instructions. Now I'm much more confident to start soldering!
Thank you Andrew! Happy Holidays! Happy 2023!
Excellent video, especially the emphasis on cleaning. Its really the same as silver brazing, just a lot less heat and the flux is in the solder.
Thanks for the meticulous explanation, and finally, SOMEONE pays the necessary attention for sldering cleanliness!
Why is there a list of camera equipment but not the solder equipment?
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So that folks can buy those things if they'd like. He might also get commission for them
Also if u dona little Google search for"jewelry soldering kit" you'll find everything you need
Thank you so much for this video. I feel well informed now. Just going to start connecting jump rings for my bracelets and wire wrapping pieces. Buying equipment slowly. Thank you. Kim South Africa
For real. Great video for quick info on exactly what I was looking for. Good job!
Very nice, I wish I were still manufacturing jewelry, it was so fulfilling! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill.
Thanks for the film Andrew. I understand a lot more about solders now. Best to have everything at hand, in case needed, but try and stick to the best quality possible.
Thank you, I started a necklace years ago and I was stumped with soldering the jump rings. You explained this so perfectly for a novice like me.
You are so welcome!
Excellent video - exactly what I was searching for.
This is a quality instructional video. Thank you.
Thank you very much! I also think there's a paucity of information on soldering on UA-cam, and also in general. I've made my own mokume-game in a forge, I've got about 15 years of hobby blacksmithing experience but I've never been able to silver solder because people don't tell you the specific temperature ranges, required atmospheric conditions, cooling rates, etc. They just say "apply the flux, and heat till the solder melts". So thank you.
Great video on jump ring soldering. Thank you Andrew. Always my go to when I need to look up something in detail. Thank you also for your live sessions.
Thank you for sharing the basics
Wow, I'm a new jewellery maker and this takes my skills to another level. Thanks!
That is...far less complicated than I thought it would be! And it's explained so well!
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I've done a lot of this type of thing with copper jewelry and I've got to say that your information is rock solid....
Excellent and cleared tutorial steps on how to soldered chains, thank you appreciated 😀
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Well done! Very thorough!
These best videos I've come across.
Excellent tutorial, Andrew! I'm a beginner and everything you teach is very educational and informative. Thanks again!
Just brilliant you explain really really well thank you so much.
Fantastic videos. Learned my trade from these. Great instruction.Technically exceptional.
Hoorah I did my very first silver soldering today, I just wanted to repair some pocket watch chains but I feel I may be entering a whole new world now!!!
Man great videos lol Everytime your face pops up on the recommended videos I get hooked. Time to subscribe lol
Yes, your instructions are very easy to follow and very helpfull. Thank you.
Thank you for this video Andrew. Excellent tips & well explained! I especially appreciate the demonstration on filing & sanding the rings to clean them! I feel silly asking this, but I've had a terrible time trying to get a good join on smaller gauge jump rings. No matter what I do, I can't get the seam butted up perfectly. Any tips on how I can do that with 20 gauge & smaller wire jump rings? Thank you!
Excellent information, thanks Brotato chip.
your instructions is beautiful. You are clear and fantastic. Thank you for your knowledge. I look forward to many more videos.
Truly Fabulous!
Hello from a beautiful sunny morning in Florida! I really appreciate your careful methodology and standard of excellence, especially in your beginners' tutorials. Bad habits formed early can be hardest to break. I'd prefer not to cut corners in my own work, especially if I don't know I'm doing it and have to learn that later for myself the hard way. You make an engaging instructor. It's rare to find someone knowledgeable and gifted in their field who can so clearly and interestingly articulate what things need to be done and why. Looking forward to watching many more of your videos. Subscribed! Thanks for sharing your knowledge here on UA-cam. Very best wishes for the continuing success of this channel.
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Great video! You give such understandable directions and show why you do what you're supposed to. I see I'm wrong in buying a soldering iron first before watching soldering for jewelry (or jewellery for the U.K.) or crafts.
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Beautifully explained. Thank you so much!
Such an excellent video, Andrew. Thanks
Great tutorial, thanks ❤
thank you for this tutorial I have learned so much from it.
Love the way he teaches 😘thanks. 👍
Very informative! Is there any way you could link the soldering products you used? Do you have any videos or suggestions for soldering gold jump rings?
you make this look so easy ... love it ... thank you ... awesome CHANNEL >> >Thank you for teach me !
This speaks to what I'm presently doing, making a chain, using third hand, good to learn to heat third hand which I hadn't thought of. Wondered why that solder would slide down.
I'm pick soldering and heating pick. I've got it working with easy solder. I use too much solder out of fear, so my chain now needs hand finishing/cleanup. Only melted a few, but not lately. My links are random size: long, short, plate, wire. I like it. Have stone in bezel ready when chain complete. Meanwhile finishing a novel.
Omg, you sound like me, I've just finished making 2000 5mm 316 jumprings, now I have to start coiling 6000 4mm ready to connect then solder.. And I'm in the middle of a series of 7 novels lol the jewelry is taking priority tho..
Have you done a video on using channel wire or regular wire for making open ring bezels with connectors on each end for a necklace of linked rose cut gems? Thank you Andrew!
Very helpful video. I was wondering why my paste solders don't work well for larger areas--thanks; I'll keep them for small tasks like jump rings.
wow impressive details. best ever
Thank you so much for your Way shering is wonderful.
Thanks for sharing 😊😌
good tips for a beginner.... thank you
THANK U!!! I'm just about to get into soldering sterling & I really appreciate your videos. Thank u so much! Definitely subscribed & a big thumbs up! 👍😘
This was an awesome video. Thanks!
Extremely helpful, thank you Andrew.
Can I use the same techniques to solder for example Cuban chains, belchers or any other chains please? Excellent video.
Dear Mr Berry, thanks for all your amazingly instructive videos. I am re-watching a couple and doing some notes on them for my next project, it has been very helpful. So far most of my doubts have been answered but I am left wondering what would be the best way to solder a piece of chain onto a bigger piece of metal. If you would talk about it in any of your videos I would be certainly interested in hearing about your ideas... Just saying ;D
Thanks again for sharing all this knowledge!
What a nice tutorial thank you!
Thanks Andrew! Another informative tutorial!!
Thank you. It's been a long time since class. What should I buy for pickle ♥
Well Done! Liked/Subscribed!
great video, is the process the same for gold ?
Thank you sir!
Sometimes I feel like I’m really winning and lately Iv been feeling like a damn winner!
I just bought the dremel solder tool. I was told to use lead free rosin core solder and liquid soldering flux. Then to put the flux on the joint and heat the tool put the tip to the solder then apply to the joint.....Love the tip on cleaning the joints. But no one mentioned using borax and pickle solution.....do I need it for this type of soldering? Thanks ahead! Susita
I'm always amazed that the blow from the torch doesn't push the solder off the piece. it seems so delicate.
I have been attempting to solder a piece for a week and nothing I have been doing works. I got different solders and different flux's and ever different metals. I still failed. I'm basically studying all of your soldering videos tonight and they're very easy to follow and filled with great information. I can't wait to try again tomorrow and see if I can get it to work this time around.
Its best to stick with SILVER. Use silver solder. Get that yellow flux. Have pickle solution. Play the fire over the piece like you are heating it evenly. Dont try to concentrate fire. Just heat evenly. Make sure two pieces are clean. SOmetimes I heat them up and drop them in pickle until they are snowy white. Its not brain surgery. I learned from just watching people and asking questions. I make cabs, too. But I usually just make a setting, then scribe the size onto slab. But using something to hold your piece will suck all of your heat away.I have NEVER used any aid in holding pieces. Im not as good as this guy, but I do what works for me, and itsnot that hard. You shoudnt need more than one try. Thats silly. I use a propane. Just a regular propane torch. Jump rings are tricky. I have never been able to do them, altho I have made 100s of rings, repairs, pendants.
Good for you for continuing to work at it Shannon! Have you succeeded yet? I tell you, every one says how easy soldering jump rings is, but I totally disagree. It's difficult to correctly solder those tiny things!! I've been able to solder larger items with no problem, but fine jump rings are totally different. So delicate. I'm going to keep trying too though! Andrew does explain well. His tips on filing & sanding the area to solder are excellent. Good luck to you!
Good for you for continuing to work at it Shannon! Have you succeeded yet? I tell you, every one says how easy soldering jump rings is, but I totally disagree. It's difficult to correctly solder those tiny things!! I've been able to solder larger items with no problem, but fine jump rings are totally different. So delicate. I'm going to keep trying too though! Andrew does explain well. His tips on filing & sanding the area to solder are excellent. Good luck to you!
Jeanine D hi! I have still not succeeded :( I've tried a hunch of different variations hit still haven't had any luck soldering anything.
Hi Shannon! Darn I'm sorry. I didn't get back to this for a while, so any success yet? I finally succeeded with my jump rings by changing my flux (now using paste Handi-flux which works great!) & using a magnifying visor headset to make sure I'm filing the ends accurately to correctly join. I'd been filing too vigorously before. I'd also started with copper (so I wouldn't waste the more expensive silver) & just read an article that stated copper is much more difficult to solder than silver! I thought, "Well duh! Why didn't I read this before!" Does any of this help you? What have you been using?
Hi, thank you so much for video. Can I ask, how to clean black color from silver after soldering? May be you have some video about it?
Awesome video! Thank you.
I am interested in your idea of the prestolight tourch for general silversmithing rings.
Your education is very much appreciated. I have questions regarding Borax, is it used in place of flux? Is it a special Borax or the same Borax used for cleaning, that can be purchased at a regular grocery store? Thank you much!
nah just the stuff like for laundry, used it before. It is a type of flux that you can use, just pour some in a small container of water and paint it on your piece
Very good tutorial! I learned a bunch! Thank you.
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Hi Andrew, thanks for a really good series. I am battling with soldering and I would want to know what solder you use I tried Easy, Hard solder (flat strips) but I have to heat the piece till the borax is black and then it still wont melt the solder. I am at my wits end a bit.
Your instruction is so easy to follow! And you pronounce ""solder" correctly. Why we Americans say "sauter" I will never understand. My husband is a machinist and he corrects me when I say "solder". He says "no, it's SAUTER." Where on earth did that come from?!
Americans and Brits pronounce lots of words differently.
US still uses imperial system... what do you expect?
Ȟᴇċĸȧĸŷʜ Âɡᴇĸʙȧᴛᴇʜ we actually use both! Not what you expected I guess
Badassblacksmith Hehe, good sense of humor :)
I've been wondering that too...it's not as though you spell it differently in America, (without the L)...solder also sounds better...lol.
Thanks for your generosity i n sharing your expertise! Thats great! (;
Thank you so much i have much learning thank you
thanks for the video, is this just a creme brulee butane gas torch?
Very helpful!
love your videos you are a good teacher. what would be the best way to polish that when your finish making a chain out of jump rings
Thin jumpings, then I would use a brass brush with soapy water. Larger rings, then I would use a flex shaft.
good work
very helpful
As a plumber I was taught that cleaning (in my case pipe and fittings) is absolutely vital. And as you pointed out, not touching afterwards.
I am used to heating the metal enough for the solder to melt on contact, with no need for the flame to touch the solder. Is that a viable technique at this smaller scale?
Allen Clark Exactly. When soldering fine chains if you touched the chain with the torch it would melt so you use the heat from the metal to melt the solder
When you say clean, you mean file both sides of the jump ring so they will evenly align and close together before soldering?
This was very helpful. I’m a self taught jewelry maker and this helped me gain a great new technique to keep jump rings sturdy. Thanks for the tutorial
Hi. I very recently discovered Andrew's videos and have been watching them obsessively trying to learn about soldering. He always stresses that one needs to make sure the area to be soldered is clean no matter what the project is and he uses Emery cloth/boards, or files, etc., to clean the area. I believe what he is saying is to scuff the ends of the jump ring just enough so they are clean so it will make a good solder joint. Good jump rings are already flush (evenly aligned) unless they are damaged or get bent out of shape by not closing them correctly. Cheers! 🙂
Just out of curiosity... I am not a jewelry maker or an expert on solder, but I did do some soldering in an electrical class in college and that process was extremely different. We had a soldering iron and the solder was like wire that we touched the end of to the part we were soldering. So why the difference? What we did seems much easier so I'm sure there must be a good reason that jewelry making has a more advanced soldering process, but I don't have any idea of what it could be.
Soldering irons generally don't get hot enough. I think that is one of the main reasons they aren't used very often in jewelry making. The wire you were using to solder probably had a flux core.
Thank you @andrewberryuk ! Very timely as I am soldering earrings with jump rings today! ;-) xoxoxo
Hi Andrew! im fr argentina and im really happy i found this tutorials!! very well explained! I have a question.. could you please tell me the brand of the torches? in other video you showed two, a smaller and a bigger one, could you please tell me the brand or the specifications? cause i ll buy it at amazon or try to find here in buenos aires, and would love to know what to buy so i dont pick the wrong one..thx!!!! Veronica
When I first started smithing I used wire solder. I started using sheet and stopped using wire. I don't like it. I have no experience with paste. Always used borax though. It makes a nice red glass, too!good video!
Great video!!!
Hi Andrew, does solder wire come in any other colour other than silver? What if you were working on something that had a copper or gold colour to it?
Thanks
Thanks a lot!!
I am a medal worker and machinist and I am familiar with many different types of brazing and soldering. Can you do a video the specific types of solder you are using and where you use them. I have also seen jewlers just use silver to enlarge a ring, can you explain what exactly they are using.
How do you pickle the soldered jump ring if it’s on a piece of jewelry that has components that probably shouldn’t come in contact with the pickle (such as pearls on a pearl necklace, where the soldered jump rings are used to attach the two halves of the clasp)? Great video, and also your video on tools needed for soldering!
Just put the item you’ve soldered into the pickle and not the whole piece
I do like your tutorials, you are an excellent instructor. Would you recommend practicing my soldering on copper & copper wire? Silver is so expensive. The problem with using uother metals is the different melting point tho, so what is closest metal to silver to use as far as amount of heat/time necessary to solder?
Cheers on the video.. thanks it was excellent tips
Andrew, can you solder gold? Thanks - like your details.
Yes you can solder gold using gold solder
Thank you!
Excellent sir...I have made a lot of chain mail jewelry like Byzantine and Persian styles but I did not solder...so my hard work is coming undone, should I take it all apart and start again, or can I solder the pieces while on the chain? Thank u sir.
The borax you're using is it the same stuff we find in the laundry aisle?
This is an older video so i don’t know if you’ll see it. Back when I was doing electrical soldering, i would clean the wire with an eraser, and you could somewhat control how far the solder would go up the wire by how far you cleaned. Would that work with silver wire?
What do you recommend for rose gold filled and gold filled jump rings?
This was excellent -- so clear and helpful. Thank you so much. Can you please explain what the borax is for? Is this the same as flux? Also, I know that flux is critical, but I'm not sure just what it does. If you could help me through these questions I'd be very grateful. I'm interested in getting enough information together to do backless bevels on ceramic pieces. Thank you again!