Jewelry Monk

Category: Soldering

  • Making a Twisted Wire Two-Toned Band (Part 2)

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    Doug Napier
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    Yesterday I twisted up some copper wire and rolled it into a rope-like shape that turned out pretty neat. Now I am scratching my head thinking “what in the world am I going to do with this”? Well I decided to turn it into a two-toned band with a little silver to offset the copper…

  • How to Drill out and Fill a Large Pit

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    Doug Napier
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    I have mentioned before that it is always a good idea to drill out your pits before you fill them with solder, and today I will show you a good reason why. I was working on a texturing lesson (which I will post tomorrow) and I had a small pit on the surface of the…

  • How to Make a Nugget Pendant With Recycled Silver

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    Doug Napier
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    A lot of the things I have learned, I figured out by trial and error. A while back I wanted a “Nuggety” looking pendant, so I experimented and here is what I came up with. Here is a fun little project if you have a few pieces of silver scrap and a torch. Start with…

  • How to Solder and Fill a Pit

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    Doug Napier
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    One of the things you are going to run into eventually when working with jewelry, especially casted jewelry is pits. Small pits are one thing and I wrote a post about how to clean them up in an earlier post (Day 11 www.JewelryMonk.com,pitsandporosity) Today we will look at how to take care of those larger…

  • How to Solder Thin Pieces to Thicker Pieces

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    Doug Napier
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    In a few of the entries before I have mentioned the fact that when soldering, solder follows the heat and you need to pay attention to the position of the torch. This is especially important when soldering thin pieces to thicker ones. Today we will dive into this a little more.  If you do any…