TUTORIAL Simple soldered silver band ring LESSON

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THIS LISTING IS FOR A TUTORIAL. THE PICTURE SHOWS WHAT YOU WILL MAKE USING THIS JEWELRY LESSON.

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple soldered sterling silver band using a small butane torch and basic tools. This is a great project for the beginner, even if you’ve never soldered before. It will give you the fundamentals you will need to continue learning basic soldering. I will walk you step by step though making a silver band with a hammered texture that has been oxidized and polished in a tumbler.
This tutorial is 18 pages long and has over 30 photos.
I will talk to you about different materials you can start with, options in finishing, texturing, polishing and I will give you a chart that will show you how to determine the amount of material you will need to achieve a certain size ring. The chart shows North American, European and UK sizes with measurements in millimeters and inches.

Material List:
Piece of sterling silver sheet or strip approximately 20 to 16 gauge (about 1mm to 1.5mm) thick
Silver solder

Tool List:
Ruler or calipers
Pencil
Jewelers saw
Flat file
Pliers
Tweezers
Rawhide mallet
Torch
Ring mandrel (or a big felt pen, wood dowel ect...)
Proper surface for soldering
Flux
Pickle (I will give you an easy home made recipe)
Sand paper



These tutorials will be emailed to you in PDF format, in most cases within an hour or two, but no more then 12. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Added on Nov 06, 2009

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