Beginner Soldering: Huggie Pendants | Jewelry 101 

Good grief lady, you make it look so easy. I really enjoyed your tutoriall, thank you so much!! You made an old man happy! (83)

I've always been nervous about soldering but I now feel confident enough to try after watching this excellent tutorial. Thank you, Susan!

Came just to see what soldering was like (been learning wrapping for a couple of weeks) and now this is my new goal! I love craft tutorialists like you! You explain everything very thoroughly and clearly, you go at a good pace, not too slow or fast, and you don't keep saying "oh don't worry about fixing this" you tell when something matters and when it doesn't and you took through your process, not just constantly teaching something. Thank you so much and I look forward to viewing your channel :)

Kudos...I'm a beginner and you nailed this video. Outstanding 😊

I've been wanting to make one of these for a while! I love these soldering tutorials!

Thanks so much. You are a natural teacher. Very clear instruction on a fairly complex topic for beginners.

Love these. I just made a fall lariet necklace with big glass leaf beads and these will go great, thank you and stay safe.

Excellent video about tools and process. Thank you Susan!

I have 'always' wanted to do jewelry but it seemed like a world far far away for me. These videos make this long desire a bit more possible, So 'Exciting'

Wow, this tutorial was exceptional. Thank you for the ease of sharing how to solder, what to look for, how to stay safe. Awesome!

I Love this❗️Susan’s videos are very helpful ❗️Please keep them coming ❗️Carole💕

Love the versatility of the huggie prong setting! Ive used it for earrings, rings, and bracelet charms as well. I haven't soldered in a few months and I wanted a little brush up on the process and this is a very nice and clear tutorial, thank you!

This is great! I'm just about to start soldering and silversmithing and this has made me feel really confident about doing it. Also, the solder paste and spray flux look so easy for a beginner like me! Thanks for this brilliant tutorial. X

You have done a wonderful job. I took a class years ago. Haven't used it yet, but I will after your tutorials.

You are so right. Once you learn how to make jewelry you want to take it to the next level. I’ve been wanting to learn to solder and this is a great instructional tutorial. Ring soldering would be a great video. Thank you Susan!

Thanks so much for the "huggy" totorial!! I've got some great large Labradorite cabs I ordered from JTV and I'm making a few rings out of the smaller stones but the largest this would be perfect for!! Thanks Susan!! Maybe a video on a simple cuff bracelet would be cool to see you do. Thanks again!

Have watched other how-to videos on how to solder "huggie pendants" and can honestly say that this is the BEST instructional video that I have seen!! Thanks for all the explanations. You're a great teacher!

Your personality makes the video so enjoyable to watch. You are so engaging as well as thorough in your explanations! Thank you again for a 'Fantabulous' tutorial!

I appreciate and love watching your videos. This is a really good beginner video; however, it is 🔸➡️INCORRECT to say you cannot solder with a kitchen or chef's torch.⬅️🔸It doesn't have to be an expensive torch to start out with. As long as it's rated for the high heat temp, you can definitely solder 10 gauge and smaller wire in either metal, copper or silver. I have not worked with larger than 10 gauge wire so I can't comment on that but I have soldered lots of other sizes I bought my first (and only torch) last year for $15 on Amazon and it has a rating of 2500°F which is hundreds of degrees above the melting temperature of either metal. It's been amazing not to mention a can of Zippo butane fuel to fill and refill it only costs me $3/can at my local grocery store. It's hard for some people to afford everything to get started so it's good to know and share these things. I absolutely love JTV and have been a customer for 4 years so I'm not trying to kill your sale but sometimes some people, especially newbies, need a price break. The expensive stuff can be obtained later. Thanks for ALL your wonderful tutorials. They're awesome! ❤️❤️❤️😊

enjoyed your video, so straight forward and easy to absorb. I'm new to soldering and just need to do it and gain confidence. Your video really gives me that nudge to just do it! Thank you so much.

Thank you for your wonderful lessons!!! Best regards from Crimea.

I really loved the way you are teaching 💗💗💗

The Best explained about soldering, reviewing all the tools and supplies I've ever watched, read. I mostly am gathering info & supplies from several sources to try soldering with supplies that just didn't work. Like I was working with all thumbs. Love the spray flux and paste solder. Big Thank you for showing, using the tools and supplies that make soldering less frustrating. Thank you ! Super Trainer⭐👍💗

Great tutorial. Wonderful clear instruction.

Thanks , very helpful to admire our jewelry It is a lot of work with passion 🙏

This is so fascinating to me. I would love a hobby like this. Thanks for sharing and explaining each component used. Have a great day!!!!

Awesome video!! I learn so much from these, thanks!!

Great video! Thank you for sharing! ❤️ Can't wait to try this!

this is the perfect video tutorial for me.. thank you susan

Thank you and I lv your tutorials glad to see you 😊

You are the best soldering teacher on utube!!

Great teaching style! Thank you.

Oh, joy i did it! Yes, thank you Susan 🎉

This is a great channel. I'm so glad the algorithm recommended it 💍📿💖☺️

Ok. This is a 2nd one I think is grrrr8. So detailed it sounds n looks easy peasy. Thx Susan.

I know nothing about soldering, but after watching this video, feel like I can be a pro. So awesome, thank you! Gonna try to do a ring I had to have cut off my finger. 😬

You always have good looking, seems easy projects! I love your videos! I too would love to develop this skill!

Loved your video! I’m relatively new to silversmithing and found your channel super useful and helpful! Thank you so much! New subscriber here! ❤

This is great! Thanks so much for making these incredible instructional videos! 👼🏻💕🙏🏼

Excellent tutorial!

That was pretty comprehensive, Thank you!

You are a FABULOUS teacher

I enjoy...and always learn something...from your videos. ¡Gracias!

I just think you are great thank you for these tutorials

Thank you very much for such a detailed DIY. I finally made a huggie pendant of my pyrite that couldn’t use for years!

Awesome tutorial. Thanks! ❤

Excellent tutorial for simple project❤

Excellent!!

Wow, what a wonderful tutorial! Thank you for sharing your expertise in this video! I have wanted to learn to solder since high school (I'm in my mid-60s, now), and all I *ever* heard from anyone was, "Oh, it's so hard, you have to get it perfect...", blah blah blah. Talk about discouraging! 😲 It isn't as if I am going to work on computer components or rocket wire harnesses! I just wanted to make simple jewelry! My son has a soldering kit - a good one - soooo...I might just have to take it over for a bit.😆 Thank you, again! 😊👍

Very informative! Ty!

I'm so ready looking at your video! Awesomely done! You took your time and repeated enough for it to stick. Thank you so much!😊

Thank you!

Can not wait to begin

Thank you so so much

Beautiful

I need to learn how to repair jewelry, i.e. silver backs to earrings, chain clasps, pin backs. Local jewelers say they don't repair silver so imma learn to do it myself

Thanks!

Awesome thank you 😊🙏🌺

Would the pickle pot brighten up silver jewelry that tarnished? You make it look so easy!! Thank you for sharing! 💜

You are my best teacher 😭

Thanks

Wow what a wonderful video on how to do this process and jewelry project. I do know how to do this type soldering. I do have a question how long does the soldering paste last in a tube?

Nice!

Wonderful ^^

Very interesting and 👍

This is great! Do you have a video like this that shows how to make a pendant that has a metal backing? I understand the concept, but I'd like to watch someone walk us through it. (I've seen it done by other people - just wondering if you have done one.)

I've seen videos on soldering but none on copper. Would like to learn diffrences when using other metals.

Nice demo! Actually Gold, Copper and [Red] Brass have higher melting temps than sterling silver - of the common jewelry metal smithing metals. Of course there are other non ferrous metals that need temps 3000+º to melt them. Silver is one of the highest but not THE highest.

THanks for this great video. I mostly work with copper. Do you have any tips for copper like copper solder, copper flux etc?

I soldered for years..never used a heated pickle pot but used a flex shift to clean and polish my pieces...I got asthma..so please use a mask...love it that you just use a wire brush makes me think I can solder again

is Just a very nice work you do!!. Do you recommend start with another metal, to practice? because Silver is expensive to practice.

I like this project. What if you twist the metal before making a prong? I think that I might give that a try with this project. No gloves were needed for this project which I found interesting.

This was something I’ve been wanting to do for quite a while. Great tutorial. Thanks. I have seen some smaller stones done with more arms and legs and thinner wire on earrings and multi-stone stacked pendants. What steps would you need to take to keep from reheating the joins as you work around the frame? Would you need to use the different types of solder, or would you go ahead and use the paste solder and stick them all on at the same time and heat all at once?

I did get a little distracted looking at the bow rings and bracelets. Are there videos on making those? They are sooo cute!

superb in every way, as usual. Do you have a tutorial for the bow/butterfly? rings you are wearing ... would love to not figure it out on my own, you always show how to finesse a quality piece of art. Please say yes with a link or do a video in the near future?

Newby here. Glad to find your channel. I agree with all compliments given! I bought inexpensive wire from hobby lobby and it appeared to vanish when using a torch on it, leaving half an inch gap between ends that were once touching. Is there something specific to look for or stay away from when choosing materials? Perhaps you have, or would consider doing, a video just on material differences. For example, silver wire may actually be copper with silver plating or coloring added. And if we end up with such things, is it recommended to toss it, or use only for non-solder applications?

I tried soldering today after collecting some stuff and watching your video. I was successful making the jump ring and closing the large ring and had them attached to each other for a little bit. I tried doing the legs several times but ended up unsoldering what I had already done! 😂 So I watched the video again and will try again tomorrow. My wire was 18 gauge instead of 16. Also if we want to try gold, what kind of wire and solder do we use?

Def gonna try this! :) Thank you so much for this video! Can i do this with wire solder? Thx!!

I’m looking to buy a beginner kit. What do you recommend. First time watching your video and I think it’s really good.

Hi love your work. Can I use stainless steel wire to make the Huggie pendant?

I keep wondering, like the prongs, and rings etc, with it being such soft wire, silver and the copper, how does it survive without getting bent when user has it. Like the orongs get caught on something, and pull outward, or ring squish out of shape.

Great video on this topic!. Can you share with us the type of black block that you are soldering your pieces on? It was not listed in your supplies list. Thank you!

Great tutorial, thx. Inspired to pick up my hobby again after 30+ years! 🌟 One question - shouldn’t one harden the wire again after it’s done? Or does the silver harden naturally when cooled?

I just tried making this today, as my first jewelry project and first time soldering. After several attempts I got all 4 legs soldered, but then as soon as I started to bend them up around the stone they snapped off. What do you think I might be doing wrong?

to make this type of pendant we need to use stones with a decent Mohs rating so it's not too fragile to be exposed, agree? what mohs would you recommend as a minimum? 6? 7?

thankyou. have a question, the solder paste does have soft, medium, and hard, or in the case of the paste it doesn't matter?

This was great thanks! You mentioned hammering a couple of times but didn’t see that… what would you have done, hardened the form before setting the stone?

Great teacher great video. I would love to know If we can solder goldfilled wire If yes will you make a video on that? also what solder is used to solder copper? Thank you

I'm wondering about obtaining the closed wire jump ring for the head. Is it 16 gauge, and did you make it yourself?

when would you have hammered? after making the guy and arms and legs but all laying straight i assume.

great tutorial! I don't see a link to purchase the wire rounding battery operated (I assume) tool

Thank you do much. This was very helpful. There's only so much you can do with wire wrapping, which I've been doing for years, and gluing isn't very attractive. I would rather solder a ring rather that wire wrap. This looks easier than I thought. I thought you would need solder wire and melt it with the torch. So what us the paste you're using? In a video us seen , paste was to clean the area to be soldered? Im confused

i havent filled/used my tourch in like a year, im nervous because iread somewhere the butane residue can gum up, is this true? also i noticed you are using the torch inside, i wanted to work in my kitchen but read you need a highly ventilated area, im just using a torch like the one you're using, this is safe to use inside, or do you have some kind of ventilation system off camera?

I have a question that is not related to soldering, how can you fill the gap of a pearl earring. I both some beautiful earrings but I discover that there were open in the two sides, like beads for make a necklace. Than yo I would appreciate your advice

is the Eurotool solder 65 equivalent to EASY solder? medium? i looked it up and just says "soft". confused....??

I do not have the torch lke you use must i get one ilke so. additionally I've got flat melting type to bond together can this be used

The spray flux - did you mix that up yourself or purchase it like that, and if so, what is the brand & name of it. Really nice video, thank you.

Do you recommend using a half hard wire. Also is your wire sterling silver? There is so many types of silver wire that I'm not sure what the difference is between silver wire, though I believe the Argentina silver wire is the best, please let me know your feelings on this. Thank you

Where do we find the Souldering kit with Pickling Pot on the site? Even the kit listed was out of stock and was missing the Pot. Also did not see the sterling silver wire or paste or flux.

It's so I I am so confused right now because whenever I think of soldering I think of those little soldering tools like it looks like a wood burner and it comes with a coil of metal you use to like solder pieces together I've never seen this type of soldering before and it's blowing my mind because I've seen a lot of videos where jewelry making when it comes to making jewelry and they always use like this little soldering I don't want to call it a gun it looks like a wood burner you know what I mean and this looks way easier than that I've tried to solder before with the wood burner stick and like the metal and I never seem to be able to make it work