Learn how to make a Bali-Style bead cap. Great soldering practice and a useful skill for not only creating bead caps but, also for use with clasps, as beads, and other decorative elements, to mention a few!
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TOOLS
PepeTools
Best soldering pick, IMHO: PepeTool's Carbide Soldering Pick: pepetools.com/collections/sol...
Check out PepeTool's Bench Basics for the flux, sprayer, Blade Butter, and more, that I use - pepetools.com/collections/ben...
Large Soldering Block, that I use (the only way to go!), at Pepetools - pepetools.com/products/harden...
PepeTools Jump Ring Maker: pepetools.com/products/jump-r...
PepeTools Smart Pickle - pepetools.com/products/smart-...
PepeTools Disc Cutter - pepetools.com/collections/cut...
PepeTools Dapping Set - pepetools.com/search?q=dappin...
PepeTools Bezel Mandrel, Round - pepetools.com/products/micro-...
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PepeTools Pliers - pepetools.com/search?q=pliers...
PepeTools Jump Ring Sets - pepetools.com/search?q=Jump+r...
Other Disc Cutters on Amazon Smile - amzn.to/3ut0SRz. If the cutter doesn't lock down, I don't recommend buying it as the metal can move - especially if you have to hit more than once.
*Leather/Rawhide Mallet - amzn.to/3uvmqx8
*1 mm Ball Bur - amzn.to/3kYqRNP
*400 Grit Polishing Paper - Rio Grande: www.riogrande.com/product/3m-...
*Clear Ruler - amzn.to/2XXujz3
*Dapping Set - Amazon: amzn.to/3omZ3Va
*Jump Ring Mandrels - PepeTools: pepetools.com/products/jump-r...
*Jump Ring Mandrels - Amazon: amzn.to/3F9rsnC
Specific sizes used are 2.5 mm mandrel with 24 g wire, 3 mm with 18 g wire (optional), 5 mm with 24 g wire, 8.5 mm with 16 g wire.
*Jump Ring Sets - Amazon: amzn.to/3zWhTEW
*Flat Nose pliers (2) - amzn.to/3utrAJV
*or Needle Nose Pliers (2) - amzn.to/3AWOITj
*Fine Tweezers - amzn.to/2ZAckzp
*Round Bezel Mandrel Round - Amazon: (3.175 mm to 12.7 mm) - amzn.to/3uokWEM
*Torch & Pickle Setup. See my webpage for information: nancylthamilton.com/technique...
*Bristle Disc kit - amzn.to/3kYSBSo.
*Charcoal Block - amzn.to/3A1sNJB.
*Flux, AquiFlux - Amazon: amzn.to/3AXNjvY
Materials:
*22g Sterling, Fine, or Argentium Silver Sheet, or Other Metals Like Copper, Brass, or Bronze. Use Scrap or A 2" Square Piece. At Amazon: amzn.to/39UGqQ1
*16g Round Wire, Sterling, Fine, Argentium, or Other Metals. About 6".
*18g Round Wire for 2 Jump Rings for Top Sphere, or Two to Three, 24g, 2.5mm Jump Rings for the Top Sphere - Metals are the Same As Above. About 4".
*24g Round Wire in Any Metal. About 2 Feet. You Need To Get at Least 13 Jump Rings From It - More if Using 2-3 Jump Rings for the Top Sphere.
*Hard Solder - amzn.to/3ojZKPh or At Any Metal Supplier.
Metal Suppliers: Stuller, Rio Grande, Otto Frei, Amazon, Halstead Bead, Hauser & Miller, Cookson Gold, Metalifferous, Ross Metals, Hoover & Strong, etc.
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0:14 Cutting the discs
1:03 Finding the center of the discs
3:19 Doming the discs
4:40 Sanding the domed discs
5:11 Assembling the bead caps
6:43 Creating the small spheres
8:49 Soldering the dome to the large jump ring
10:11 Creating the large sphere
10:45 Applying the decorative elements
13:09 Soldering the decorative elements
14:13 Re-Adding the spheres that fell off
15:03 Soldering the top jump ring on
16:36 Soldering the large sphere on
17:15 Finishing
1 окт 2021