That’s really awesome Jolene! I’m so happy I could help you with this. Keep pushing yourself to try new stuff:). Thank you so much for the nice comment!
Thanks Canadian Gemstones. If you watch a more recent video, you’ll find that I have adjusted my camera to provide a much better close up. I’m pretty good at silver, but still learning on the video production side:). Thanks for the comment!
You have quickly become one of my favorite jewelers. My only suggestion is a camera with better close up abilities. I will be trying to replicate and the details help.
@@chadssilversmithing Could I ask a few questions? Other than work hardening, how can I harden silver and copper. I'm working with copper till I'm confident enough to move to silver. Also, what's the difference between tempering, annealing and quenching? Thank you in advance.
@@ambkbero2 I know silver can be heat hardened in a kiln, although I’ve not tried that. I think it’s somewhere around 600 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple hours, but look it up to be sure. I don’t know about copper. As far as those terms, I don’t think I’ve often heard tempering used in conjunction with precious metals. Annealing means to heat the metal to a high temperature followed by air cooling to soften the metal. Quenching just means to immerse in water to cool the metal off. Hope this helps. Maybe someone else watching can address the tempering issue with regards to precious metals in the comments here:)
@@chadssilversmithing Nah, you were correct about the tempering of precious metals-there's no need. That's usually only reserved for ferrous metals that become very brittle when quenched after heating. With copper and silver, as long as they're quenched after reaching a "black heat" there's no need to temper them, as they're already soft enough to work again. No one's putting a sharp edge on copper or silver :D
Beautiful dainty earrings, thanks for sharing.I have a question about turquoise nuggets...I have so many beautiful ones from years of collecting..I would like to make rings from them but not sure how to bezel and to fill in the uneven areas.some of the nuggets have one flat edge I'm guessing that would be better on the bottom of bezel Thank you
Thanks Micbyte! You might try doing a little custom prong setting like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UsgXO2pFmco.htmlsi=HkKOWxW-rc5Z73xT. It could be adapted to a ring. Here is another video that might help as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SksUHmL9E-4.htmlsi=HN92gGRx4wz8HgHb. Hope this gives you some ideas:)
I’m not sure if I mentioned it in that one or not. I use hard silver solder exclusively for most things. Hinges and spinner rings are the most common exceptions for me:)