Oh man, that is beautiful work as always, Chad! I will absolutely be adapting this technique for a pendant, as soon as my soldering skills catch up to my ambition. ;)
Thanks Elmojomo! Did you see this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LIr7Alq51dY.htmlsi=leshQaFT_vcIjqYe. It uses the same basic idea:)
Whomever is running the camera has hugely improved! So many closeups and I can see what your hands are doing. Now it's a joy to watch your videos. Good job! Love the ring.
Thanks Kathy. I hope I’m getting better:). I still occasionally forget I’m filming and move out of frame, lol. Generally the trend is improvement though! Thanks for the nice comment!
Chad. I made a version of this ring using half round 14 gauge wire. I didn’t get the seamless look that you have, of course but I am pleased with it for my first attempt. I have only been metalsmithing for about 3 months and I really appreciate your great videos and I love your design style. I used a 8mm green quartz stone. I don’t know how to send a photo
Ahhh Chad! You didn’t realize that you are dealing with someone from a bygone era! I will try to find someone who is knowledgeable about Instagram and if I do, I will send you a photo. In the meantime, I will get back to my sword making!😂😊 Thank you again for the wonderful tutorials and for responding with kind words of encouragement.
Very pretty Chad, I like this technique for making the hinge. It looks a lot more straightforward than many other techniques I’ve seen. As always, I appreciate your videos.
This is THE RING that I've been trying to remember how to make! You taught us in class, all those years ago, and I've been wracking my brain trying to recreate it. Thanks for the video!
I’m glad you liked it! Let me know how the gold one comes out! I’d love to see a picture of it. You can send me a pic through Instagram if you are so inclined:). I sell quite a few of these both with faceted stones and with small cabs. Thanks for the nice comment!
Thank you so much for all your videos. They are very well done, informative and anyone starting off can follow along and recreate the designs on their own with some patience and practice. My husband and I tried recreating this ring, didn't come out as planned, and definitely not as good as yours. We used a 9mm Pink/Purple color change Sapphire, was big, and had to make some major adjustments. We just found your channel but will be with you for a while as we just started out our silversmith journey about 3-4 months ago now. I sent my husband to William Holland to learn Faceting and Opals, then had to figure out what to do with them. So, we started attending the Metal Crafters side of the Craft Center at our local Rock and Gemstone Club, and now we are making our own jewelry. Mainly to wear it ourselves, not so much into selling it as we wouldn't know how to price it. Hey, there is an idea. Do you have a class that teaches someone how to price the stuff they make for sale? I'm going to buy you a coffee for all your time and effort, it's not much. May possibly join patreon here in the near future! Thanks again for all you do!
Thank you Lanette for such a sweet comment! I’m so glad I can be a part of your metalsmithing journey. I will probably do a video at some point about pricing things, so keep checking back. Thank you for the coffees, and I will look forward to maybe seeing you over on Patreon. That was very generous! Take care:)
Hi Chad, Thanks for all of the great videos! I know it's a lot of work to get the videos ready. I really enjoy drawing inspiration from your designs and watching your various techniques. Your videos just recently started popping up on my suggestions, so the RU-vid algorithm must like the response that you're getting from viewers. Keep it up! You have a lot of valuable knowledge to share with beginners all the way up to seasoned silversmiths.
Awesome video. I have been wanting to see how this setting/ring was done for a long time, as I have a similar ring and wanted to make one similiar to it!Thank you!
If your getting ready to do a prong setting, I find round ones to be a bit easier. You may want to start with round ones and then move to different shapes:)
Most times I use the tumbler for cleaning up things that have lots of difficult to polish nooks and crannies like free-form castings. Hardening hasn’t really seemed to be an issue over the years for me.
Hi Chad, great project, I’m definitely going to do this. I am wondering about your (seemingly) prolific use of solder; I’ve always been taught to use as little as possible and clean it ALL off in visible areas. Is this something that my teachers have got wrong? I’m really enjoying your videos and your easy going personality!
Good question Flying Chef! You’ll probably notice if you watch enough of my project videos that I usually only go macro on the solder in places where it is easy to file away the excess or where excess solder doesn’t matter (inside a closed bezel for example). I also use almost exclusively hard silver solder which has the highest silver content at 75%, because it looks the most similar to Sterling silver. I wouldn’t say your teachers were wrong, just a different approach than I have. Thanks for the nice comment!
Hello Stephanie. That is a spray on flux called My-T-Flux that I get from Rio Grande. Flux cleans and coats the metal to prevent oxidation during heating. Thanks for watching:)
Won't using harder sauder on the first joins and softer on the laster ones stop the issue of melting stuff u already joined b4 hand and keep it from falling apart
If you are asking about the shears, they are Fiskars craft shears. If you are asking about the wire cutters, they are Xuron wire cutters that cut flat on one side:). Hope this helps Cliff!
