STACKER RINGS PART 1: "4 Must Do" Steps to make Stackers Correctly 

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@@greggreenwood4628 I will take you up on asking your advice. I have a question about soldering a bezel. I will solder a medium to large bezel together with hard solder. Then tidy up a bit of excess. Sometimes after numerous soldering operations (backplate-medium solder, adding ring shank with easy solder etc) I am sometimes left with a small indented trough where the bezel seam is. The amount of sanding THATS required to make that seam disappear is endless. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

Hello Mary, You are doing nothing wrong! You just have to be aware of how many times you are going to be soldering on your pieces. In your comment you mentioned "numerous soldering operations". When you are soldering many times on a piece, the prior solder joints will start to deteriorate because of the formation of oxides and the pickling action. Sometimes it can be a little aggressive and will show up as you described, "a small indented trough". Two ways that you can deal with the problem: 1. When you are soldering for the second and third times, make sure you put flux on the prior solder joints. This will help with the oxide formation, so when you pickle, it will not remove part of the solder. 2. Plan ahead on your soldering. If you can get to the first solder joint after all the soldering is finished. Then leave a little excess solder on the joint and finish cleaning it up at the end instead of cleaning it all at first. ... I hope this has helped you and I hope it makes sense!! You are always welcome to ask questions and I will do my best to answer them. Good Luck and let me know how it is going. Greg Greenwood

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Hello Rakhzul, Thank you very much for your great question. Good observation. In the videos, I want to show all ways of doing a job. Just rapping the wire and cutting is a good, easy, and fast way of measuring. This is great for just one ring, but when a jeweler is doing production work, it is faster and with less waste of metal if the measurements are taken and then the wires can all be cut to that length, curled, and soldered. This saves a lot of time. When I am doing a project with just one ring, I will do the wrap and cut method. I really appreciate your question. Keep watching. Greg Greenwood

Hello Stella, I used 14 to 16 gauge wires. The twisted wires are 18 to 20 gauge. I use all three solders. It depends on the design, but i usually use hard first, then medium, then easy. Check out my video "Stacker Rings: Par 2" I use more solder on those rings. Thanks for your questions. Greg Greenwood

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Hello Eliot, Yes, make sure that if they are plated silver, the base metal is not steel. Greg Greenwood

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