Short tips for making jewelry

I was looking for the perfect solder for copper and finally found it. This is a solid copper-phosphorus solder Felder 94, no silver content. I conducted an experiment and to solder a few rings, using different types of solder. 1 - Copper-phosphorus solder paste. On the one ring I put more paste to another less. 2 - Solid copper-phosphorus brazing with silver content. 3 - Solid copper-phosphorus solder Felder no silver content. And here's the result: solid solder does not leave silver trace. Especially if you use the optimal amount. This is a video where I took the whole process...

 If you buy the wire in the hardware store - it will be in isolation. I use stationery knife to remove this isolation. The wire should be soft so as not to put pressure on it with great effort. If push strongly - tools left a deep dent.I should also make sure that there is no cover on the wire. Otherwise, I can not oxidize copper.Fold the wire in the ring and heat the gas burner until the red lights. Slide the burner all the time, so as not to melt copper. When heated, appears yellow flames and smoke -...

It is a way of weaving wire. This can be used to make a bracelet or a ring, for example. I used copper wire 13 and 24 gauge.Patience and time! It will be fun! :)    

If you do not have a workshop, but you really want to soldering metal - you must do what is necessary to preserve your health.Mask, goggles, gloves and apron: protect from dirt and metal shavings. It is simply indispensable when working with an engraver. But the mask will not protect you from metal vapor flux. This is very dangerous for health. You have to work under a fume hood. My husband gave me a comfortable place for soldering of the metal housing of the computer, crimping pipes and kitchen hood.It looks like my kitchen on a normal day:  I shoot...

I often get questions asked - as I am doing my jewelry so neatly? What to do with traces of tools? Here you are, video about the helpers of wire-worker. Make your jewelry faster with fun! :)