How to Make Soldered Jewelry, Episode #7 - Soldering a Jump Ring Closed
hi I'm Lisa Niven Kelly here for another
episode in our introduction to soldering
series and in this one we're going to
learn how to solder shut a jump ring
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in this episode we switch from that big
bushy flame on the max flame torch to a
blazer torch it has a little more pointy
flame so we can get just right out that
seam in the jump ring I'll be honest
with you I hadn't sought her jump rings
in a while and I had the camera right in
front of my face and I didn't have my
glasses so it sounds like I'm just gonna
do this I'm gonna pick solder this jump
ring and I went for it and totally
melted it I'm gonna show you a little
picture of it now look at that isn't
that beautiful
I'm so proud and I'm just showing that
so you know that even though I saw their
jump rings closed all the time stuff
happens so don't panic the first jump
ring that we're gonna solder shut is a
jump ring just at the end of a chain so
this will be the end that a clasp will
come into and clamp into okay first I'm
gonna come in with my torch again it's
pretty low not too high and apply some
flux let's go and you can see my pallium
right here see little square I'm gonna
melt that guy right now into a ball and
again this is called pic soldering it's
gonna pick up with the pic and then you
just lay it right on this seam make sure
that your jump ring is norm and fan the
key here is in and out you see how fast
that was so if I had used too much
solder that would be quite a bit of a
mess but that was perfect cool we got
that guy soldered shut
now the next one that we're gonna saw
her shut is a jump ring that now
attaches the clasp to the cheating we're
gonna hold it a little bit differently
all right so I've got my torch on and
I'm gonna flex it real quick I've got
the torch pretty low so I don't want to
melt that jump ring or that chain it's
nice and pointy
so now off-camera I'm gonna build a
little pelion die so get a before I pick
it up and here we come carefully right
on top of that seam here it comes the
little bow that torch
ball is on let's get that guy melted
down to the scene all right now lastly a
lot of people ask us how do I solder a
jump ring closed that's on a pendant
just letter this jump ring closed I'm
gonna use paste solder I've got a little
bit on my pic here
this has flux already in it let's get a
little bit right on the seam there
that's great and I mean come in with my
torch I'm gonna use a blazer because
it's more pointed and I'm just gonna
keep the heat on the jump ring not on
the blank
let me see the binder burn out of the
solder here the paste solder on both
sides and the flame that goes
and see the solder fell down to the
bottom a little bit would see when it
melts if it'll come up too soon
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