Beginning Ring Fabrication and Stone Setting Friday, March 1 $ 145  
  Janet Alexander 9:00-4:00    


Student Level: Beginner
Type of Workshop: Project - Student will complete the ring in class

 

In this six hour workshop you will learn the basics of jewelry fabrication. This includes: how to use a jeweler’s saw, file metal, use a torch, anneal metal, solder silver, set a cabochon stone, and polish sterling silver. By the end of class you will not only have a beautiful ring to take home but the confidence and knowledge it takes to make a simple ring!

    Techniques Taught

    Using a jewelers saw
    Annealing metal
    Ring sizing
    Using a torch
    Soldering silver
    Making a bezel setting
    Drilling holes
    Using a flex shaft for drilling
    Correctly using a file and needle files
    Polishing silver
    Using the flex shaft to polish metal

     Student Kit fee of $60 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

    Hard silver solder
    Medium silver solder
    Easy silver solder
    1-dozen saw blades of different sizes
    Double half round sterling silver wire 4” .257" x .081" (6.53 x 2mm)
    4” Bezel wire 1.5 x 1.5”
    22 gauge sterling sliver sheet
    Cabochon stone
    A small sheet of copper sheet to practice sawing on
    Sand paper in grit sizes: 320, 400, 600 wet/dry grit (cut into 1” wide strips)
    Zip tie
    Flux
    Use of Propane or Acetylene gas
    Pickle solution
    Silver Black
    Printed cutout designs
    Class handouts
    Soldering handouts

     Student Supply List:

    Fine tipped permanent marker
    Jewelers saw frame Rio Grande # 110131
    Needle file set
    Round-nose pliers
    2 ea. Chain-nose pliers

    Optional: Optivisor or magnifying glasses

    Supplies Provided by Teacher:

    jeweler’s saw frame (one for each person) Rio Grande #110131 bench pins with clamps for each student
    2-dz., 6/0 saw blades Rio Grande # 110302 wax lube for saws
    1-dz. 4/0 saw blades Rio Grande # 110304 3 ea. Rawhide mallet
    masking tape 2ea. Extension cords
    1 lighter 2ea. Electric plug strips
    baking Soda 3ea. Old tooth brushes
    drill bits - various sizes on set of needle files
    paper rubber wheels and mandrels
    3 ea. Scissors buffing wheels
    green scrubby bobbing compound
    Batterns Flux tripoli
    paper towels white diamond
    Vigor Silver Soldering flux orange soap
    Silver Black assorted files large flat files
    5ea. Propane torches 4ea. Metal anvils
    5-ea. Solder picks 5ea. Solder shears
    1-dwt silver hard solder 5ea. Soldering pads
    2-dwt silver medium solder 5ea. Strikers
    2-dwt silver easy solder 5ea. Self locking tweezers
    5-ea small bowls to hold water 3ea. Third hand
    5-ea Small paint brushes PH Down for swimming pools (pickle solution)
    5ea. Annealing pans pickle pot
    5 ea. Copper tongs annealed binding wire
    5ea. Solder bricks fire extinguisher
    ring gauges, small and large 2 ea. ring mandrels
    small punch 2 ea. Flex shat keys
    2ea. flex shafts 5 ea. bezel pushers
    sandpaper: 320, 400, 600 wet/dry grit bench vise
    Pumice zip tie
    boric acid denatured alcohol
    jar ring tweezers
    sheet of copper to practice sawing on paper towels
    soap Fire extinguisher

     

Questions? Email Janet at janetalexander22@yahoo.com
Website: janetalexander.net