Soldering rings with gemstones that don't take heat.
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2017
- www.diycastings.com Using hard solders, Craig Dabler shows how to safely solder rings to avoid harming most gemstones. CAUTION: Use of Asbestos can be harmful to your lungs and soldering gold rings with your fingers teaches heat control but I don't advise it to be done without supervision from someone experienced in this method. www.diycastings.com/
Thank you, Craig. I was thinking, "Oh, no, he isn't!" when you held the gold ring in your hand, but as soon as my thought was formed, you were done.
I will make a better video of this soon.
A damn fine technique for rings with stones. Thank you sir.
This helps enormously, thank you so much. Great demo and lots of good advice and information. I have had success when soldering in water, but not on this occasion - the shank is thicker, and two butane torches together are not strong enough. I spent a long frustrating few hours, finding that out.
Thank you Craig - this is really helpful, as always
For most stones I clamp the stone part in the wider part of my locking tweezers in a third hand base dip it in boric/alcohol solution and hit the shank hard and fast. For sensitive stones, opals, and pearls I use silica bead blast media out of our sandblaster machine, the superfine stuff, in the bottom of a cut down soda can. Wet the sand through and completely bury the head of the ring in it, and cover up the back of the stone with a little more damp sand...can add water to the sand if it starts to dry up too fast. I find however, that steam from the water tends to blow my torch out at very inappropriate moments even with the sand... I use a Smith Little Torch. Best torch ever for jewelers!!!
Thank You very much for your advice . 🙏
How would you approach fixing a 10k gold diamond cluster tennis chain with a broken link small stones
Btw if your water contenitor is twice bigger you have twice time for the work
Great help, thank you for sharing!
Nice work!
Is this Raymond? Everybody loves Raymond 😀
I kinda want to try the gold one in the hand thing in class just to watch my teacher's head explode. I'm not GOING to, but it's funny to think about.
I will need to do a better video on that soon.
awsome
Hi Craig, what about adding a tiny ice cube to the water?
You can but doubt it will make much difference. It would be interesting to see.
Would a Smith's little torch be hot enough with a size #7 tip?
I don't have that torch so I couldn't say yes or no but it's simple to experiment by simply trying it on a ring without a stone and see how long it takes to flow the solder and if the water starts to boil.
I just added a new video showing how I was able to solder two of the 3 rings using a mini torch and disposable bottles.
How would you approach fixing a 10k gold diamond cluster tennis chain with a broken link small stones
I'm not going to try and explain it in a RUclips response. It's a simple repair but one that can only be taught by actually working on the item. Too many variables.
@@craigdabler-thediycastings7511 thanks for all the content wish my father was a gold Smith an I could be his apprentice
Will Mapps gas work fast enough?
You need a torch with a small hot oxidizing flame. I guess it depends on which torch you're using.
what about harming fingers, I have seen successful soldering on rings using butane torches and also protecting stones using cooling paste ...see Andrew Berry. ASBESTOS is a no no...dangerous to the lungs. What about health and safety issues, Speed over safety ?
I have no idea what your question is?
holding metal to be soldered with your bare hands..... AND mentioning using asbestos without mentioning that it is no longer used in the jewellery making industry at all...for health and safety reasons. This is vital . Yes protect your stones but more important...protect your health. Eyes, hands , lungs etc. Best wishes .
First, thank you for making these two important points which helped me in correcting my Description to add a caution sentence. Second, while using cooling pastes and hobbyist torches does work it isn't as safe as using speed and a professional torch, especially when working with gemstones that are expensive and there is no room for error.
He *did* say quite clearly that it is no longer used in jewelry making!