[how it's made] Octopus Shadowbox Ring - Metalsmithing process + sweat soldering tip
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2024
- In this video, I make a ring with one of my favorite animals - the octopus! I also share a sweat soldering tip that may be helpful when soldering thin/detailed pieces. I was really sick when filming this so I don't talk much! Apologies.
My website: saltyboatstudio.com
Instagram: saltyboatstudio
Materials used:
- 5mm garnet
- 3/32 28ga fine silver bezel
- Double half-round sterling wire (5.18mm wide)
- Rectangle sterling wire (approx 4x1mm)
- 22gauge and 24gauge sterling sheet
- Hard & medium solder
Some of my fav tools featured in this video (will link in the future):
- Number 2 cut German hand file (half-round)
- Ring bending pliers with nylon jaws
- Flat & Half-round pliers
- National Geographic Rock Tumbler
- Hone & Highlight Tumbling Media
- Renaissance Wax
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Nice job , very good lesson, A couple of excellent tips / sweat soldering the blank and flattening the band in the block ! nice little octopus too!
Putting solder before sawing is something I hadn’t seen before, very smart! Thank you for sharing your work
You are welcome!
I agree! Great tip.
I love all your pieces, beautiful design and craft women ship 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
Very well done. The sweat solder before cutting the octopus is genius. Thank you for adding all of the measurements, gauges of sheet and the types of solder.
Dang Cute😮, the ring too!
I really liked some of the techniques you used! Thanks for sharing!
i liked when you prepped the metal for sweat solder. i learned something new
Very niiiice!!!!
Thank you so much for this video! What a great ring! I’m a huge fan of octopus!
Very nice I enjoyed watching your techniques and like the design. I’ll be looking forward to more. Thanks for sharing 👍
This ring is beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing these clever tips. I love your idea of using wax to seal the patina :)
That was awesome thank you for the tutorial!
nicely done
Another wonderful video thank you
Beautiful!, I love your videos.
Thank you so much!
Nice work in think octopus eyes with stones will make it more interesting
Отличная работа 👏👏👏
Nice 👍🏾
This video was SO helpful!!! What polishing wheels do you recommend?
Lovely! What gauge is the rectangle wire?
Thanks.. can i ask how you get your patina to look so black? Mine always looks gray.
Wondering about your octopus image, do you print it on the label sticker paper ?
What kind of pickle do you use? I have heard that there is a type of pickle that users ‘refresh’ and will use for long periods of time before disposing of it.
I'm enjoying your channel. I am wondering something about your mitre jig use. Isn't the point of a mitre jig to use a file flush to the jig surface for precise angles?
Yes you are correct! You can make perfectly flush ends or angled edges. I use mine most often to file flat spots on ring bands and to make ends flush for thicker wire/strip.
@@SaltyBoatStudio ok, great. That's exactly what I use that mitre vise for. I file all the way down to the metal of the vise. Isn't it just simply an amazing tool? 😍
What measurements for the rectangle wire? Is it from rio and do you have a link?
I am wondering what Gauge wire rectangle wire is?
Just wondering what kinda flux/firescale protectant you put on the silver?
Hi! I use Migh-T flux (neon yellow in color) for most projects. If I’m working on something larger or with gold/gold-fill I use Firescoff.
Can I use the same tumbler for the wash, then the hone and highlight?
@@kathleendobsonpiasecki9703yes! I use the same tumbler. Just rinse well when swapping between different tumbling media.