Oh man, the square idea is so amazing! Can't wait to try it. But for now, gotta go to my day job.....

Hi Chad. Your videos are very helpful. Question? How would you heat the entire wire when making a bangle with a pearl? Thanks

Beautiful ring and excellent tutorial Chad. 🎉 and happy new year from Sydney Australia 💃🏻😍

Thanks

I just saw a vise grip type radiator hose pinch off tool in the Harbor freight catalog for about $10.00 bucks that I think would make good draw tongs if the jaws had some teeth cut in them with a triangular file. they would be nice because the clamp up with the jaws parallel.

I'm still in the practicing with copper phase. Totally getting addicted to soldering.

I’d love one of those cat shirts if you have a link!

I smashed my thumb so hard (with a 2# hammer) it split the opposite side if my thumb wide open!

I smashed my thumb so hard (with a 2# hammer) it split the opposite side if my thumb wide open!

Beautiful! Amethyst is supposed to ward off drunkenness 😁

I like the look of this one ❤

So beautiful. Great job. Thanks for another winner.

i have a purple mystery stone i need to set like this, cant wait to try it out, thanks Chad!

im in line for the e book it might sound silly but a little signiture touch would be heart warming

Chad, video idea: I would live to hear about the ways you have changed your own methods (if at all) as a result of all the interaction with others on Patreon and comments on your channel. It would be fun to learn what you have learned while teaching. I have my own journal that I keep track of what I learned and how I've changed and grown. It's quite interesting to look at later. Great signet! 🌺

Chad, I suspect a ball frase (bur) might be easier and more controllable for cutting that groove. Or a graver. Also, how do you work harden the setting? Ive never made this particular design, but my experience leads me to consider soldering on a full tube/cylinder (and metal is now fully dead soft, annealed), then hammer/form the cylinder to work harden it. I suspect that without additional work hardening, the stone could pop out with one little accidental wrong hit. You could also set the ring in a thermolock base and punch set a bit of the top edges as burnishing is superficial. A great start, I have learned just by watching what I may try. Also, I'll look up the way these are made in John Cogswell's Creative Stone Setting book, one of the best in my library. No bad work here, Chad! It's all about learning and creating. 🌺 🌺 🌺

Bag balm reminder. Help those winter hands. 🌺

Wow, Chad, you are no slouch! Busy and productive. I would have loved to be a student in your classes when you were a school teacher. I bet you live in memories as one of "those" amazing favorite teachers. 😊 I am excited to see what's happening in this video. 🌺 🌺 🌺

Great project 🎉. Happy New year!

Very nice, This is a type of setting that I'm not familiar with. I have a couple of stones that I might try it on. It's always fun to watch your videos.

Nice looking ring. Love your content. I’m new to silversmithing and it’s been quite helpful.

That's a beauty, love how the stone looks like it's floating in the air. I'd like to try making a tension set ring at some point. Fantastic work as always Chad and thanks for sharing. All the best to yourself and Edie for 2025. Happy new year!

I use a half of a wooden clothespin for a bezel pusher, and also to gently stretch out bezels when setting stones.

Great Job Chad!! I enjoy watching your videos and one day I hope to be as relaxed while making my jewelry!!

That was awesome . Nice simple ring . Somedays just don’t feel like a tough project

Very creative! I love it!

Hi, I tried the half hoops but the keep spinning so the wire is in the front. Can you talk about weighting correctly to ensure the front of the earring faces forward so the world will see my handy work? 😀

Thank you for showing this. I had no idea.

Spectacular! Black enamel may be what you’re looking for to make the stone stand out as you wished for. Fingernail polish vs oxidation. Outstanding ring. I’m thinking of all the different stone this ring would work for. It’s kind of a power ring! Awesome work! Thank you!

Beautiful piece. I love your creativity!

Thanks h for sharing your experience! Good Luck!

That was very interesting and fun to watch! 2 questions, you talked about your torch. What size tip do you use and at what pressure. I notice when you were setting the bezel the flame was abit longer. What is the length of the flame with the adjustment fully open? And you never showed how you cut the bezel down to match the stone height. Did you just scribe and file? Thanks again very well done and informative. Thanks Jeff

The sound your little tube anvil makes when you strike the the hammer is extremely satisfying.

Yet another amazing design coming out of your studio. Love it. ❤❤❤

Nice piece!

Very good information. I am still bingeing your content. It’s gonna take a while to get through your library. But I am committed. lol. Cheers

your soldering tweezers do you sand or grind them to a sharper point once and awile

chad before i try to ruin my chain i am making. lol tight links keeping the solder and flux to a small tight location is a solder paste a thing to use i never have used it

Thanks

Very cool! Can I ask if you are finding any benefits of using the honeycomb soldering board? For bezel setting you can secure the piece in Thermolock and that in a vice. I use a small vice that turns 360 degrees.

I keep a spray bottle of distilled water nearby to extinguish the charcoal block to literally keep it from burning up and help it last longer (and to keep the carbon monoxide and other fumes out of my house as much as possible since I am sensitive to fumes and prone to migraines - there are stories of these blocks reigniting during the off hours and burning up or worse if not quenched when you are done using them for the day). The hard and soft charcoal have *slightly* different effects on soldering as I understand it - the hard being slightly more heat reflective and the soft being slightly more able to absorb oxygen to reduce the risk of fire stain from over heating. I bind mine with corner braces made of sheet copper and a tight copper wire run around the block and plan to do this with any new ones going forward too. This keeps the copper wire from digging into the sides of the charcoal and making the edges disintegrate. I've had them for many years and I do have some cavities carved into the soft one for making balls with rounded bottoms. Interestingly, the hard one was the first one to crack! I don't use these routinely but only if I feel I need a reducing atmosphere for my project. I use various different kinds of soldering "furniture" or "nests" made of binding or titanium wire or little squares of copper sheet to help get the flame where it needs to be for a soldering project.

🔥❤️💯❤️🔥 Sooooooo good. I really dig your SWAGGER. Cheers

Really helpful. Took some practice, but was worth the effort.

A cheap way to get a better grip for setting pendants like this one is some strong double sided tape to keep it steady on the bench. Any recidue can be removed with nail polish remover with aceton. Gorgeous design, Chad ❤ Think that will sell very soon 😊