Soldering Jump Rings Neatly (an essential foundation skill!)

[@matthewmoffatt9934]

Great videos Chris, it's so great to be able to independently learn a craft from the comfort of home for the cost of your tools. Wonderful time to be alive (minus covid). I am sure I speak for a lot of us when I say you should make a video showing off some pictures of your past high end pieces. I would love to see some of the ones you are most proud of. Just a thought! Regards Matt

[@DiamondMounter]

I'm very grateful the videos are useful to people! I have shared a few things to the patrons but Im a little reluctant as I dont have permission from the company I worked for or the customers that now own those pieces

[@laszlosoltesz3772]

A perfect jump ring is much more complicated than I realized. Now I know why mine disapoint me.

[@HiroFlux]

I wish I had found your channel while I was doing my apprenticeship~ Great stuff, thank you for sharing ♥

[@thestitchshop]

Instead of the collet punch with a straight angled surface you could use the round/domed end of your dapping punches. Then there is less risk of flattening or deforming the inside edge as it follows the same curvature as the jumpring but still evenly pushes the metal into the cavity. You can also use the dapping block instead of the collet block as well. Again, it is curved and will not flatten the jumpring on the outside as much either, and you have a lot more size choices than a collet block. If you are working with very small delicate pieces or softer alloys, you can use wooden dapping punches and blocks instead so they don’t damage or mar the metal.

[@98270360]

Just discovered you in a search and love the detail you show and explain. Right on level with my style of thinking. Will be exploring your channel. Thank you for video in detail.

[@lenastiward8657]

Thank you and I actually learn a lot that I did not even realize I did not know!

[@brandied.7706]

Couldn't have said it better myself! No wonder my jump rings always look like crap... and end up a bit flattened from "fixing" them, lol! Thank you so much!

[@moxielouise]

I like your beginners videos, hope you don't stop once your high end metals arrive

[@margaretj2221]

Chris...thank you for sharing and teachingyour methods... with supreme attention to detail. Beginner❤

[@Johnbro8]

Thanks for sharing your skills and advice 👍

[@zoedayan3333]

My way of working around the metal expanding when soldering is always fully annealing my coils before cutting through them, so the molecules are already in their relaxed state when being soldered.

[@margaretj2221]

Oh, what you say makes so much sense - I'll have to try it next time. Being a total beginner to the metalworking world, I dont yet have a handle on the basic principles of states (of silver) . Of course...annealing will relax the metal into the shape. Thanks for your valuable comment.🤔🖒

[@joannefn2024]

Wonderful basic skill tutorial. Thanks!

[@texasgigi3684]

Thanks!

[@1stand2ndtimearound67]

Thank you for the information!

[@ericmcampbell477]

i'm learning it to put lanyards on flashlights but this stuff might come in handy to my return to the rockhounding hobby as well

[@pupawupagus]

to answer you: this is indeed the best video i’ve ever seen 😊

[@DiamondMounter]

Best comment ever!

[@LokigenMahoney]

You are a legend mate! Thanks for this!

[@SpaceExplorer31]

Excellent tutorial. I’ve been trying with a titanium pick to hold solder but it hasn’t worked for me. I’ll try the brush method.

[@Rachel-yi8yy]

Your video is very helpful, l am just about to start soldering l mean learn how to 😊

[@AngelaKaySams]

Chris! Thank you! Your videos are fantastic! Could you help me change a cuff bracelet into a hinged bangle? The tutorials on KZbin are not good. Thank you for considering my request.

[@Susanarylander]

Great video!!!

[@pennyalbertella8978]

Hi Chris. Great video as ever! Could I ask if you could do a tutorial one day on the whole process of casting a setting. I am still unsure if you cast having made for a particular stone, how you can subsequently use given that casting creates shrinkage. How do you manage this for future settings?

[@MissyTC-86]

Hello, can you solder gold plated jump rings?

[@joannefn2024]

Thanks for the wonderful essential skill video Chris.You have amazing skills thanks for sharing. I've tried to use a #6 saw blade to correct a jump join that's off. The blade often tends to stay off to the side and cut where I don't want it to. I'll be trying to cut from the inside of the join instead. Hope this makes the difference. Thanks again!

[@katemcenery3654]

20 yrs? Did you start when you were 10? 😅😅 That's a compliment 😊😊

[@DiamondMounter]

Ha thank you. Skipping through my videos you can see me aging. Going grey fast!

[@texasgigi3684]

Thanks so much for doing this video. I’m really having a hard time, trying to keep my saw blade from sliding around and marring my jump rings even more. I have wire solder and I’ve rolled it flat and I cut teeny little bits of it, but my rings still have blobs on them, or even worse, solder everywhere (I’m practicing on copper). My jump rings are just a mess right now. ☹️

[@DiamondMounter]

Keep practicing! Copper is likely more difficult to work with than silver. Make sure your flux is clean and if you want to try a 2nd time on the same jump ring clean it in acid before re heating it.

[@laurarivers6090]

Awesome thank you!

[@jennfordbbf]

Thank you 😊

[@SC-rb2jr]

Thanks some very good tips , not slick but I like that.

[@wendyshaw6985]

Agree, the Etsy link does not connect. But thanks for your tips on how to successfully solder jump rings.

[@DiamondMounter]

Damn OK I will check it out. I dont really try to sell online at the moment because of postal disruptions

[@rexgeorg7324]

fascinating info Chris

[@beerobins461]

What is the piece of equipment that you used to hammer the jump ring in?

[@AlienEgyptianGoddess]

New subscriber cheers 🥂

[@smuri2]

what is the cord that you are cuting with called

[@stephencoster9532]

Wonderful video thank you. What do you think of solder paste? I use it to make jump rings as you can add a very small amount very easily, including flux. Steve...

[@DiamondMounter]

Iv never used paste! Im intregued I should get some to try out for the first time on a video

[@stephencoster9532]

@@DiamondMounter Very easy to use a broken saw blade is a good applicator, and who doesn't have them? I've just got a lot of new toys, including a Smiths Little Torch, could you do a video on first use and how to set and use it for normal use? Steve...

[@est.8746]

Are these steps for gold as well?

[@venivici5702]

Ever tried a wooden stamp to hammer the jump ring in the collet ? :-) leaves no marks on the inner side of the jump ring i think Greetings

[@DiamondMounter]

I worked in a place that had some wooden doming blocks. They were good!

[@ericmcampbell477]

Imagine a structural steel ironworker trying to do this. "Hand me the sledge hammer."

[@texasgigi3684]

That’s me lol! I’m like a bull in a China shop!!

[@gtrturbo5806]

​@@texasgigi3684 what does that mean?

[@synchronicity1470]

@@gtrturbo5806 😁😂 it implies something big and unwieldy trying to navigate around delicate things that must stay in place. Like big, clumsy, unpracticed hands trying to work on tiny jump rings. (just picture in your mind what you would see if a bull got loose in a specialty store full of fine porcelain & crystal stemware.)

[@Yash8595_]

Make a video on engraving,thank you

[@SHYNEMFG]

would you recommend hard solder or medium solder for jump rings ? i am doing lots of chains and bracelets

[@TheChariotdriver]

I clicked the Etsy link toward the bottom of your description page but it doesn’t work. Wanted you to know incase it needs looking at.

[@DiamondMounter]

Hi Phil thanks for letting me know. I will look in to it

[@bbylps73tg]

Is that just water in the bowl that you dip your brush in?

[@seekerout]

I think it was a solution of borax, which acts as the flux.

[@Hannibhaal777]

What's the name of the pliers you use what brand

[@DiamondMounter]

I use Lindstrom and have some non brand ones that work fine

[@matthewmoffatt9934]

One more thing! If possible, can you work with gold sometime. It does not work like silver and 99% of the videos out there to instruct, only use silver. The ones that work with gold all cast their work. I prefer hand forged. Thanks again Chris Matt

[@DiamondMounter]

Yes Iv got some bits of gold and platinum I will melt them up and make something!

[@jennfordbbf]

I can see the difference

[@ak47bobbarke]

Haha, nice

[@verdabehner8963]

OMG

[@haidafella8651]

5:18 i feel like this is a bit of bad faith comparison .. more accurately you should be saying “this is the difference when you grip a jump ring by two points rather than four points” (or “...bend through the centre rather than through the tips”). I do agree that the parallel pliers are the superior tool for the job, but the results you demonstrate are do to two different techniques

[@FERMINDELAROSA-i3w]

talk too much

[@SUNEELKANDA]

Sorry friend I disliked the video because the way you made jump ring is the baby type, In India we make it like PRO no need to file or to do something like filing, soon I'll be making the Videos and upload to KZbin....