DIY Jewelry-Make Your OWN Balled Ear Wires!

In this video I will show you how to make your own balled ear wires with a torch. Similar to making balled head pins, this process uses a larger gauge wire and I will show you how to shape them into ear wires to give your earrings that special artisan look!
Materials used:
20 Gauge Rnd Sterling Silver Wire (I get mine from Monsterslayer.com)
Optional: Homemade Jeweler's Pickle for oxidation. Directions Below.
Tools used:
Butane Micro Torch-amzn.to/3hvFGDd
Cross Locking Tweezers-amzn.to/3huiR2S
Rock Tumbler-amzn.to/2YtqVcH
Stainless Steel Shot-amzn.to/3hs3Gag
Bail Making Pliers-amzn.to/2D1UASO
3/4" Wooden Dowel-Optional
Flush Cutters-I use Swanstrom
Round Nose Pliers- Swanstrom
Flat Nose Pliers- Swanstrom
Natural Jeweler's Pickle Recipe:
Best to use a crock pot and add...
1 Cup of Vinegar
1 Tbsp Table Salt
Heat it up!
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[@ZurickDesigns]

Thanks for watching!! Don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when I post a new video!!

[@elainefeather9465]

Thank you , the ear wires look lovely ! I love the way you presented your tutorial and I’m certainly going to “like and subscribe “ I look forward to watching your other video’s.😊

[@ZurickDesigns]

Thank you! ☺️

[@naanipakhrin4144]

Great video

[@ZurickDesigns]

Thanks!

[@dawnsaffel2620]

Thank you, I just made my first earwires. I like how you added the ball at the end. Great video and I learned something new too.

[@ZurickDesigns]

Wonderful!

[@Gizapowerplant]

Love it! Great tutorial! Well done, detailed and articulate. Thank you for posting!

[@ZurickDesigns]

Thanks for watching!! ☺️

[@Gizapowerplant]

Absolutely! Your vids are like Jewelry crack! 😁

[@ZurickDesigns]

Gizapowerplant awesome! 😃

[@chriscarr4577]

Thank you!

[@ZurickDesigns]

You're welcome! ☺️💜

[@Soapywater123]

Hi so I just bought some of these how exactly would you use them to make jewelry like I mean add some beads to them

[@ZurickDesigns]

You can hang charms, bead dangles or anything you want from them for earrings

[@annhopy2220]

Good one, thank you. I have what I need to torch yet I am still hesitant to try, not sure why. Some day :)

[@ZurickDesigns]

I hear ya! At least the little butane torches are manageable!

[@chai_crochet_conversation]

Hi lovely video, thank you, very clear and instructive! What's a tumbler though?

[@ZurickDesigns]

I use a rock tumbler with stainless steel shot and it with polish, harden and burnish jewelry.

[@wendyneilson5676]

Thank you for this demo. Just wondering what options there are if you don’t have a tumbler please?

[@ZurickDesigns]

You could use half hard wire and/or hammer them bit with a rawhide mallet to harden them up

[@AC-pf1ne]

what do you add into your tumbler when you tumble your hooks?? Also, what kind of Silver Wire, Half Hard? Round, Half Round? Argentium Sterling Silver? Thank you

[@ZurickDesigns]

I use stainless steel shot, water and a tiny bit of soap. I use dead soft round sterling silver.

[@yvonnemairose6100]

Great tut! Can you put silver in the same pickle pot you use for your copper?

[@ZurickDesigns]

Great question! I don’t think so. I know you don’t want to introduce iron but just copper and silver should be ok 👍🏻

[@janeruthraphael4644]

Why do they need pickle and what’s in that? Thanks

[@aquamarine9209]

Thanks for the great video! I'm wondering if the tumbler makes the balls smoother? Sometimes the balls look pitted. I don't have a tumbler but have used one when I did some silversmithing classes. Thanks!

[@ZurickDesigns]

I don’t notice them getting smaller. They’re only in the tumbler for an hour or two anyway. I kinda like the pitted look myself. Gives it that “artisan look” I think.

[@aquamarine9209]

Thanks very much, I appreciate your quick reply :)

[@jeankrach3409]

Yes, the tumbler makes them smoother! It only takes my tumbler about 20 minutes! I love it! I tumble all my ear wires, makes them beautiful, and you don't have to file the part that goes into the ear! Also takes out any small nicks that you might have made. Also makes the wire harder!

[@sandyorloff8760]

How long do you tumble them?

[@ZurickDesigns]

Plain metal, about an hour or two.

[@joannemcneil7516]

What kind of tumbler/medium did you use?

[@ZurickDesigns]

I use this cheap plastic tumbler with steel shot. Rock Tumbler-amzn.to/2YtqVcH Stainless Steel Shot- amzn.to/3hs3Gag Steel Block-amzn.to/3mkCMDa Chasing Hammer-amzn.to/3guQmR4

[@JPowell-kz7zn]

A lot of extra work....... Never seen it done this way ever, but if you like it, go for it.

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[@ZurickDesigns]

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[@carlalakins]

What about ball the ends of copper?.

[@ZurickDesigns]

I haven’t made copper eat wires TBH. Can many people wear them?

[@carlalakins]

@@ZurickDesigns I’m not sure, however, I wear copper ear wires.

[@amberm2777]

@@ZurickDesigns pure copper is a low risk allergen, far less people will have a problem with copper than say, stirling silver that contains nickel. I never understood why nickel is commonly used in jewelry, so many people are allergic to it. Now those silver colored copper wires can be a problem because you don't know exactly what is in the silver alloy coating. Should just be tin, but china manufacturers are sneaky 🤷

[@user-lr5cx1ni4r]

The bend at the very end is off camera.