I keep coming across more of your great videos as I'm learning with new projects. This is a great tutorial and is perfect for a high dome cab that I've been pondering how to set. Thanks for all the great information.
@OnlineJewelryAcademy3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! 😀
@saqosargis52778 жыл бұрын
Thank you and Jennifer for this video.
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
You are quite welcome. Glad you found the information useful. Thanks for your support! : )
@phoebegibbs21815 жыл бұрын
SO grateful for your clear instructions!
@OnlineJewelryAcademy5 жыл бұрын
I'll pass your compliment onto Prof. Monroe. Thanks for your support! : )
@madeleinehindorf26928 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to watching part 2 👍🏻😊
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
Hi Madeleine, Part two should be released sometime soon. Glad you liked the first half. Thanks for your support! : )
@dharleeminter28388 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this next step videos to come out! This is gold, thank you! I would love to ask however, is there a rule for placement of the solder seem on the first "ring" in correlation to where to stock goes for the prongs? I would think maybe you would want the seam off diagonally somewhere between the prongs, but maybe not? Thank you!!
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
Hi Dharlee, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. The answer to your question is that the seam on the base is generally lined up with either a prong or bail attachment. That way the seam doesn't deplete during the soldering process. Thanks for your support! : )
@BruceBrandt597 жыл бұрын
Hello John, Thanks again for this tutorial. I have been googling "Polar Radiograph" and not being able to find that PDF you mentioned. If you could be a little more specific, I would appreciate it. Also, Jen said to add the thickness of the wire. I found that true when I need to keep the inside diameter but we want the stone to sit on the wire. Just my observance.
@OnlineJewelryAcademy7 жыл бұрын
Hi Bruce, Thanks for the feedback on the video. You're very right about measurements to keep the interior diameter requiring added thickness. The graph paper I mentioned in the video is a polar radial graph paper. This ought to get you what you want: incompetech.com/graphpaper/polar/ Thanks for your support! : )
You might wanna specify that that "soft brick" is a soft FIRE brick, not sure if that would confuse anyone, ive built my own blacksmkthing and large scale bronze melting forge and furnaces using it, its extremely expensive for what it is but but buying one or two bricks of any thickness is really great for jewelry, but I bet a hard one would work fine too if you didn't have access because they're much easier to find than soft. Thanks for the video btw!
@OnlineJewelryAcademy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching! 😀
@jaykay4158 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for part ii!
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked the video. Part two will be out shortly. Thanks for your support! : )
@barbaracovey6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video.
@OnlineJewelryAcademy6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your support! : )
@alexandrevlaemynck94322 жыл бұрын
hi, thank you ;)
@OnlineJewelryAcademy2 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching! 😀
@alexandrevlaemynck94322 жыл бұрын
@@OnlineJewelryAcademy hi, pleasures watching your videos ;)
@jadibhuti3 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to solder a silver prong (from square wire) to a flat disc that I've notched. I'm using easy solder and I can't seem to get the solder to flow into the notch to hold the prong in place. The solder keeps wanting to flow up the prong itself. I'm using the method your speaker used by pressing the prong into the soft brick to hold it in place and then lightly pressing the notched disk into the prong. I have put flux at the base of the prong and a little into the notch, but it just wants to flow up the prong. I have also tried the sweat solder method but that didn't work either. Could you give me some pointers. (FYI, I am largely an autodidact with silver smithing - I have been pretty successful with soldering pieces together, but this prong soldering doesn't want to cooperate. I apologize if my question is rudimentary).
@OnlineJewelryAcademy3 жыл бұрын
Hi Justin, what you described is a common problem for many jewelers. The solder is not going where you want it to because the heat is uneven. Your prong is getting hotter than the base. Try to heat as evenly as possible and ultimately focus your heat behind the prong just past the seam. It takes practice. Don’t get discouraged. And remember to pickle and clean the pieces between sliding attempts. Also, don’t let too much solder get all over your parts and try to use hard solder. Good luck!🍀
@jadibhuti3 жыл бұрын
@@OnlineJewelryAcademy Fantastic. Thank you SO much for the pointers. I'll give it a try! Thank you thank you! :-)
@jadibhuti3 жыл бұрын
@@OnlineJewelryAcademy Good evening! I just wanted to thank you again for your stellar advice. It worked like a charm. I focused the heat on the disc instead of the prong and used the hard solder. I got all four of the prongs on - I wish I could show you. It's my first pronged piece. Now to add a jump ring, then cleaning and then set the mother of pearl in it. I very much appreciate the videos and advice. Cheers!
@101mosioatunya5 жыл бұрын
I must, must, must get round to doing a four-prong, single gallery setting! I keep intending to and then not doing it! A-a-a-a-ar-r-r-g-g-g-h!
@OnlineJewelryAcademy5 жыл бұрын
LOL. Hilary, You're too funny. Just remember that lots of jewelers go their whole lives without ever making a four-prong single gallery setting.
@101mosioatunya5 жыл бұрын
@@OnlineJewelryAcademy Thanks for the reassurance Prof. John, but I really want to do this and I will, I will. Soon. Very soon :-)
@zhangmenghan85736 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, it is very interesting to look at both of you teaching tgt not in lab but in a video.
@OnlineJewelryAcademy6 жыл бұрын
Jennifer and I make a great teaching team. I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your support! : )
@dharleeminter28388 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to say that the address for Jen's website is wrong. Should be studio, not studios. :)
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dharlee. You were right. We have made the necessary corrections in order to ensure that viewers are able to find Jennifer's website. Thanks for your support! : )
@abasalqashami50708 жыл бұрын
very nice
@OnlineJewelryAcademy8 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked the video. Thanks for your support! : )
@christymartin70264 жыл бұрын
Hi! How do I determine measurements for the base wire with an oval cabochon?
@OnlineJewelryAcademy4 жыл бұрын
Christy Martin One way would be to bend a piece of binding wire around the base of your stone. Then, transfer that measurement to your actual wire. The shift between gauge sizes should help make your base the right size. 🙂
@MadroneHumanRights7 жыл бұрын
how do you figure out the length if its not a round stone?
@petrsladek91565 жыл бұрын
warp the wire around the stone and the cut it :D where the tips of the wire meet each other of course :D
@evelyncoleman74767 жыл бұрын
What do you mean 3 times the metal thickness? So if you are using 18 gauge do you mean 3x1.02?
@OnlineJewelryAcademy7 жыл бұрын
Hi Evelyn, Yes, exactly! It's just like what you do when you make a ring. Thanks for your support! : )
@jenmae217 жыл бұрын
Hi, sorry, just checking, you multiply the width of the stone x pi AND you add three times the metal thickness?
@Ken_Dalton5 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Hermann yes.. Or u can do add the metal thickness to the length at the start and multiply that by pi... It's pretty much the same answer. The later is the way I was always thought to do it. But I'm from Europe so Americans seem to have their ways lol. Buts it's pretty much the same answer if u try both ways u will see 😉
@quelamindoim5 жыл бұрын
What kind of brick is that?
@OnlineJewelryAcademy5 жыл бұрын
That's a Magnesia block.
@leadster22585 жыл бұрын
Sooooo.... Professor is not a protected title, i guess
@OnlineJewelryAcademy5 жыл бұрын
Hi Lidia, Jennifer Monroe and I are both professors. We are entitled to use this title because we both posses a Masters of Fine Arts degree. This is a "terminal" degree. In other words, in the United States we cannot achieve a higher academic credential in our field. Here are a few links that will help to clarify my usage of this title: www.onlinejewelryacademy.com/about.html, www.onlinejewelryacademy.com/online-vs-classroom-video.html, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor. Thanks for your support! : )
@leadster22585 жыл бұрын
@@OnlineJewelryAcademy so weird... in northern europe, just a few select people get to have the title of Professor. I have my masters too... but certainly not a professor (which would involve being a senior teacher at university amongst kther things). It triggered me :) as use of the word professor is kinda only for a select group over here. It feels for me the same as calling every lawyer "your Honor". I see in the wiki that America is much more loose in that terminology. Thanks for the clarification!