Tin Jewelry Making- Cold Connections

This video shows how I make cold connections for tin jewelry.
Important tools:
Center finder
Metal hole punch
Rivets- jewelry rivets or Brads from hardware store
Eyelets- I use size 3.7 x 2.2mm
Compression Rivets- I use 4mm
Measure tool- I use a plastic credit card with appropriate sized holes
Flush cutters
Ball Peen or Riveting hammer
Eyelet setting tool
Compression rivet tool
Bench block and sand bag

[@bikeboomer2617]

Very good instruction and thanks for the tip on using brads!

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Welcome! Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

[@jeanneenadamcik7618]

Thanks for the idea for using the wire brads from the hardware store. I wouldn't have thought of that.

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Welcome! I wish I could remember where I learned that. Brads do work really well.

[@vivianwarran8804]

Thank you.

[@jenniperkins4260]

Oh I’m so glad I found you ! Looking to making my own bezels and bell/ bead caps from tin

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Well, I hope I can help. I think I’ll end up learning more too!

[@truthbetold4178]

Thank you!

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Welcome!

[@tatochip]

Great video! Really informative. Thank you!

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Thank you 😊

[@MelodyMeigs]

Thank you, great video. When you have a cupped circle item on top like you did, how can you turn it over to hammer the brad/rivet without it bending the cupped circle item on top?

[@daisybz111]

Hi! I am so grateful to find this tutorial! It is so helpful, as I have no experience with cold connections! I find it confusing to know how to choose which one to use - could you quickly write the differences in rivets, eyelets and brads? Benefits to one over the other? Thank you!!!

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Hi! A rivet has a flat or decorative head and you trim the stick part down to hammer it flush in place. Compression rivets have two parts that snap together before using a tool that sets it in place. Eyelets have a hole that is set in place with an eyelet setter. These are useful when needing to link something to the piece. Brads are a type of basic small nail that can be adapted to use as a rivet. I use compression rivets when joining non flat pieces of tin together. I use eyelets when a more ‘finished’ look is needed for the design- such as a necklace pendant. I use brads as rivets coz they are cheaper than jewelry rivets, haha.

[@daisybz111]

@@atomicanucleibycatina7861 Oh my gosh, thank you so so much for that information! It helps to make things so much clearer and I really do appreciate your time. ❤️❤️❤️

[@allisonkeevers1969]

Really enjoyed your video. I thought brads were those things scrapbookers use that look like split pins. You poke them through the hole and divide the pin "legs" on the back ?

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Yep, those are what I always thought of as brads too. However, these small nails are called brad nails. A quick search on Lowe’s for brads will show you the nails I’m talking about. Thanks for watching!

[@allisonkeevers1969]

@@atomicanucleibycatina7861I'm in Australia, but I looked them up in a big hardware chain we have here and they had lots of brad nail types. Thank you for the info.

[@ninjabiscuit6157]

Hi Catina, another fabulously informative video for a newbie tin jewellery maker in the UK, thank you so much. Can I please ask what pattern/brand the embossing folder is that you used on the rectangular pieces? It's like a metal deckplate design. I have a large-scale version but would love to get hold of your smaller version for smaller pieces. Thanks again

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

The one that I had on the bench block? That is a basket weave design. It’s by Cuttlebug and I think the name is Oxford. It is a go-to folder that will work with just about any design.

[@christinavallem5669]

Thank you for showing all the different cold connections. FYI if you file in one direction, pushing, your file will live longer. Peace.

[@atomicanucleibycatina7861]

Thanks! I’ll try to remember to file in one direction.

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

The tile designed fabric is beautiful but makes for confusing visuals of the things you are showing.🙏

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

Your demo of setting the 2 part compression rivet misses the use of attaching the metal to another piece of metal. Unless setting that rivet just for aesthetics there’s no point to putting that in a single sheet of metal.