How To Solder Tiny Ring Components

I was recently asked for some advice on how to solder a very small bezel setting to a thin wire band. This is a how to explaining the process, and helping you to avoid some common issues, such as work coming apart or moving while you solder, and excessive solder causing a buildup around the setting in situations where there is very little surface contact.

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Video Index:
00:53 - Pre-set the bezel by hand
02:41 - Position the ring for soldering
03:17 - Flux the joints
03:57 - Solder

Category:

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• how to
• solder
• soldering
• silver
• make a ring
• metalsmith
• silversmith
• rockos jewelry

[metalreign1]

@Truetone30 - cleans/protects the heated metal from oxidation providing an uninterrupted flow path for molten. flux can have different recipes depending on intended temps and material

[metalreign1]

flux the solder and it wont fly off

[Truetone30]

new to this but what is flux made of and what dose it do?

[CupricReki]

This girl sounds like she would be a cool friend lol

[RadiantJasmin]

I use a squeeze bottle for my flux too, it's so convenient!

[DiademJewels]

such a great tip to hammer the solder flat. never thought to do that! thanks!

[EDSjewelrycreations]

Thanks for the video, nice work!

[seaturtle7777]

Nice camera distance, angle and focus. Thanks!

[pstimm]

Found you from Ganoksin post. Thank you for this nice demonstration :)

[Tes061972]

This is an awesome, straight forward video that gets right to the point of exactly what I needed to know. Thank you so much!