TUTORIAL:

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple soldered sterling silver band using a small butane torch and basic tools. This is a great project for the beginner, even if you’ve never soldered before. It will give you the fundamentals you will need to continue learning basic soldering. I will walk you step by step though making a silver band with a hammered texture that has been oxidized and polished in a tumbler.
This tutorial is 18 pages long and has over 30 photos.
I will talk to you about different materials you can start with, options in finishing, texturing, polishing and I will give you a chart that will show you how to determine the amount of material you will need to achieve a certain size ring. The chart shows North American, European and UK sizes with measurements in millimeters and inches.

• Piece of sterling silver sheet or strip approximately 20 to 16 gauge (about 1mm to 1.5mm) thick
• Silver solder

• Ruler or calipers
• Pencil
• Jewelers saw
• Flat file
• Pliers
• Tweezers
• Rawhide mallet
• Torch
• Ring mandrel
• Proper surface for soldering
• Flux
• Pickle (I will give you an easy home made recipe)
• Sand paper
• Finishing options
• -oxidizer
• -Steal wool 000000
• -soft brass brush
• -Polishing cloth
• -Tumbler