TUTORIAL:

Fine Silver Balled Headpins

Uploaded on: Nov 09, 2008
Level: Beginner
Description:

This lesson shows how to make balled headpins
using a small inexpensive butane torch which can
be purchased at your local hardware store and
fine silver wire.

Price: $0.00
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Material List:
  • Fine silver wire
Tool List:
  • torch
  • wire cutters
  • heat resistant tweezers or pliers
  • heat proof surface

Number of steps: 4
File size: 188.44 KB
Page count: 4
Listing ID: #6074
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  1. Fine Silver Wire used for head pins...by maltesergr8Posted on - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 20:01
  2. Can you use GF wire to make these headpins?by BobbiWiredPosted on - Tue, 03/03/2009 - 21:51
  3. Troubleshooting hand forged headpins?by pellicolPosted on - Mon, 05/18/2009 - 16:53

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  1. Making sterling silver headpinsby LizPifferrerPosted on - Wed, 11/19/2008 - 22:19
  2. Headpins without a torchby shaktipajPosted on - Mon, 11/17/2008 - 12:24

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Thank you for offering this for free, Marie Christine!

This is fantastic. I am going to give it a try and enjoy making these. That is so nice for you to send this tut for free. You are wonderful. Thanks, Pam

Thanks, Marie Christine! I'm just starting to play with fire, and this clarified a lot for me!

You are welcome! :)

Marie, thank you for sharing this totorial. I appreicate it. I will have to try the stove and find out about purchase a torch.

Thank you!

Glad to find this tutorial, thanks a lot.

I'm going out tomorrow and buy a tourch.Thanks for the info.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have wanted to try some kind of project with a butane torch so that I can learn how to use one. This is perfect!
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This is great!! I haven't wanted to try this before, but I might just have to give this a bash :)
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You are welcome! Definitely try it, you will be so happy you did!

Thank you for this infomation!! Some stones require a bigger headpin, this will help solve that problem. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I have been wondering how this was done.

I just thank God that someone is willing to lend a hand to awkward beginners! It's nice to know that not everyone in the jewelry business is just trying to climb ladders.

Thank you Marie for your super tutorial, thank you so much for sharing your knowledges in the jewelry!!!

Thank you for this very practical tutorial!! I'm going to give it a try sometime!! :)

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Thank you for sharing :-)

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Thanks MarieChristine,

I have been considering bying a torch like this and now I know I HAVE too! Talk about saving money!

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This is going to save me a lot of money!
Thank you for sharing this tutorial. Much appreciated,
Marie

You are most welcome!

Thankyou so much for this bit of info. which helps so much. I am new at this and this is just what I was looking for. Everything else (so far) is still over my head! Thankyou!!!

Hi Marie, is it possible to do this with other kinds of wire, such as goldfilled? Thanks!

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Thanks so much ! This is great and free is double great !

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No idea this was so simple! You just saved me a ton of money :) Thank you so much

You are very welcome!



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