SKILLS
Stone setting
Soldering
TIME IT TOOK
4 hours
MATERIALS- Drusy freeform cabs
- 4-5"x¼, 26g sterling silver bezel wire
- 6" fi ne silver 20g wire
- 20-26" 1.2mm sterling silver bead chain and terminations
- 1 3mm (od) 19g sterling silver open jump rings
- Solder (easy)
- Linseed oil
- Flux
- Pickle
- 400, 500, 600 sandpaper
- #0000 steel wool
TOOLS
Metal fi les, torch with fi ne tip, soldering
surface, fi re tweezers (cross-locking are
best), ultra fl ush wire cutters, chain nose
pliers, rotary tool, #47 diamond drill bit,
#65 HSS drill bit, wooden mandrel or bench
pin, safety goggles, forming stake, bench
block or anvil
SOURCES
Most of the tools and materials for this
project are available from TheUrbanBeader.
com, Riogrande.com, Fretz Designs,
Uruguay Minerals, and other well-stocked
jewelry supply vendors, many of whom can
be found in our Advertisers’ Index, page 93.What You Need
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