2/2/2020 10:30am-6pm Janet Alexander Argentium Spinner Ring

Join Janet Alexander learning the fundamentals of soldering Argentium and sterling silver. Janet will share her years of jewelry making experience and teach you how to create a stylish spinner ring. In this class you will make a flared wide band ring with your choice of textured sterling silver spinner. Techniques Learned Texturing sheet metal a texture hammer How to size a ring How to correctly size the spinner Soldering basic Annealing sterling silver How to solder the sterling silver spinner ring Flaring techniques for a wide band ring Using a torch

½” x 3” 20g sterling silver sheet, 3” textured sterling silver wire, 320-sandpaper, 600-sandpaper, Liver of Sulfur, silver solder, pickling solution, annealed wire, torch fuel, #4 saw blades (3), band tie, and class handout.

2 ea. needle nosed pliers, jewelers saw frame, rawhide mallet, fine point marker, and flat file. Bring your ring mandrel if you have one otherwise you will share. Optional: Optivisor or magnifying glasses and task light

Solder stations, ring gauges, table protection, lighter, torches, rawhide mallet, texture hammers, self-locking tweezers, dapping tools and block, bench pins, C clamps, pickle pot, flex shafts, keys square bur wax bench vise, ball been hammer, ring bending pliers, electric plugs, solder shears, flat nose pliers, flux, fuel