Make a Bali-Style Bead Cap HD 1080p

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Learn how to make a Bali-Style bead cap. Great soldering practice and a useful skill for not only creating bead caps but, also for use with clasps, as beads, and other decorative elements, to mention a few!
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TOOLS
PepeTools
Best soldering pick, IMHO: PepeTool's Carbide Soldering Pick: pepetools.com/collections/sol...
Check out PepeTool's Bench Basics for the flux, sprayer, Blade Butter, and more, that I use - pepetools.com/collections/ben...
Large Soldering Block, that I use (the only way to go!), at Pepetools - pepetools.com/products/harden...
PepeTools Jump Ring Maker: pepetools.com/products/jump-r...
PepeTools Smart Pickle - pepetools.com/products/smart-...
PepeTools Disc Cutter - pepetools.com/collections/cut...
PepeTools Dapping Set - pepetools.com/search?q=dappin...
PepeTools Bezel Mandrel, Round - pepetools.com/products/micro-...
PepeTools Bezel Mandrel, Round - pepetools.com/products/micro-...
PepeTools Pliers - pepetools.com/search?q=pliers...
PepeTools Jump Ring Sets - pepetools.com/search?q=Jump+r...
Other Disc Cutters on Amazon Smile - amzn.to/3ut0SRz. If the cutter doesn't lock down, I don't recommend buying it as the metal can move - especially if you have to hit more than once.
*Leather/Rawhide Mallet - amzn.to/3uvmqx8
*1 mm Ball Bur - amzn.to/3kYqRNP
*400 Grit Polishing Paper - Rio Grande: www.riogrande.com/product/3m-...
*Clear Ruler - amzn.to/2XXujz3
*Dapping Set - Amazon: amzn.to/3omZ3Va
*Jump Ring Mandrels - PepeTools: pepetools.com/products/jump-r...
*Jump Ring Mandrels - Amazon: amzn.to/3F9rsnC
Specific sizes used are 2.5 mm mandrel with 24 g wire, 3 mm with 18 g wire (optional), 5 mm with 24 g wire, 8.5 mm with 16 g wire.
*Jump Ring Sets - Amazon: amzn.to/3zWhTEW
*Flat Nose pliers (2) - amzn.to/3utrAJV
*or Needle Nose Pliers (2) - amzn.to/3AWOITj
*Fine Tweezers - amzn.to/2ZAckzp
*Round Bezel Mandrel Round - Amazon: (3.175 mm to 12.7 mm) - amzn.to/3uokWEM
*Torch & Pickle Setup. See my webpage for information: nancylthamilton.com/technique...
*Bristle Disc kit - amzn.to/3kYSBSo.
*Charcoal Block - amzn.to/3A1sNJB.
*Flux, AquiFlux - Amazon: amzn.to/3AXNjvY
Materials:
*22g Sterling, Fine, or Argentium Silver Sheet, or Other Metals Like Copper, Brass, or Bronze. Use Scrap or A 2" Square Piece. At Amazon: amzn.to/39UGqQ1
*16g Round Wire, Sterling, Fine, Argentium, or Other Metals. About 6".
*18g Round Wire for 2 Jump Rings for Top Sphere, or Two to Three, 24g, 2.5mm Jump Rings for the Top Sphere - Metals are the Same As Above. About 4".
*24g Round Wire in Any Metal. About 2 Feet. You Need To Get at Least 13 Jump Rings From It - More if Using 2-3 Jump Rings for the Top Sphere.
*Hard Solder - amzn.to/3ojZKPh or At Any Metal Supplier.
Metal Suppliers: Stuller, Rio Grande, Otto Frei, Amazon, Halstead Bead, Hauser & Miller, Cookson Gold, Metalifferous, Ross Metals, Hoover & Strong, etc.
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0:14 Cutting the discs
1:03 Finding the center of the discs
3:19 Doming the discs
4:40 Sanding the domed discs
5:11 Assembling the bead caps
6:43 Creating the small spheres
8:49 Soldering the dome to the large jump ring
10:11 Creating the large sphere
10:45 Applying the decorative elements
13:09 Soldering the decorative elements
14:13 Re-Adding the spheres that fell off
15:03 Soldering the top jump ring on
16:36 Soldering the large sphere on
17:15 Finishing

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@andreak001 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nancy! I love your videos- I laugh so much- not 'at you', but with you. You have a great sense of humor and I can't help thinking that I'm watching a mirror image of myself, lol! I seem to have the same working attitude 😄 and attention to detail and perfection, ha, ha. Thanks for making Silversmithng fun and for taking away some of the trepidation of the process. I'm looking forward to your next video- I always come away with some great tips and a smile😃 Your the best!!

@karie9890 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea, and wonderful video! When it comes to letting the flux dry,,,, instead of letting it air dry, our silver club has a heat lamp bulb that people can sit their projects under to help it dry much faster.

@badbeadgirl 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your fantastic videos, Nancy! I tell my students at the University of Michigan that along with being entertained, they can always depend on you to show the proper techniques. I hope you get a lot of support for your casting studio! C'mon all you folks who have been watching Nancy's expert videos for free, (please) cough up some cash for the woman that has graciously shared her knowledge with us!

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your support!!!! It is truly appreciated. Glad I can be of service. Thanks.

@falsedfaith69 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and tips. Glad to see you back!

@ragazzinayankee 2 жыл бұрын

I learned soooo much from you, thank you!!! Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge.

@rlm98253 2 жыл бұрын

I really like your new (to me) presentation format.

@Lightness108 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nancy. Love your ideas... 😊💕🌹

@annh3599 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nancy!

@Cindjo717 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Glad you’re back. Thank you!

@infledermaus 2 жыл бұрын

Nancy! I'm so glad to see you've come through the plague so far! Hurray for all of us, uhm, experienced adults who are safe!

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks, you too! Memory-challenged adults? Slightly worn-around-the-edges adults? Haha. I could go on but, I'll stick with your choice: experienced. Thanks!

@janetbarkwith6369 2 жыл бұрын

I had never thought of using a ball burr to make divot and hole. I have always used a punch and it sometimes (often?) goes a teensy bit astray and off-centre, Definitely going to try the ball burr thingy. Thanks Nancy!

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

For sure hold onto the bur well. Hold your flex shaft handle like a pen or pencil. Middle finger touching the metal and holding the bur. Your ring finger joined to your vise. The more connections you have, physically, the more success you will encounter. Great good luck to you! Thanks.

@carianin5293 2 жыл бұрын

You are such an inspiration, Nancy. Thanks for sharing ❤️

@audreydugan9668 2 жыл бұрын

Really great, thank you so much!

@SandyHuntress 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, so much work! I appreciate them more now, and think I'd rather just buy them, lol.

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! But think of the soldering experience! I get it! Thanks for watching. N

@duocmat5192 2 жыл бұрын

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@juliel6254 2 жыл бұрын

It's always a pleasure to watch your videos! I love the look of Bali beads. This was a fun one! It's so hard to find the real thing these days so this is a much appreciated tutorial! I loved your previous video from years back making lentil beads. I made several and just love them. They were actually much easier to make than I thought and turned out great! Thank you!

@allanthompson9695 Жыл бұрын

Great video Nancy. Ill have to find out more about your non-profit. What I have read so far is very positive. We had a non profit music studio in North Devon many years ago.

@joliseaglasspotterydesigns1205 2 жыл бұрын

loved this is there part 2?

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

The second part is the magnetic clasp video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it6mnLKatrC4oqM.html. Thanks!!!

@janegleason6369 2 жыл бұрын

Nancy, as always, I learn so much from you. If you were to do this in argentium. What steps would be fused and which soldered. Gratefully yours! Jane Gleason

@NancyHamiltonJewelry 2 жыл бұрын

Jane, I don't know as I didn't make it in Argentium. I would imagine that you could fuse most of it! Something to experiment with! I'll have to try it myself, someday! Thanks Jane.