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Metalsmithing Made Easy

A Practical Guide to Cold Connections, Simple Soldering, Stone Setting and More!

Kate Ferrant Richbourg

Description

In addition to teaching the essentials of soldering, Metalsmithing Made Easy demystifies rotary tools and introduces different kinds of hotter small-space torches. In her signature friendly, easy-to-follow style, the author lays out a lesson plan of techniques to help readers gain familiarity with soldering tools and methods.

In the chapter "The Field Guide to the Rotary Tool" you will learn how to quickly and efficiently, with a simple handheld tool and a few select bits, add professional-quality surface effects and finishing to your jewellery designs. A practice sampler of metal tiles, to be worked on step-by-step, helps to hone skills in surface manipulation, stone setting, cold connections and more.

Once these skills are mastered in the sampler, you can undertake any (or all) of 15 gorgeous projects included, such as a locket, bail with set stone, prong-set pendant and much more.