Class is held May 8th - 10th, 2026, 10am - 5pm each day (our booking system only reflects the start day)
This class is all about incorporating a ball bearing underneath a cabochon to make a spinning ring. We’ll fabricate a deep bezel with room to hide the bearing, a ring with a tube that holds the bearing, then carefully attach the two elements together so that they’re secure but still able to spin freely. Along the way, I’ll cover a bunch of fabrication tips and tricks applicable to many different projects.
Materials:
Now let’s talk about fire! There are many ways to solder, and almost all of them can achieve great results. I like to pick solder using a titanium solder pick. I like Prips flux applied with a needle-tipped bottle. I prefer an oxy-propane or oxy-acetylene torch. That’s what you’ll see me use to make this project. That said, brushing paste flux on the piece with a paintbrush, then applying solder chips with tweezers, can make a piece that looks exactly the same. An acetylene/air torch is hot enough to do every technique I’ll demo. Butane won’t have enough heat though. I like Silquar solder board if I’ve got a torch that uses oxygen, but I find it too much of a heat sink for acetylene/air. In that case, I’ll use a hard Solderite board.
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