Sterling Silver Turquoise Necklace

Materials:

sterling silver round wire in a variety of gauges
beaded wire
silver solder in wire form
silver rivet material
liquid flux
solder block/fire bricks
round and flat needle nose pliers
jeweler’s tweezers
flush cutters (snips)
#2 file
soldering clamp
doughnut-shaped turquoise stone
flat hammer
ring mandrel
acetylene B torch
jeweler’s hammer block/or anvil
flex shaft drill, drill press
container with water
crock pot with pickle solution (1:10 ratio of 1 part acid to 10 parts water)
polishing machine with sanding wheel and buffing fibers
red rouge and white diamond buffing compound
hand polishing cloths
punch - steel stick with point on one end
rawhide hammer
flat hammer
safety glasses

Top Silver Circle

1. Wind sterling silver wire around a metal ring mandrel to create a round shape (figure A).

2. Remove the wire from the mandrel and snip at the seam to form one ring. Hold the ends with two pair of flat nose pliers so that the ends meet flush together.

4. Place the silver circle on the mandrel and hammer it with a rawhide hammer to re-form the circle shape.

5. Place the circle on an anvil. Hammer to desired width and flatten the ring with a flat hammer (figure C).

6. Place the flat circle in a pickle to remove fire scale.

8. Punch 3 punctures with a metal punch around the ring at intervals of 10, 2 and 6 o'clock on the circle.

9. Drill the holes in the ring at the puncture locations.