34. Everything You Need to Know About Chains - PJX 2023 Lecture - Free Permanent Jewelry Training

The ultimate crash course in metal jewelry components and chains! I taught this at the Permanent Jewelry Expo (PJX) in Las Vegas.

This basic knowledge is essential for anyone new to jewelry making, but also informative for seasoned goldsmiths. The course will cover different metals and styles popular to PJ, and those that should be avoided; measurements and the gauges of wire and jump rings best for PJ; the difference in the performance, durability, pricing, manufacturing process, reactivity and allergies for each metal; how to test for fake metals; how to clean permanent jewelry. The goal of this course is to educate you so you can educate customers.

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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:14 Intro
00:00:52 Overview
00:02:11 Lengths- Imperial vs Metric
00:04:54 Average Lengths For Jewelry
00:06:20 Popular Lengths For Permanent Jewelry
00:08:29 Thickness - Unit Conversion
00:10:59 Diameters - OD and ID
00:13:22 Most Popular Jump Ring Size For Welding
00:15:56 Popular Metals For Permanent Jewelry
00:18:38 Metal Not Suitable For Permanent Jewelry
00:30:45 Solid Gold
00:34:06 925 Silver (Sterling Silver)
00:44:42 Gold Filled
00:49:05 Gold Filled Must Have 2 Things
00:56:15 Durability Of Gold Filled
00:57:08 Many Label Gold Plated As Gold Filled
01:03:30 Can You Weld Gold Filled?
01:05:56 Allergies To Gold Filled
01:11:18 Chains Stretching
01:15:12 End
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Full disclosure
About us: Stones And Findings is a wholesaler of premium jewellery components. We supply many stores that weld permanent bracelets. Our chains and components are high quality and well made (all 925 silver chains are made in Italy and gold filled chains are American).

You can shop our extensive collection online at wholesale prices by first creating an account (you do not need a business license). You will get instant access to prices and shopping cart at the bottom of this page:https://stonesandfindings.com/my-acco...

Note on Micro Welder I have used in this video:
Orion Micro Welder mPulse 30 is made by Sunstone Engineering, in the USA. Stones And Findings is a premier licensed distributor for Orion Micro Welders.
You can purchase it here 👉 https://bit.ly/orion-micro-welder-sf

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