I was about to start working on some silver jewellery and found my gas torch had developed a serious fault, it nearly caused an accident, instead of a controlled flame, it was like some kind of crazy flame thrower and shot almost 1m long flames! it was some sort of failure of the pressure regulator which caused such a huge and useless flame. It came very unexpectedly as the flame should be only inches long! Safety First!

One of the myriad of ways to make a simple sterling silver ring from strip plate 925 Sterling Silver. You will learn how to measure your finger without a ring gauge (this is a classic way jewellers get their customers to sneakily measure the ring of a loved one without them suspecting. They DO NOT give them ring gauges and them ask them to measure their loved one's finger size; that would give the game away if it was supposed to be a secrete LOL!). However, if it's not a secrete, then a ring gauge is the way forward of course. I will show you one technique for soldering We will use a small torch which uses a Propane/Butane mixture. it is NOT a jeweller's torch. A jeweller's torch will be the best best in many circumstances as it uses a Propane/Oxygen mix. It is possible too to use a Propane/oxygen torch for plumbing if you are careful, I have used such equipment many times with good effect, however, such torches will not e suitable for fine silver work as the just is usually too course in size.