Description

Title of class: Buckle Up! Fabricated & Finished

Instructor: Chapin Dimond

Date of Class: Wednesday, February 3, 2027

Time: 8:00 am until 5:00 pm 

Level: advanced beginner minimum – helpful if comfortable with using a torch, saw,

files, hammers, and flex shaft

Type: combination of both techniques and project

Class Fee: $290

Kit Fee: $120 (cash, check, Zelle)

*price subject to change due to metal and material price fluctuations

Kit includes – purchase is required for all workshops. The kit ensures all

Students will  have the same tools and materials required to learn the techniques

and processes

Nickel wire

Silver solder paste

Binder clips

Mixing supplies

Faux-enamel supplies: uv resin, tinting powder (variety of colors)

Mixing supplies

Flex shaft tools -drill bit, Eve wheels with mandrel

Double sided tape

X-acto blade (so you don’t have to travel with a blade)

Tape

Lint free towels

Handouts

Other needed supplies, consumables and tools for use

Instructor will have the following for use in class

Flex shaft and stand

Torches (air atmosphere)

Soldering bricks

Floor fire blanket for soldering area

Lighter/striker

Flux

Pickle pot with nickel pickle

Water tube for washing, quenching, patina

Towels

UV light- curing light

Hammer- dead blow hammer and steel hammer

Pear hammer – nylon

Whiteboard and markers

3m bristle wheel or Scotch brite wheel (class set)

Polishing tools with compounds for flexshaft (class set)

Mix of Ball burs (class set)

Water tube for washing, quenching, patina

Sand bag (optional)

Disc cutter with brass hammer (optional)

Student Supply List

Sheet 6”x6” 18-gauge nickel or brass or copper or sterling silver (if using sterling silver, 5”of 10-gauge wire is needed or use nickel wire that is provided)

Soldering pick

Soldering tweezers (I like long tweezers)

Hand shears/ snips

Jewelry saw and blades (I like 2/0)

Bench pin and C-clamp

Bench light

Safety glasses

Ruler

Black Sharpie

Calipers -metal

Jewelry saw and blades and wax

X-acto knife handle (teacher will have blades for you to use, so you don’t have to

travel with a knife blade)

Sanding sticks- variety of grits (220, 400, 600 grit)

Pliers- flat/flat or chain nose or flat / ½ round or flat/round

Files for metal (I like #00 and #2)

Needle files (my go to is #3 flat-1/2 round and other standard shapes)

Drill bits 1mm

Battery-operated or rechargeable work light

Noise protection (sometimes it gets loud in class!)

Optivisor or other magnification if required

 Tools and supplies for class can be found at RioGrand (#’s provided) or any other jewelry

supply company Rio# are provided for convenience.

 Discount instructor codes:

RioGrande: RFSCDIMO

pepetools.com/cdimond gets 10% off

Optional

Sterling silver solder – hard, medium, easy [paste solder in kit] (optional)

3rd hand with locking tweezers (optional)

Ball burs if you have any (optional)

Soldering brick/pad (optional)

Design idea printed or stitched to scale (optional)

Other tools for cleaning jewelry you normally like to use that you already have in

Your toolbox (optional)

Your own belt to fit for your buckle (optional)

Instructor Instagram: @cdimonddesigns

Instructor Website: www.cdimond.com

Class Description

In this class students will learn how to fabricate a belt buckle.

Students will fabricate with the metal of their choice- nickel, brass, copper or sterling silver. You will have a chance to try two different methods to enhance and add color to your design with faux enamel.

Bring your metal and belt if you want.

About the instructor

Chapin Dimond is a full-time professional metalsmith and jeweler. In 2003 he discovered the magic of metalsmithing. From Metropolitan State College of Denver, he earned a BFA in Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing.

Chapin is a Colorado native inspired by nature and the magic of metals.

Metalsmithing is the process of telling stories through metal, releasing the inner “feeling” of what metal wants to be.

“Swing that hammer, light that torch, and see that magic happens.”