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Title of class: Tube-tastic Hollow Hoop Earrings

Instructor: Chapin Dimond

Date of Class: February 1, 2026

Time: 8:00 am-5:30 pm (one-hour lunch)

Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate: must know how to use basic jewelry hand tools (file, saw, sandpaper), know how to use a flex shaft and have basic soldering skills

Type: Project and Technique

Class Fee: $310

Kit Fee: $90 (cash or check made out to Chapin Dimond please)

KIT INCLUDES

steel wire for forming hoops

brass tubing

brass wire 20ga round

brass sheet 22ga

flexshaft tools

○ cup bur 1.5mm

○ ball bur 0.9mm

○ drill bit 0.8mm

○ cut off wheel

○ blue eve knife with mandrel

○ heatless wheel small with mandrel

○ muslin buff with mandrel

○ snap on sanding disc and mandrel

○ sanding drum – split mandrel with sandpaper 320 strip

handouts

AND USE OF THE FOLLOWING STUDIO EQUIPMENT IN CLASS

Soldering stations – torches, fuel, flux, soldering platforms, quench bowls, towels

Table protection

Pickle

LOS patina

Baking Soda for neutralizer

Copper tongs

Dawn, paper towels, dishpans for water

Flex shafts

vises

draw bench

Fabulustre polishing compound

canned air

ammonia in spray bottles

video monitor for viewing demos

STUDENT SUPPY LIST

Discount instructor code for Rio Grande: RFSCDIMO 

Materials

sterling silver round wire 20ga (6 inch)

sterling silver sheet 24- 22ga 1/2inch x6inch

silver solder hard, medium (easy optional)

NOTE: You will practice making the hoops in brass. If you want to make silver hoops too, here is what you will need to bring to class:

sterling silver tubing 12inch (like Rio 100452) (ID no smaller than 0.0937inch, and no bigger than 0.110inch)

Tools

6”x6” Solderite board to carry project to-and-from soldering stations

solder tweezers

solder pick

jewelry saw and blades

bur life or wax

file 1/2 round (#2 cut)

round needle file

barrette needle file

small steel block and something to deaden the sound (rubber base)

riveting hammer

pliers chain nose, round nose, flat and half-round

calipers

paper and pencil

safety glasses

Optivisor

bench pin

battery-operated or rechargeable task lighting for your bench

OPTIONAL

bristle wheel/ radial bristle disc for flex shaft if you have them (3m or Dedeco or equivalent)

solder snips if cutting pallions

parallel pliers or ring clamp

drill bits 0.8mm (1 will be in kit, if you break drill bits you might want to have some extra)

any jewelry tools for clean-up you like

favorite tools you like that are currently in your toolbox

Instructor Email Address: Chapin’s email 

Instructor Website: Chapin’s website 

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DO YOU NEED ANY SUPPLIES OR TOOLS FOR CLASS?

PRE-ORDER THEM TODAY!

Many of our students have asked us to help streamline the process of gathering their supplies and tools for classes, and we have come up with a way we think will work for you.

SJ Jewelry Supply in Phoenix is owned and operated by a wonderful family, headed by Mario Morales. His wife, Erika, and son, Steven, round out the staff, and they are excited to help make gathering your supplies easy and stress free. We guarantee they will make life easier for you! No kidding!

Here’s how it will work….

• Once you have determined what you will need for class, send an email with your request for products and/or tools to SJ Jewelry Supply
  • Go to our website, open the class description for the class, scroll down to the section “Student Supplies,” cut and paste the items you want to purchase into an email to Mario.
  • Here’s their email address mailto:info@sjjewelrysupply.com
• When they receive your email, they will send you a return email acknowledging receipt of your request
  • In this email, they will instruct you about payment methods 
• Once your order is filled, they will send you a second email with confirmation stating your order is complete
  • Included in this email, they will give you instructions on how to pick up your orders upon arrival in September!

 Sound easy? We think it’s going to help take the stress out of preparing for classes!