Hinges and Catches


Everything you need to know about making and adding hinges and catches to your jewelry. Learn about the myriad varieties of these functional bits.

How to Install a Figure 8 Catch

How to Install a Figure 8 Catch

A figure 8 safety clasp is added to the box clasp of a link or bangle bracelet as a backup...
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How to Make Your Own Locket

How to Make Your Own Locket

Before photography, lockets were decorated with miniature, handpainted portraits -- a luxury few could afford. The advent of affordable photographic...
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Box Clasp Fabrication

Box Clasp Fabrication

One of the most important types of closures used in jewelry is the box clasp. This clasp and its many...
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Chain and Bracelet Catches 2

Chain and Bracelet Catches 2

Box catches lend themselves to a wide range of shapes and are frequently used on chains, bracelets and cuff bracelets....
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How to Make Earring Posts by Hand

How to Make Earring Posts by Hand

Yes you can make your own earring posts. It is generally more cost effective to buy them, but making them...
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All About Hidden Hinges

All About Hidden Hinges

Hidden hinges are sometimes used on bracelets and jewelry pieces. I saw one on a Vietnamese bracelet once and have...
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Basic Hinge Making Technique

Basic Hinge Making Technique

It is important to pick tubing with an appropriate wall thickness and material strength for the requirements of the piece....
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Chain and Bracelet Catches 1

Chain and Bracelet Catches 1

The first requirement of all catches is that they secure neckpieces and bracelets in such a way that they will...
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Hinge Pin Installation Options

Hinge Pin Installation Options

It is, however, usually best to bevel the openings of a tube slightly to give the rivet a better purchase...
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Cold Connections for Hinged Tabs

Cold Connections for Hinged Tabs

Cold connections are great alternatives to soldering, especially if you want to use fragile or flammable materials in your jewelry...
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Different Types of Knuckle Hinges

Different Types of Knuckle Hinges

While this one may seem a little odd at first glance the idea has merit. Linda Chow suggests that a...
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Hinges with Bearings

Hinges with Bearings

A bearing is essentially tube sections which are attached to the metal being hinged into which the hinge itself is...
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Working with Jewelry Hinges Made Easy

Working with Jewelry Hinges Made Easy

Sometimes working with jewelry hinges can be too taxing. And not knowing how will make your work even harder. Here's...
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Double Tongue Tube Box Clasp

Double Tongue Tube Box Clasp

This project is a slight variation on the standard box clasp, the clasp outlined here uses two tongues rather than...
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Cufflink Hinge Pins

Cufflink Hinge Pins

Cuff-links can work well as a plain three-part hinge. There are some basics to the construction of cuff-links. The cuff-link...
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Cast Hinges for Jewelers and Goldsmiths

Cast Hinges for Jewelers and Goldsmiths

Cast hinges are a very important part of much production jewelry work, partly because hinge assembly on such pieces is...
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Pinback Placement Hints

It is customary to place the joint at the right of the back of the pin and the catch on...
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Wire Hinges

Wire Hinges

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to create wire hinges...,http://www.google.com/profiles/Luis.F.Moreno.Silversmith
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Superfit’s Hinge and Latch System

Superfit’s Hinge and Latch System

Getting a superior fit on your next custom ring order could be just a few mouse clicks away. Superfit Inc.,...
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Installing and Repairing Hinge Rivets

Installing and Repairing Hinge Rivets

Installing or repairing hinge rivets can be difficult with a torch. Flooding a hinge with solder and permanently joining a...
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Special Repair Work

It is not uncommon for moving parts to wear out. This is to be expected because of increased friction as...
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Basic Tubing Catch Fabrication

Basic Tubing Catch Fabrication

First one chooses an appropriate metal for the various parts, that is a metal with appropriate structural for it's thickness...
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Custom Made Jewelry Findings

Custom Made Jewelry Findings

Hali Baykov offers here some diagrams and notes, with the basic steps in making specialized findings, including double pins and...
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Ball Hinge

Ball Hinge

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a Ball Hinge...,http://www.google.com/profiles/Luis.F.Moreno.Silversmith
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Brooch Clasp

Brooch Clasp

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a brooch clasp
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Clasp fabricating – III

Clasp fabricating – III

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a clasp
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Clasp fabricating – IV

Clasp fabricating – IV

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a clasp
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Clasp Fabrication

Clasp Fabrication

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a clasp...,http://www.youtube.com/user/luis67813?feature=mhw5
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RING BRACELET – Part 2

RING BRACELET – Part 2

Nice Chain maille bracelet. Making the clasp - finishing...
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Notebook Pendant Project

Notebook Pendant Project

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Clasp Making

Clasp Making

Luis Moreno demonstrate how to fabricate yet another clasp...,http://www.google.com/profiles/Luis.F.Moreno.Silversmith
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Clasp fabricating – II

Clasp fabricating – II

Luis Moreno demonstrates how to fabricate a clasp...,http://www.youtube.com/user/luis67813?feature=mhw5
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