• $150 or 6 monthly payments of $25

Put A Lid On It!

  • Course
  • 57 Lessons

In this course, you will learn to fabricate small metal containers with tension-fitted lids. Will you make a pillbox, poison ring, or treasure box? The choice is yours! Techniques covered will include die forming with a hydraulic press, scoring and bending for angular boxes, larger-scale soldering, tension-fit lid construction, and hollow construction. Beginning jewelry-making skills are helpful for this course.

Course Overview

You've got questions, I've got answers.

What's Included?

  • Meticulous and detailed technical handouts with instructions and helpful information with illustrations

  • Mathematical formulas for creating containers with a specified diameter, inside-fitted tension lids, as well as outside-fitted tension lids (These are worth the whole cost of admission folks!)

  • The opportunity to connect with both me, and other students as you work through the class (and after) to ask questions, share ideas, and create relationships with other jewelry makers

  • Resources, including supplier recommendations, shopping lists, and even a supplier discount code.

  • Patterns, templates, project samples, and instructions

  • Lifetime access to the course, once you purchase it, it is yours to come back to as many times as you need!


What Will I Learn?

  • How to measure and create a round or oval container

  • How to solder metal blanks for containers and lids

  • How to form round or square containers

  • How to measure for and fabricate both inside-fitted tension lids and outside-fitted tension lids

  • Finishing techniques, including useful flex shaft tools for grinding, sanding and polishing

  • How to use impression dies in a hydraulic press to create decorative container lids including pressing with both sheet metal and solid metal

  • How to use a silhouette die

  • How to make a domed lid

  • How to score and bend metal for sharp angular forms (and angular containers)

What Will I Make?

  • Small containers out of metal, including round, oval, or angular shapes

  • Tension-fitted lids, both inside and outside fitting

  • Hydraulic-formed pressings of impression dies for decorative elements (optional)

  • Puffed metal forms from silhouette dies in the hydraulic press (optional)

Contents

Introduction

Put a Lid on It! Introduction
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VIDEO - Course Introduction
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Facebook Group
VIDEO - About the Handouts
Put a Lid on It Full Shebang Supply List
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Put a Lid on it Tips and Tricks

How to Make Round Containers

In this section, you'll learn to make round containers.

VIDEO - Round Containers Intro
Circles - Things to Remember for Containers
VIDEO - Formula Explanations
How to Form and Solder a Round Container
Make a Practice Container
VIDEO - How to Measure Cut and Form a Container Blank
VIDEO - Soldering and Forming the Container
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VIDEO - Next Steps

Round Containers with Over-Fitted Lids

In this section you'll learn to make containers with over-fitted or outside-fitted lids, that is, lids that fit over the perimeter of the container.

VIDEO Over-Fitted Lids Intro
How to Form and Solder an Over-Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Measuring Cutting and Forming the Over-Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Soldering and Forming the Over-Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Cleaning Seams and Preparing to Solder Caps
VIDEO - Soldering the Caps and Cleaning Up

Round Containers with Inside-Fitted Lids

In this section, you'll learn to make round containers with inside-fitted lids, that is, lids that fit down into the interior of the container.

VIDEO - Inside Fitted Lid Intro
How to Form and Solder an Inside-Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Creating an Inside Fitted Lid Blank
VIDEO - Soldering the Blank for an Inside Fitted Lid
VIDEO - How to Clean and Fit an Inside Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Preparing and Soldering the Caps on an Inside Fitted Lid
VIDEO - Removing Excess Metal and Final Finishing of Inside Fitted Lid

Hydraulic Forming For Containers and Decorative Lids

VIDEO - How to Use an Impression Die
VIDEO- How to Press Solid with Shot Plate Dies
VIDEO - How to Use a Silhouette Die

Domed Lids

VIDEO - How to Make a Domed Lid

Scoring and Bending for Angular Containers

VIDEO - Scoring and Bending Intro
Scoring and Bending
VIDEO - Scoring and Bending for Containers
VIDEO - Soldering the Scored Blank
VIDEO - Forming the Square Container Walls
VIDEO - Soldering the Container Walls
VIDEO - Fabricating the Inner Container
VIDEO - Scoring Curved Lines for Curvilinear Bends

Examples Gallery

In this section, you'll be able to view examples of the types of containers you learned to make in this course.

Silver Box with Hydraulic Formed Lid
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Copper box with Hydraulic Formed Lid
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Copper with Floral Impression Lid
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Copper and Silver Yin and Yang
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The Tiniest Poison Acorn
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Fern Container Closed Lid
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Fern Container Open and Closed
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Fern Container Open Lid
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Tiny Trilobite Container
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3 Containers
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Maple Seed Container
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Maple Seed Container Open Lid
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Buzzing Fly Container Open and Closed
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Copper String Container
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Nutmeg Grater Container Closed
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Nutmeg Container Open Top
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Nutmeg Container Fully Open
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Conclusion

Thank you!