The answer is yes, you can make your own iced out chains. But, doing so requires a lot of skill, determination, and most importantly, access to the machines necessary for melting, mixing, stretching, cutting, and finally welding the iced-out chain. So, you have to make sure you have access to these machines first.
Once you’ve done so, then you can learn how to make your own iced out chains with pendants by following the steps listed below. Always remember to be extremely patient because gold is a soft metal that needs to be handled with care.
The process
You’ll start by collecting all the ingredients you need. That includes your gold and other metals you’ll need for your alloy. Once everything has been gathered, use the XL2 XRF Analyzer for analysis then you’ll melt them. Once the liquid alloy is ready, proceed to pour it all into the ingot mold. The ingot mold should be directly proportional to the weight of your chain.
Remove the solidified alloy from the ingot mold and take it straight to the stretching machine. the role of the stretching machine is to lengthen the metal alloy while sounding its sharp edges. For that, you’ll require a rolling mill and a stretching bar. Make sure you know how to use these before doing anything else.
The next step involves rolling and cutting the stretched-out alloy. The end result should be uniform coils which will be cut into coils. From there, you’ll take the identical coils and solder them together using a special gold solder. These links will then be flattened and from there, you’ll have your iced-out chain.
Of course, there are many other ways you can use to make your iced-out chain. But, this one seems to be the easiest. That’s why it comes highly recommended.
Conclusion
Making a chain for yourself is not as easy as it may seem. Unless you have the expertise and equipment to pull it off, I would strongly suggest you find a good and experienced jeweler to do it for you. Of course, getting a jeweler will cost you a little more than it would have when you did it yourself. But, it’s going to give you the chance save yourself for a lot of unwarranted hustle.
But, if you still insist on doing it, you might want to take some time to practice. As the dictum says, practice makes perfect. And you might want to be perfect if you are to make everything work out in your favor.