The No-Boggle Toggle: A Hollow Form Clasp with Nested Toggle

The following supplies will be used for course demonstrations and objectives. A suggested item and/or vendor has been provided below for reference. Click the vendor name (in red) to be redirected to a page where you can find the item. The quantities needed for each item are listed first. If ordering, please be aware that some items may come in larger quantities than needed for this class. We recommend not opening an item's packaging until the day of the workshop. Student participation during or in-between class sessions is strongly encouraged but not required - observers are welcome.

Raw/metal materials: 

These dimensions get you a round hollow toggle of approximately 1” diameter – you can gather more material to work larger or in different shapes

• 1 x 3.5"x1.75" - 22 gaSterling Silver sheet (RioGrande)

  • If using copper, 20ga or 18ga (RioGrande)

  • If using brass, use 22 ga (RioGrande)

• 1 x 4in round wire, 18 ga, or jump rings, in metal of your choice

• 1 x 1.5in round wire for toggle (I like 10g, but you can work with 8 – 11 g), in metal of your choice

• 1 x 1in tubing (Must match the wire size selected – see below). Ideally, the wire nests snugly inside the tubing. If you know how, you can draw down wire and/or tubing to make a really snug match. If not, here are some tube/toggle combos you can use:

  • Otto Frei Tubing:
  • 844-3126         3.25 mm OD x 2.74 mm ID .25 mm Light Wall – use with 10 ga wire
    844-3525         3.55 mm OD x 2.54 mm ID .50 mm Heavy Wall – use with 11 ga wire
    844-3830         3.86 mm OD x 3.09 mm ID .40 mm Medium Wall – use with 9 ga wire
    844-4535         4.57 mm OD x 3.55 mm ID .50 mm Heavy Wall – use with 8 ga wire
  • Rio Heavy Wall Tubing:

  • 100452                        3.56 mm OD x 2.54mm ID  0.51mm Heavy Wall – use with 11 ga or ream tubing for 10g wire

  • 100426                        4.12 mm OD x 3.1mm ID  0.51mm Heavy Wall – stretch wire/ream tubing for 8 ga wire

  • 100427                        4.57 mm OD x 3.48mm ID   0.51mm Heavy Wall – use with 8 ga wire

  • If you have a Ross Metals Wholesale account, they have more variety of tubing sizes to get a more perfect match

Basic Hand Tools:

• 1 x flat nose pliers (RioGrande) 
• 1 x snips / flush cutters (RioGrande) 
• 1 x jewelers saw (RioGrande) 
• 1 x pack saw blades - 2/0 or thinner (RioGrande) 
• 1 x burlife / bee's wax (RioGrande) 
• 1 x bench pin (RioGrande) 

• Various Full sized files – Barrette (flat file ok alternative) (RioGrande),  Crossing (half round ok alternative) (RioGrande)

• Various needle files – round, barrette, others nice to have (RioGrande)

Basic Soldering/Torch Set-up:

• 1 x fireproof area - steel sheet, tiles, etc. (Amazon or Home Depot) 
• 1 x Solderite™ pad / pan with pumice (RioGrande or RioGrande) 
• 1 x compressed charcoal block - hard (RioGrande) 
• 1 x torch - Smith mini, Silversmith, or butane (RioGrande or RioGrande) 
• 1 x #0 or #1 torch tip - if getting Silversmith (RioGrande)
• 1 x striker or lighter - Silversmith system has one (RioGrande) 
• 1 x soldering tweezers (RioGrande) 
• 1 x soldering pick (RioGrande) 
• 1 x 3rd arm (RioGrande) 
• 1 x cross lock tweezers (RioGrande) 
• 1 x paste flux (RioGrande) or (RioGrande)
• 1 x copper tongs - for pickle (RioGrande) 
• 1 x 1in Hard and Medium solder (RioGrande)
• 1 x pickle - sodium bisulfate or citric acid (RioGrande or Amazon) 
• 1 x brass bristle brush (RioGrande) 
• 1 x crock pot or lidded glass container (RioGrande or Amazon) 
• 1 x small brush - for flux 
• 1 x liquid hand soap - for cleaning metal 

Other Tools: 

• 1 x Half round pliers

• Sandpaper – various grits from coarse to very fine

• Polishing tools of your choosing

• Ring mandrel or set of daps or other round forming objects with multiple sizes available]

Optional:

• Strongly recommended but not required: Miter vice (RioGrande)

• Optional: other pliers

• Optional: Rolling mill/pattern plates for texture

• Optional but recommended: Mizzy heatless wheels (Ottofrei)

• Optional, but recommended: Flex shaft set up