In this first lesson of a course on making a silver ring with a bezel stone, learn workstation safety, and how to measure and shape the sterling silver wire.

Now that you've measured and shaped wire for a silver ring, learn how to anneal it to make it easier to work with and form into shapes for jewelry making.

While annealing heats a material to make it more workable, soldering uses the same process to join two pieces. Learn how to solder for jewelry in this lesson.

Now that you know the fundamentals of soldering, it's time to solder together the sterling silver ring you're working on and learn how to clean jewelry.

What good is a beautiful ring if it doesn't fit? In this jewelry manufacturing lesson, learn how to round a ring and finish jewelry with an easy technique.

Do you have a favorite stone? Turn it into wearable jewelry by learning how to make a bezel for it in this jewelry manufacturing lesson from John Ahr.

The next step to making a silver ring with a special stone is to create the bezel for the stone. Learn how in this jewelry manufacturing lesson with John Ahr.

In this eighth lesson of John Ahr's jewelry making course, learn how to prepare and attach a bezel cup to a sterling silver ring by sweat soldering it.

In this jewelry manufacturing lesson, learn techniques used to set cabochon cut stones into bezel cups, and how to set oddly shaped stones, too.

Your jewelry project is done, right? Not quite! In this final lesson, learn basic principles of polishing including tools, technique, and safety.