.I assembled a white gold necklace - they give me the pieces of chain and the clasps, jump rings, etc. I put them all together and weld everything closed. I attached a small diamond to the chain with a platinum jump ring. It has to be platinum since gold is too soft and the diamond would wear it down.
I have also been making earrings with small seed pearls. I weld a wire to an earring post and thread the pearls onto the wire. I use the laser welder to ball up a little bit of excess wire to prevent the pearls from coming off. It is tricky because pearls are very delicate and the heat from the laser can damage them.
I used a larger pearl to make a charm by attaching the pearl to a jump ring. These are one of my favorites because the pearls have a pink sheen to them.
I've also been making hammered rings. I get a coil of wire and I cut it into pieces. I solder them into rings rather than laser them. The laser welder creates a strong connection on small pieces but with such a thick wire, only the outer edge would be connected with a gap in the middle. The solder creates a stronger connection. I hammer facets onto the rings and they get put through a tumbler for 4 to 5 hours.The tumbler is full of rubber pieces that polish the rings.
Hammered rings work in progress
More hammered rings.
Finished Pearl Charms