How can I secure my silver charms in place?

I am a big fan of charms. Buddhist charms, cross, cat, elephant and Celtic are my favorites. 

It was around the end of last lockdown that I started making bracelets, started with adjustable macramé bracelets without charms. Then I made one with 2 feather charms. Unfortunately one of two fell off.

I used normal silver jump rings for the project, using super glue to close them, but of course super glue didn't quite hold it closed strongly enough. 

Based on the unfortunate accident, I started looking for alternative ways to secure my charms in place. It's been quite a while and still I haven't found my perfect glue yet.

Gorilla glue does the job, but it takes time to dry, and the color isn't quite clear. With superglue, I found the professional grade superglue from Daiso, that can be used on metal for $3.10 or something, which is more expensive than the ones from two dollar shop, but surprisingly worked great, actually worked better than many expensive glues that I invested my pocket money on.

Another alternative I came up with is making my own double split jump rings, that way you don't have to use the metal solder, which I'm not confident at all to use. After all, jewelry making is my weekend project. 

I would like to know if anyone knew how to close jump rings as securely as possible without having to solder the gap together.



I went to bed without taking them off , just to test if the jump rings would remain closed tight.
The top one came off the first time. Now it won't open without pulling really hard with a pair of pliers.

The bottom one had no problem. 



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