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| Sizing and cutting 16 gauge dead soft copper wire |
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| Wire ends have been filed down flat to fit perfectly together to create a 'seamless' join. Very important to line them up the best you can.. you'll thank yourself after seeing your perfect seam! |
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| Copper rings before soldering and after soldering and quenching! |
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| Painting copper ring with Flux to prevent firescale before torching! I paint the whole ring just to make sure. |
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| Copper rings and silver earrings in pickling solution.. won't be long now til they're all clean and pretty! |
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| My small soldering setup.. temporary for now, but works just fine! Magnesium block doesn't stay pretty for very long! |
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| Copper ring after sanding excess solder, hammering, polishing and buffing to a shine! |
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| Rings before and after hammering and polishing! |
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| Ready to be sanded! |
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| ...and hammered |
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| And voila!! Cute copper stacking rings! Two of the seams broke, but I re-soldered them and they were fine (be careful when hammering or your seams could bust open!) |
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| Shiny and ready to wear! |
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| Stacked! |
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| I also added a tiny sterling ball to one :) |
