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I make a lot of these. Consider putting one end of the 4 strands of wire in the vice and the other end of the 4 strands in a variable speed drill. Slowly turn the drill in the desired direction while pulling back on the drill. You will find your wire will twist much neater and tighter. ;)
Good easy work! I like your twisting idea of the bench vise and the hand tool. I normally use my 3/8 cordless drill, but I can see in a pinch when my drill's battery is charging, I can use your method. Well done!
for the uneven spots (like the couple of spots in the twist that weren't uniform) is there a jewelers lubricant that can be used to keep things sliding so it stays even or do you just have to deal with them individually?
It'll fall off the first time you stop thinking about it. That's what cuffs do. They fall off. And that bracelet looks like it would come apart if leaned on. I thought you'd put tips on the ends to add a bit of length and definition.
Nice work with minimal tools, but you really should put the metal in a picking solution after annealing in order to remove the firescale. Twisting up all that dirty metal is going to make it hard to clean it up.
Nice, I’ve never been able to find out even though I haven’t really tried hard, but I would like to know what the solution is that you dip the wire and when you’re done firing it
Working the copper wire makes it hard and brittle so it is necessary to heat it to dull red and cool it to make it soft and easy to work again. You can do this many times without detriment to the wire. This also goes for silver and gold. This process is called Annealing.
Доброго дня суток нет просто нравится иногда эксперименты проводить как что получается из материала который вы пошол в мусор В дальнейшем будет больше робота с серебром и более сложные украшение.
To really clean copper, dip it into a shallow dish of Worcestershire sauce. Swish it around (maybe use a soft art brush or soft toothbrush to get into any grooves). Wash in soapy water, rinse clear, dry. Will look bright shiny and brand new. (If you prefer the weathered antique look, avoid this method 🙂)
Haha worcestershire sauce? But worcestershire sauce is more expensive than cheap vinegar or even citric acid. Some people use cola because of the phosphoric acid content and it's definitely better for your teeth not to drink it.
@@happydillpickle I was shown this trick by a manufacturing gold jeweller. Someone who creates jewellery using the various precious metals, diamonds etc. I suppose if you can afford to buy metres of (for example),14 gauge gold wire to create fine jewellery, worcestershire sauce would seem cheap. I wouldn't use cola because I suspect it would cause "pitting" in the metal, and copper isn't cheap anymore. one would be quite upset if the intended piece ended up with tiny little holes. Copper is used to practice metalsmithing techniques (which is where I learnt about the sauce hack); though copper strips and wire is often also used as a stand alone metal to make pieces of jewellery too. I'm fairly sure if cheap vinegar had the same effect he would have recommended that instead? but who knows.
@@Kayenne54 There are so many varieties of worcestershire sauce available (I have 3 different types currently for some mysterious reason!) so I'm looking at the ingredients now to try to figure out the reason. The posh variety seems to have several types of vinegar (balsamic, red wine, plus grape juice concentrate. The generic supermarket variety has malt vinegar; the "chippa" variety has spirit vinegar and lemon juice. All contain molasses and salt. I heard some people "pickle" copper after annealing, with a mixture of salt and vinegar, but I have yet to learn the reason for this. I've used cola for treating very rusty mild steel, which was already very pitted. I'm going to have an experiment with a few flattened copper wires and see what happens.
@@happydillpickle Maybe it's the combination of ingredients, rather than just vinegar of whatever sort, that makes the difference? You'd think he'd mention vinegar as a quick, cheap substitute, though - that seems to be the common ingredient? I've tried the worcestershire sauce (just Newmans or Holbrooks) and they both work brilliantly and quickly. Particularly useful for copper chain link, or anything with intricate weaving, which I've done with copper. I don't use a huge amount btw. Just about enough to almost cover the copper piece; maybe a few teaspoons in a shallow plastic container; swish it around so that it gets in everything. Rinse, gentle wash with dishwashing detergent, shiny and new looking. He also said that the "green" people get from wearing copper jewellery eventually stops happening as the person's body absorbs or gets used to the copper against the skin. At one point I couldn't work with copper anymore; I'd feel icky in the tummy, as though I'd reached saturation levels. So I wouldn't wear my own copper jewellery against the skin lol. But if I did, I'd stopped getting that greenish deposit. Reason for "pickling": "In jewelry making, pickling is used to remove the copper oxide layer that results from heating copper and sterling silver during soldering and annealing. A diluted sulfuric acid pickling bath is traditionally used, but may be replaced with citric acid."
It anneals so it’s softer. Also you can do fire art in metal which stays like red blue purple •ᵉᵗ.ͨ but this just makes it makes me enough to work with without snapping. The more you work with it using metal the more you need to change the atoms again by heat. To set/work harden is just to tap it
I have 2 questions: first it looks like it will fall of the moment you stop looking at it And second if used for a long time (assumed it doesnt fall off) is copper gonna lose its color and dye the skin in green because it oxidizes?
The First question i dont realy Anderstand The Second question yes when You Used that daily You See DARK cooler on your skin from the Cooper that is Not Bad but Looks not good I make Videos how You can make that from wir es You can find one eBay or Amazon a jewellery Wire or You can make from Silver Wire that.
As long as the wires have been work hardened, once he shaped the bracelet to fit his wrist, it is not going to fall off. Second question...copper when mixed with the acids of the skin can turn a person's skin green. Read up on the health properties of copper... ie...too much acid in your skin can be related to a kidney issue. However, putting all that aside, Renaissance wax or Midas Touch will coat the copper for a year or so ...and no green skin.
Much less expensive! You have to learn how to strip wires if you don't know how already, and it can be a little tedious, but waaaaay cheaper than purchasing bare wire ✨
Good concept but you lack finishing in the execution. Your method of twisting the wires is inaccurate and that’s why the pattern is not uniform. But you have good collection of tools. Better try to make a braid of 6 or 9 wires and then flatten it. It will be more uniform and flexible.
