disorganised
02-03-2010, 12:58 PM
Hi everyone
I am planning on making an open bangle from 4 stacked sheets of silver 25mm x 165mm x 0.3mm . The stack of thin strips will be soldered together to give a total thickness of 1.2mm. The reason for stacking the thin strips together is that I'm going to cut a pattern of progressively larger circles and ellipses into each layer, and when they're all stuck together the hope is that it will give a pleasing 3D pattern effect. At least, that's the aim.
So, my question is: should I solder the 4 layers together and then bend the bangle into shape, or form each layer individually and then solder together? I'm hoping to be able to do the former, but I'm not sure whether a stack of soldered sheets would bend 'as one' or if I'd risk the layers splitting during the bending, since presumably the outside layer will have further to travel than the inside, and if my soldering wasn't good enough I could have disastrous results.
Any advice? Thanks
I am planning on making an open bangle from 4 stacked sheets of silver 25mm x 165mm x 0.3mm . The stack of thin strips will be soldered together to give a total thickness of 1.2mm. The reason for stacking the thin strips together is that I'm going to cut a pattern of progressively larger circles and ellipses into each layer, and when they're all stuck together the hope is that it will give a pleasing 3D pattern effect. At least, that's the aim.
So, my question is: should I solder the 4 layers together and then bend the bangle into shape, or form each layer individually and then solder together? I'm hoping to be able to do the former, but I'm not sure whether a stack of soldered sheets would bend 'as one' or if I'd risk the layers splitting during the bending, since presumably the outside layer will have further to travel than the inside, and if my soldering wasn't good enough I could have disastrous results.
Any advice? Thanks