I have to say I enjoy working with aluminium although I get some very funny looks at the silversmithing evening class when I produce a kilo of wire and they mistake it for silver! it has its...
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I have to say I enjoy working with aluminium although I get some very funny looks at the silversmithing evening class when I produce a kilo of wire and they mistake it for silver! it has its...
Hi Carole,
No soldering done near the aluminum. I soldered the toes on to the rest of the foot and bent them into shape. They got their toenails trimmed before a spell in the tumbler. Once they...
Tardy as ever but this time I'm blaming technical issues.
I'm not sure where these little guys originate but my guess is that its somewhere tropical. I did try to photograph them au naturel in a...
I stumbled over some copper coloured copper solder online yesterday. The site reckons it keeps its colour so will be easier to disguise. The content was 80% copper and 20% phosphorous, does anyone...
Last minute, again! My excuse is that I was waiting for the chain for the pendant to arrive (yeah right!)
Anyway, here is my floral effort, mainly fine silver and my first foray into fusing on...
I do agree, silver would be much nicer. Unfortunately the friend wants a large pendant. Plus I think they may have an unreasonable idea of what "mates rates" are when it comes to my time...
I've been asked by a friend to make a pentangle pendant. It has some very specific requirements, points of star not crossing the outwe circle etc. I think I can cope with these, the easiest method I...
I'm embarrassed to ask in case I'm being really thick but when you ball up the end of a piece of wire (Sterling silver in my current case) do you get a nice centred 'ball'? Or, like mine, do they...
Hi, I looks like what us Girl Guides called "whipping" or possibly "lashing". I wouldn't recommend googling either term on its own, heaven knows what you'll get! Should be out there though, try...
Well done Louisella, a lovely piece beautifully made! As were all the entries, I really enjoyed seeing different interpretations and approaches to the same theme.
Nammie
It is good to see the ancient Egyptians had extractor fans, very important!
unfortunate he'd singed all his hair off but drawing back in the eyebrows was a good move, they frame the face etc.
And...
Thank you Sarah! It was my first attempt at uploading a photo and I was a bit worried. Might have been better if I wasn't so much of a last minute merchant, never was particularly good with...
...When I made the determined decision to produce something (anything!) for this month's competition I didn't expect the greatest challenge to be uploading the photo :) Perhaps I'm being thick but...
Thanks James,
I happen to have a couple of hundred kilos of cotton thread hanging about so I will press some into action before I worry about chamois. Was just checking there wasn't anything I...
This might seem like a daft question but I've never meet any in person. Seems like an excellent idea for cleaning up pierced work but I am a cheap skate at heart, does it differ from a thick cotton...
Thank you Pat and Dennis. I'm not sure when I will graduate to garnets, I'm only a beginner.plus, I have to admit I.jnot really a faceted stone kind of girl. A friend was teasing me yesterday that I...
I found an interesting article online which suggests protecting a stone/bead with wet paper when balling up the final end of wire to secure it in place. I immediately thought 'oooo, that would work...
Aha! Thank you, I can see how that would work now. My mind had come up with all sorts of arrangements of jump rings and pliers.
Next daft question - used tea? Does that 'derust' things?
Sorry,...
Now this thread has a life of its own I don't feel quite so daft about my original query. However I have another one now...
...Wallace, Could you elaborate on the 'over a jump ring' bit please?...
No ping!
I finally have a closed circle of write that has taken a beating with a selection of hammers and remained closed. I did use the easy solder in the end so either I do have heat issues or,...
Oh yes, the ring is getting steadily smaller :-)
I had a go with the easy solder last night but haven't tried reshaping it yet as I thought my neighbours might not be impressed with hammering at...
Thanks George,
I will have a play with the strip I believe to be easy. I had another attempt about half an hour ago, armed with your initial advice, and I can say that I do now know what it looks...
Ooooo I'd love to be smug and say that it was hard solder as this forum has taught me it should be.....however, I bought a 'soldering kit' from a company who will remain nameless (mostly because they...
Hi Folks,
I'm very new to all things torch like but I'm wrestling with a piece of silver wire and would like some help if anyone has five minutes.
I'm trying to solder a ring of Sterling wire...
Wallace, he is lovely! Could you give us an idea of size please?
Nammie