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Thanks! I've exhausted my time allowance on this hobby for now, but I hope to do some more down the track. Now I know where to come for help!

Haha, yes absolutely tempted; I would love to. Unfortunately, time permits little more for now, and I already have too many existing hobbies. However, I'm sure I'll be back at some point for more.
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Thanks heaps!

Hi All,

As promised, photos of the end result:

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It's certainly not perfect, but as an inexperienced amateur, I'm happy with how they turned out, and my wife likes them too!...

No problems. I should have realised!

Oops, sorry! Yes, that makes sense.

Thanks for your encouragement, and suggestion. My searches aren't coming up with a clear description of what a pendle is. Could you describe it, or show an example?

Alistair

Oh dear, I probably won't have much opportunity to practice, and nor do I have much experience. Thanks for the heads-up; I've checked out that link and will need to take extra care. I think I'll lean...

Thanks very much, this is super helpful. I can get 0.8 mm sheet Argentium, so I'll give that a go. I think I'll do the sheet cutout, then mock up a couple of the other options before soldering to...

Interesting, I had ruled out silver as I my initial searches were showing about $80 for a large enough piece of sheet, but you've prompted me to look again and I've found a much cheaper supplier....

Wow, just the info I needed; thanks!

Caroline, I think the techniques in your second or third example would work well, as they avoid visually altering the outline of the bird shape and are very...

Hi All,

This is my first post. I'm planning to make a pair of earrings for my wife, but hope you may be able to help with a few matters.

My design is a bird shaped outline, cut out of some 0.5...