which anvil and where to get for open bracelets

[chocolateteapot]

Hi, i fancied getting an anvil to make an open bracelt like this one
foret that..wont let me put a url on here yet...its bracelt...C shape slightly curved out..dont know how to explain.

i havent got much silver smithing stuff but i do fancy that bracelet style. I am slowly..as i can afford it get more bits..to start with would be a better torch like Mizgeorge suggested in here earlier, i have a litle coocksons one with is ok for little bits only. So a nice anvil to make that style of bracelt would be helpful if anyone knows where to start..thanks ..Tracy x

[mizgeorge]

Tracy, can you put a picture in your album (on your profile page).

I wonder if you're talking about an anticlastic style? In which case you're probably after a sinusoidal stake.

[chocolateteapot]

Hi George. you are like my fairy god sister....I have just managed to put a piccie on my profile..couldnt find one of me ...dont know how i found that...will try...i didnt know i had an album..took me awhile to find this post again actually...such a dimwit with the comp....will go and see what i can do. I defo have to get to grips with comp and phoots etc..so many jobs so little time..xxxx
So i need to but a piccie of the bracelt in my album then...ok....x

[ps_bond]

Give me a shout if you need help with it.

[chocolateteapot]

I think i might have done it..but i prob havent as it was all very quick.....they dont call me chocolate teapot for nothing u know....i have definately put something in my album there isnt a picture..just a link but i dont know if it works. I will try and find a oicture to put on my thingy of me instead of a bracelet..the only ones i can find of are of my kid and dogs.....dont hold your breathe..but if u do find the piccie...let me know about the anvil..xxx

[MuranoSilver]

I've found the link it's to a Tiffany Bracelet
It looks more like a cast bangle to me

As a newbie to it it might be better to start with some thinner metal (one of those fab delrin stakes that Peter does would help too)
Here are some examples with thinner metal

Nic x

[ps_bond]

I'm not seeing any albums in your profile, I'm afraid - what steps have you gone through to create it?

[ps_bond]

It looks more like a cast bangle to me

I'd agree, that's very probably cast. It is, however, a relatively subtle anticlast, isn't it?

[chocolateteapot]

i dont know, is it????
thanks then, what anvil should i get to make bracelts then? I dont want to buy what i think....i want to get what will actuallywork x

[ps_bond]

Well, if it has a sort-of saddle shape, that's an anticlast (so in that bracelet, the curve that goes round the wrist is opposed by the curve that goes across the wdith of the bracelet); if the curves run in the same direction - like a bowl - it's a synclast. A sinusoidal stake and a suitable raising hammer or mallet is the usual way to form them.