Components NEEDED
24" 18-gauge sterling silver wire
Pre-made sterling silver cuff bracelet
(You may make your personal cuff bracelet from major
gauge sterling silver rectangle wire if you prefer.)
Instruments NEEDED
Liver of sulfur or oxidizing Resolution
Ruler
Marker
Spherical nose pliers Wire cutters or tin snips File
Chain nose pliers Fine steel wool Sharpening fabric Safety glasses
one. Utilize liver of sulfur or oxidizing Answer on the 24" of eighteen-gauge sterling silver wire.
It is vital to abide by any security suggestions the maker implies around the directions when working with any chemical substances. You might utilize the fine steel wool around the oxidized wire to remove a number of the darkened regions When you comprehensive the wrapping course of action.
2.Make use of the ruler to measure and mark the 24" of 18-gauge wire into four sections. Evaluate and mark the wire at 7", twelve*. and seventeen".
three.Upcoming, measure and mark the center of the top in the cuff bracelet (because it’s curved, you are able to just type of eyeball it). Then use the ruler to evaluate and mark %" from the center in the cuff to each side.
four.Firmly grasp the marked Middle in the 24" eighteen-gauge wire while in the jaws on the round nose pliers. Make use of your fingers to bend the sides down to sort an upside-down U form (the wire will resemble a substantial bobby pin).
When working with extended parts of wire, basic safety glasses are advised.
5.Slide the wire onto the sterling silver cuff bracelet to the center mark. Pinch the wire limited onto the cuff bracelet and, although Keeping the wire about the cuff together with Βαπτιστικοι σταυÏοι your fingers, wrap a person aspect from the wire randomly toward the Vi' mark that you choose to designed on the top of your cuff bracelet. You'll want to view where by the 7" and the 17' marks are on the wire and utilize them to match up Using the Vi" mark that you choose to manufactured within the cuff bracelet.
eight. Use the round nose ανδÏικά δαχτυλίδια φθηνά pliers to curl the finishes from the wire up to the wrapped wire on the underside in the cuff bracelet. Make use of the chain nose pliers to firmly squeeze the ends up ασημενια βÏαχιολια 925 into the opposite wrapped wire. This will retain the ends securely in position.
six.Finish wrapping the wire on the opposite facet, matching monopetro up the 7" as well as seventeen" marks within the cuff bracelet Along with the Vi" marks within the 18-gauge wire.
seven.Now wrap the wire on one aspect again toward the center in the cuff bracelet. Then wrap the wire on the opposite facet from the cuff bracelet back toward the center. You might require to trim and file the finishes of your wire so that they wind up to the bottom of the cuff bracelet.
nine. Use fine steel wool to get rid of the darkened space around the surface area on the wire, leaving the parts in the crevices from the wrapped wire dark. Buff the wrapped wire and also the cuff bracelet using a sharpening cloth.
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This cuff is great for Males as well as Ladies. Use the bigger Males's size of pre-made cuff bracelet and add extra duration to your 18-gauge sterling silver wire, typically six to 8 inches to support
the more substantial Males’s cuff bracelet.
