It’s All on the Wrist Bracelet Project Download

Description

How to convert a stone bangle into a bracelet that easily goes on and off

Skills: Lost-wax casting, Soldering, Sawing, Filing, Riveting, Polishing

Materials Needed to Complete this Project:

• 1 and 3 mm 18K gold tubing, 0.7 mm 18K gold wire, 18K gold casting grain
• 1.5 mm 18K gold link chain
• 5 mm cylindrical Neodymium magnets
• Low-melt sprueing wax and 24 gauge wax sheet
• BeautyCast gypsum investment by WhipMix Corporation
• Jeweler's rouge
• Epoxy
• 18K medium paste solder
• Pickling solution (I use 10% hydrochloric acid)

Tools Needed to Complete this Project:

• Lapidary:
  •  Trim saw
• Metalsmithing:
  • Standard hand files and pliers
  • Cotton polishing buff
  • Fine to coarse grit abrasive papers
  • Jeweler's saw and blades
  • Flex shaft and handpiece
  • 5 mm round and cylindrical diamond burrs
  • 2 mm cone burr
  • Rubberized abrasive wheels
  • Charcoal soldering block
  • Large and small propane/oxygen torches
• Casting:
  • Waxing pen
  • Hot water bath
  • Burnout oven
  • Broken-arm mechanical casting machine
  • Casting flask
  • Tongs

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, May/June 2018