Fused Sterling Linked Bracelet Project Download

Description

Explore color and texture with this bold statement bracelet, featuring bezeled stones. Boost your jewelry making skills with this design that will advance your soldering, sawing, and fusing techniques.

Required Materials:

• 24 gauge sterling sheet
• 22 gauge sterling sheet
• Sterling strip, 4.76mm x .5mm
• Fine silver bezel wire, 4.76mm x .33 mm
• Solder, hard and medium
• Square tubing, .117 with a wall thickness of .025
• Jump rings, 7mm, 16 gauge
• Jump rings, 5mm, 18 gauge
• Stones of your choice

Tools:

• HAND: pliers, dividers, files, separating discs, polishing discs, sandpaper 400-600 grit, bezel pusher, tweezers, steel block, saw frame, saw blades
• SOLDERING: oxy/propane Little Torch #5, #7 tips, liquid flux, spray bottle, charcoal block, locking tweezers
• EQUIPMENT: flex-shaft, drill bits, bench shear, rolling mill, polishing machine, tumbler

Technique: soldering, sawing, fusing, knowledge of stone hardness
Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist November 2014