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This wonderful little bird will tell you how to fix a cabochon and solder the copper. Ready to go?You need: agate cabochon 13x18 cm copper wire 18, 20 and 28 gauge Chain nose pliers Round nose pliers Wire cutters Hammer Miniature Horn Anvil File Butane torch Board for soldering Copper-phosphorus solder Felder 94 Maas Polishing Creme and Polishing pads For first make the sketch or download my file: Take 18-gauge wire and bend it following the sketch. You must make sufficiently dense pattern under the stone it to be the base. Flatten the wire from the back side and smooth...

Bloom – tutorial by Ursula Jewelry. Instruments: round-nose pliers, needle nose pliers, side cutters, needle-point file, hummer, anvil, 1300 degrees Celsius burner, ruler, sand paper 02, GOI polishing paste, engine oil, aqua ammonia, borate of soda, engraver (not obligatory). Protection: building gloves, rubber gloves, mask, gloves. Materials: cooper 1.3 mm wire– 50 cm, cooper 0.8 mm wire– 50 cm, cooper 0.5 mm wire– 50 cm, cooper 0.4 mm wire– 50 cm, cooper 0.4 mm wire– 1 m, beads, earring fixtures (cooper look). 1. Make sure that wire is not covered with the lacquer, even if it is of cooper colour....

A little lesson on how to make a pendant tree of copper wire and make a patina on copper using ammonia. MaterialsAbout 2 feet (50 cm) of 16 Ga (1,5 mm) copper wire About 2 feet (50 cm) of 20 Ga (0,8 mm) copper wire 6,5 feet (2 m) of 26 Ga (0,4 mm) copper wire 3 round 5-6 mm beads7 round 3-4 mm beads (you can use large seed beads)ToolsWire cuttersRound nose pliersChain nose pliersChasing hammerAnvil / Bench blockNeedle fileAmmonia solution Step 1 Let’s start with a sketch of our future pendant. Do you have a special notebook for...