Handmade Cuban Chain, handforged chain by MustacheMetalWorks
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 12. 2021
- I made a 999 silver chain by hand for a project; it took me roughly 10 hours. I learned quite a few lessons along the way; laugh at my mistakes. This pure silver chain is roughly 24 inches long and weighs 2.8 troy ounces. I used 12 gauge pure silver round wire and each link is 10mm across (interior diameter is roughly 7mm). Overall, there are roughly 100 links at 4 links per inch. The clasp mechanism is a captive tee.
I chose to buy 12 gauge wire instead of pulling it (to save time), but the process would work the same if I drew and pulled round wire.
Yes this chain could be made with gold, but a similar chain (12 gauge, 4 links per inch) would be roughly 5 troy ounces and would have a 10,000USD material cost.
No, I will not make you a gold chain (but thanks for asking). - Jak na to + styl
Watching this and you is a relief. I thought I was the only knobhead splashing enough to not drown. Excellent work man. Love the channel and your style.
It's good to be part of an elite group of non-drowning knobheads
Doing this same project right now, it was a relief seeing that having a higher gauge wire with a larger loop still looks great, I like t-bar I might use that on my project.❤
Nice job! The end result looks great. I'm a big fan of your channel.
Its funny because I make the same mistake by soldering two rings together. It was a nightmare so I felt your pain. What I did was I attached my saw blade so it was inside the ring, and sawed the rings apart. It was tedious and took a long time.
I can feel your pain. Was just throwing away the two soldered rings an option?
I would just ditch two rings and keep going (with a tear in my eye)
what was the mm of the mandrel u used to wrap your wire around?
What rotary polisher do you have. Is it professional grade jewelers? I didn't want to spend that much money on one. Thx
The most important part of the rotary tool is an auxiliary foot pedal (something like this www.amazon.com/TEMO-Control-Switch-Dremel-Compatible/dp/B079K87KK1/)
I went with a cheap polisher from amazon (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FSBY9GV)
Try using a tighter AR gives you a tight chain and solder 1 ring at a time to keep solder from jumping.
Less violence than usual!
Did you heat the wire up before coiling?
I bought the wire as "dead soft" which means it was "fully" annealed from the refinery.
I definitely could have pre-heated for that last tiny bit of wiggle, but there was no real need.
What are you calling pickling and what are you using ?
Pickling is just a generic term used for "putting metal in an acid".
I use "Sparex Granular Dry Acid Compound No.2" in some tap water.
Pickling makes the yucky metal compounds dissolve away, leaving the good stuff.
Putting rusty iron tools in white vinegar is essentially the same process.
How thick in mm was the wire you Made it from ?
Around 2mm (I believe)
Pagal hai kya te
haan