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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 21:28:14 GMT -5
Right about 5.5 oz. Tuff making all those big jump rings.i got antsy and assembled it all,I should have soldered the rings as I went,now I have to disassemble and do it again. Thanks for looking Dave
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Post by Pat on Dec 8, 2015 23:09:07 GMT -5
That's one of my favorite bracelets. Looks very good. Hate to see it disassembled and re-assembled
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Post by Tom on Dec 9, 2015 22:20:26 GMT -5
I think I would go insane trying that
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Post by Pat on Dec 9, 2015 23:05:36 GMT -5
@arrowheadave what gauge and what's the inside diameter of the rings? tom. I used to think the same thing. No more! I like it
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 1:43:13 GMT -5
10 ga wire and I'll have to measure the inside for ya Dave
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2015 2:00:08 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 6:05:18 GMT -5
thanks for the link James,it wouldn't be cost effective if I purchased the rings,and I wouldn't really feel like I made it Dave
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 7:28:35 GMT -5
@arrowheadave what gauge and what's the inside diameter of the rings? tom. I used to think the same thing. No more! I like it the inside diameter is 5/16".id give it to you in mm,but the battery in my caliper went dead the mandrel I used is actually a stainless tie rod for a racing go-kart lol.(homemade) Hope this helps Dave
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2015 7:43:50 GMT -5
That fellow on Etsy must have a heck of a wire bending shop. Somehow his junctions are smooth and easy to solder.
A tight fit on well cut wire can be a lot of work to make a good solder joint. Must be some tricks to doing that when making jump rings. No matter, to solder that many jump ring joints would require two bottles of nerve pills.
(5/16) X 25.4 = 7.93mm, must be 8mm rod
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Post by Pat on Dec 10, 2015 11:10:14 GMT -5
10 gauge would be difficult to work with!!! Lovely bracelet.
Making your own jump rings is the only way to go.
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Post by Tom on Dec 10, 2015 11:37:00 GMT -5
10 ga wire and I'll have to measure the inside for ya Dave 10 gauge, now that's just crazy. Wow that is going to be a big bracelet.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 10, 2015 12:59:26 GMT -5
10 gauge? You must have hands of steel. Mine hurt thinking about it. BUT, it's gonna be fabulous when you are done.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 15:42:10 GMT -5
The bracelet is a commissioned piece.it to not for me too big.it is for one of the nations leading portrait tattoo artists Dave
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 15:43:12 GMT -5
10 gauge? You must have hands of steel. Mine hurt thinking about it. BUT, it's gonna be fabulous when you are done. i am a carpenter by trade so yeah I gots a grip of steel.thank you all again Dave
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Post by metalsmith on Dec 11, 2015 15:17:35 GMT -5
Little bitty? ... that is huge, but everything is bigger in the US, right?
I love byzantine, but you should watch your closures to make sure they're nice and tight: one or two are still a little open.
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Post by Tom on Dec 11, 2015 15:38:47 GMT -5
I think that is a picture of Dave's test run, not soldered at this point. I think he took it all apart and soldered it. I think as I am kind of speaking out of turn:)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 16:32:05 GMT -5
I think that is a picture of Dave's test run, not soldered at this point. I think he took it all apart and soldered it. I think as I am kind of speaking out of turn:) you are exactly right.i saw that big ole pile of rings and couldn't help myself.lol.stupid rings.thank you for the compliments Dave
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 21:18:41 GMT -5
That fellow on Etsy must have a heck of a wire bending shop. Somehow his junctions are smooth and easy to solder. A tight fit on well cut wire can be a lot of work to make a good solder joint. Must be some tricks to doing that when making jump rings. No matter, to solder that many jump ring joints would require two bottles of nerve pills. (5/16) X 25.4 = 7.93mm, must be 8mm rod Naw, thats all alibaba stuff. At least much is.
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Post by Tom on Dec 11, 2015 21:32:13 GMT -5
That fellow on Etsy must have a heck of a wire bending shop. Somehow his junctions are smooth and easy to solder. A tight fit on well cut wire can be a lot of work to make a good solder joint. Must be some tricks to doing that when making jump rings. No matter, to solder that many jump ring joints would require two bottles of nerve pills. (5/16) X 25.4 = 7.93mm, must be 8mm rod Naw, thats all alibaba stuff. At least much is. Of which Etsy does not allow LOL. Oh except when they can make money on it!
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Post by metalsmith on Dec 12, 2015 6:03:22 GMT -5
Byzantine - like a lot of other maille ( /chain mail) doesn't actually *need* to be soldered. In fact, soldered joins in maille suggest a problem in the aspect ratio. You might find soldering this is ok, because the rings are large. If you do decide to proceed, I'd suggest to approach with caution and just let the solder blob rather than flow (but you'll have a job on trying to keep the heat just to the ring in question) - if it does run you might just stick *everything* together. But even if you just let it blob, then you still have a tidying up job to do. The rings look tidy enough and the AR looks ok too, so unless you brief includes soldering, then I'd give it a miss and concentrate efforts on just making the joins come together a bit neater and then no one will notice its *not* soldered... just mho. Just for info I've made quite a few of these, now and also soldered / unsoldered mail
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