A little wire & scrap of sheet

skystone
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A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 2:03:23 GMT -5

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Post by skystone on Jul 30, 2011 2:03:23 GMT -5

I'm all out of sheet silver right now. Just ordered about $600 worth of silver materials today OUCH!! But yesterday I wanted to make something. I had a very small scrap of sheet & some 20 ga. wire. So I figgured what size stone I could put on the sheet & went from there. This is what I came up with. Turned out better than I had thought it would at first. Trick on one like this. Is heat & solder controll. It's really easy to melt the 20 ga wire when soldering to the sheet etc. Solder control because you don't want to fill in the twist in the wire. But you do want to "run" the solder all the way along the wires. If you don't solder them. The arms would be too soft & easilly bent durring wear. Nice thing is. It doesn't take much buffing to make it nice & shiney. Not like a larger pendant & needing to buff out scratches etc.LOL Hope you like it (my wife did & wore it to Bible study last night LOL)& thanks for looking.
Mike

Toad misunderstood rock expert Only rocks understand me. Member since September 2004 Posts: 12,798	A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 4:21:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Toad on Jul 30, 2011 4:21:38 GMT -5 Nicely done. I very rarely like anything but a plain background on pics, but that corn really shows off the piece well. ;D
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roy gets rocks for Christmas no rock gets left behind Member since October 2010 Posts: 6,390	A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 8:49:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roy on Jul 30, 2011 8:49:17 GMT -5 very nice!
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Donnie's Rocky Treasures gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2009 Posts: 6,273	A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 10:13:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jul 30, 2011 10:13:25 GMT -5 You did a beautiful job with what materials you had to work with! Very nice!
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tanyafrench driving up their electric bill Great Grandson, Next Generation Rockhound! Member since May 2010 Posts: 2,229	A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 18:37:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tanyafrench on Jul 30, 2011 18:37:24 GMT -5 I love that cross! Excellent work and I can see why your wife loves it. Tanya
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StoneCrazy spending too much on rocks Stone Crazy Member since July 2011 Posts: 331	A little wire & scrap of sheet Jul 30, 2011 19:25:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by StoneCrazy on Jul 30, 2011 19:25:56 GMT -5 its beautiful
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ltpaulbtv starting to spend too much on rocks Member since October 2010 Posts: 198	A little wire & scrap of sheet Aug 8, 2011 9:31:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ltpaulbtv on Aug 8, 2011 9:31:37 GMT -5 Very nice work!

Jack ( Yorkshire) has started giving rock gifts God created - I'M Investigating Member since November 2004 Posts: 3,076	A little wire & scrap of sheet Aug 11, 2011 5:13:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 11, 2011 5:13:43 GMT -5 very nice cross looks good I like the design it must be very tricky getting all that wire soldered Do you use a softer solder ? Jack Yorkshire uk
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skystone starting to spend too much on rocks Member since April 2011 Posts: 171	A little wire & scrap of sheet Aug 13, 2011 21:47:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by skystone on Aug 13, 2011 21:47:27 GMT -5 Hi Jack no I only use 750 (hard) & 650 (medium) solders. This was done primarilly with 650. Mike

Jack ( Yorkshire) has started giving rock gifts God created - I'M Investigating Member since November 2004 Posts: 3,076	A little wire & scrap of sheet Aug 15, 2011 3:34:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 15, 2011 3:34:57 GMT -5 Thanks Mike
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