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mellicious) wrote2009-08-12 10:29 pm
mellicious) wrote2009-08-12 10:29 pm
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Disassembling and reassembling
I couldn't go to sleep this morning so I got back up and took apart that watch/bracelet I posted the picture of yesterday.
Here is the mostly-disassembled watch. (It looks sort of like the flower bead is still attached to it but it's not.) I didn't have to detach the two squiggly pieces from the watch face because they were fine as they were. But I took all the charms and beads off, and also the clasp (which you can see on the far right) and the other squiggly piece.
Then I made a new squiggly bit and reassembled as so:
I am really pleased with it. I have it on right now and it's extremely comfortable. Also, except for the watch-face itself (which was of course purchased) I made every bit of this myself, from wire - even the jumprings, and the clasp, too. So that's kinda cool.
Then I started over again, so to speak. I didn't get too far in the time I had, but here is the start of it:
I wasn't sure I had enough of the 16-gauge copper left for another whole bracelet, so I decided to do the base part of this in silver. It's going to be very mixed metals, though, as you can see from the dangles. (I have silver - which is not sterling, but silverplate - plus two colors of copper, and brass, in various gauges.)
Also, notice the variety of tools visible in these pictures. I have spent a LOT of money on tools lately. Nylon-jaw pliers, bent-nose pliers, concave pliers, mandrels, a chasing hammer, a new flush-cutter, and more. Making things out of wire ought not be quite so expensive!
Here is the mostly-disassembled watch. (It looks sort of like the flower bead is still attached to it but it's not.) I didn't have to detach the two squiggly pieces from the watch face because they were fine as they were. But I took all the charms and beads off, and also the clasp (which you can see on the far right) and the other squiggly piece.
Then I made a new squiggly bit and reassembled as so:
I am really pleased with it. I have it on right now and it's extremely comfortable. Also, except for the watch-face itself (which was of course purchased) I made every bit of this myself, from wire - even the jumprings, and the clasp, too. So that's kinda cool.
Then I started over again, so to speak. I didn't get too far in the time I had, but here is the start of it:
I wasn't sure I had enough of the 16-gauge copper left for another whole bracelet, so I decided to do the base part of this in silver. It's going to be very mixed metals, though, as you can see from the dangles. (I have silver - which is not sterling, but silverplate - plus two colors of copper, and brass, in various gauges.)
Also, notice the variety of tools visible in these pictures. I have spent a LOT of money on tools lately. Nylon-jaw pliers, bent-nose pliers, concave pliers, mandrels, a chasing hammer, a new flush-cutter, and more. Making things out of wire ought not be quite so expensive!