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Lay the two wires on a soldering board

and anneal them carefully with a soft

bushy flame so that you don't melt them

and the wires are evenly annealed.

Make sure that the wires are of an equal

length. File the ends flush and turn each

wire into a circle. Line up the ends so that

they meet exactly with no overlaps and so

that there is no daylight between the joint.

STEP 1 STEP 2

Two lengths of 180mm x

1.5mm diameter sterling

silver round wire.

Bench with bench peg

Piercing saw with 3/0 blades

Tweezers

Flux

Soldering torch

Soldering board

Hard and Easy solder

Needle Files

Ring File

Buff Sticks

Vice

Parallel pliers

Raw hide mallet

Two large round nails

Safety pickle

Tripoli and Rouge polish

Bristle brush, Soft wool mop

Hand held polishing motor

By Andrew Berry

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Hand made Ree

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Hand made Ree

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Hand made Ree

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Place the two circles on a soldering board.

Mix up some flux and paint it on the joint.

Using small pallions of ‘hard’ silver solder,

solder the ends together. If you find the

flux dislodges the joint, then use a pair of

tweezers to re-align it.

Using a half round hand file, gently file to

remove any excess solder and then use

your buff sticks, flat for the outside and

round for the inside of the circle to

remove the file marks

Clamp a large nail upright in a bench vice

and loop one of the circles over it. Align

the solder joint so it is behind the nail at

the furthest point away from you. Pass

another nail through the circle and pull it

to elongate the circle into a long loop.

Repeat this step with the other circle of

wire.

This next step is tricky and need some

manipulating of the silver wire.

Remember to make gentle bends in the

wire to avoid kinking it.

Pass one end loop through the other

(using the ends without the joints in) and

then open one of the ends up to enable

you to make a reef knot.

The picture above shows you how the

two loops are supposed to look. This may

take you a little while to work it out.

Just make sure that you are holding the

ends with the joints.

Pass the loops back over the nails and pull

the knot tightly together.

Flux the knot and place a few small

pallions of ‘hard’ solder where the wires

cross.

Gently warm the know so as not to

displace the solder. Solder the knot taking

care not to use too much solder.

STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5

STEP 8 STEP 6 STEP 7

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STEP 9 STEP 10 STEP 11

STEP 12

Place one end back of the nail yet again

and using a pair of parallel pliers, gently

squeeze the wires together to form a

tight circle.

Repeat at the other end.

Then using a raw hide mallet, gently tap

the wires together.

They have to be meeting as perfect as you

can make it so there is no daylight

between them. Also make sure they are

perfectly straight.

Paint flux along the strands and using

some ‘easy’ solder laid along the length,

gently warm up the wire and bring the

wire up to temperature to melt the

solder. As solder flows towards the heat,

you can ‘tease’ it along the complete

length. The solder will stop flowing

where the wires separate.

Place the wire in warm safety pickle for

approx 10 minutes to remove all the flux

and clean the surface.

Using a black bristle brush charged with

tripoli in a hand help polishing motor, go

over the whole bracelet making sure to

polish between the knot work. Repeat

with a soft wool mop and rouge.

STEP 14 STEP 13

After you have washed the bangle in

soapy water and dried it off, gently ease

the ends around a bracelet mandrel. If

you don't have a mandrel this big, then

you can use a small glass bottle or even

the head of your mallet.

Wear and enjoy!