heart bracelet
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anticlastic bronze cuff with copper hearts

cut a 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 inch wide strip from 20 gauge bronze

heat the hearts until the solder melts

and then flux the bronze strip and solder the hearts to it
form your bracelet

Now I realize that not everybody has a metal press with the anticlastic / synclastic former ,so you can make the bracelet normal on a wooden bracelet mandrel and a raw hide or nylon hammer. I happen to have a full metal shop and have 2 hand cranked metal presses ( the hydraulic ones scare me and I do it rather by hand soI have more control )
you can see how the bracelet forms

hand cranking is a lot of work
I put the bracelet into the pickle solution after I formed it

Pickle solution will clean your oxidation from metal
hearts , hearts , hearts and more hearts


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