Four Strand Copper Bracelet

Four Strand Copper Bracelet - GS Tongs

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8 ай бұрын

I make a copper bracelet / bangle.
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@scottlanghorst1483 8 ай бұрын

Nice bracelets, Glen Have a Great Weekend. 🤙🤙

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott. Hang loose brother.

@drason69 8 ай бұрын

I enjoy working with copper. Picked up some tips and tricks. Thank you! ⚒️🔥👍🙏🏼

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Me too, I'm having fun messing around with copper. Thanks.

@jeffgrier8488 8 ай бұрын

Cool, i like the way that bracelet turned out!

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like it. My wife wears it everyday. Thanks Jeff.

@gelanghaarteweile3048 8 ай бұрын

I made a small bracelett with and for my little daughter. She had a lot of fun playing with fire :D My tip for you: use a handtorch and a normal brick to put on to bring the copper to a red glow. Muss less gas is wasted :) Uh and btw: put your copper afterwards in vinegar to get rid off all blackend stuff on it! :) You can bring it to a slow boil to fasten up the process. (every 10 kelvin the chemical reaktion doubles!)

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Yes, a torch would make all this much easier. I soaked some copper in (cold) vinegar and salt and got a nice blue patina. Thanks.

@InMyPurview 8 ай бұрын

Another nice bracelet.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I'm really having fun with these. Thanks.

@mahmooad8798 8 ай бұрын

مبدع فنان شكرا لك 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend.

@robertsimmons3556 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful work Glen. Just shows you the variety of work a forge, hammer and willingness to experiment can produce! Very nice indeed!

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

A torch would make this easier but you can certainly make do with a forge for copper work. Thanks Robert.

@jimmyjohnson7241 8 ай бұрын

The big drawback with copper jewelry is it turns your sking green as you wear it. One way to greatly reduce this is to plunge the red hot copper into a sloution of borax. This will leave a thin glass coating on the copper that protects it . The color is a very deep red to almost purple color .

@gelanghaarteweile3048 8 ай бұрын

Ill try that one! :)

@drason69 8 ай бұрын

I'm curious if a saturated borax solution, would give a coating, and a different "quench color". 🤔. (down the rabbit hole I go. Lol)

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I've found the stronger the patina, the less chance there is of your skin turning green. And yeah, I tried the borax one and am really satisfied with the red is created. I may upload a video of how I went about that patina. Thanks.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I really like the red I got from borax. Worth a try. Thanks.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I heated a copper bracelet to dull red, sprinkled borax powder all over it, heated again and quenched in water and got a wonderful red. I may upload a video... Thanks.

@feniks475 2 ай бұрын

Благодарю тебе. Очень красивый браслет. С удовольствием посмотрел его изготовление.

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.

@TalRohan 8 ай бұрын

nice work and I like seeing the finishes you try too, some great ideas there. Im with your lady I liked that finish too. thanks for sharing

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Later, I did a borax patina and that really turned out nice - brilliant red. I'll probably post a video about how I went about it. Thanks.

@johnmichael283 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting pattern!

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Thanks John.

@michel347 13 күн бұрын

Good work reflection. Keep it flowing 😉

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

Thanks for watching. I'll keep trying my best.

@Ciao_Bambino 8 ай бұрын

amazing bro

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@franciscorojas68 8 ай бұрын

Nice work! If you clean copper with vinager with salt, that will give a beautiful red shiny color.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I tried vinegar and salt and got just the opposite, greenish blue. There really is a lot of variation with these copper patinas. Thanks.

@franciscorojas68 7 ай бұрын

@@gstongs When I was a child (50 years ago), I did a lot of work in copper, because at that time, copper was one of the cheapest metals available in those years, and I always cleaned it with wine vinegar and sea salt. But you're right, that green oxidation happened especially in corners that were difficult to polish. Otherwise, personally it didn't bother me, it gave it an old look.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I do like that "old" look. Having fun experimenting with different copper patinas. Thanks.

@comancherocha7013 7 ай бұрын

That would look cool on knife handles like decoration and stuff

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, would make a very interesting knife handle. Thanks for watching.

@tylerkrug7719 8 ай бұрын

Cool bracelets!

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tyler.

@greasydot 8 ай бұрын

Thats pretty cool Glen. I would be inclined to try Red Brass, Yellow Brass and Copper on a triple band.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Other have suggested this as well but someone else warmed about using brass due to some toxicity issue. Let's see... Thanks.

@simontillson482 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, if you get it red hot, the zinc from the brass can evaporate a bit. Can cause metal fume fever. Not good.

@robertwhitney2232 8 ай бұрын

Hi Glen, I have a bunch of stranded copper wire. I wonder how that would work, in place of a single larger wire braided together. Interesting concept, another great project for when I am showed in this winter. Thanks for sharing.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I think that stranded stuff would work out fine. Just have to be careful as it might melt sooner. Thanks Robert.

@kostaskarapanos56 5 күн бұрын

perfect

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

Thanks. 😬

@ronthacker211 8 ай бұрын

Think I would like to see a mix (or combination) of Copper and Brass. Might be interesting.

@StanErvin-yo9vl 8 ай бұрын

Most Red and Yellow brasses and bronzes have very toxic metals in their makeup including but not limited to even the non-radioactive isotopes. Beryllium, Zinc, Iridium, Antimony, Leads, Mercury, Arsenic, Teryllium, etcetera. And I feel confident that acids and bases add trouble to the game. You can't continue to rob Peter to pay Paul. Eventually Peter is broke and even the doctors can't fix you

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I've also thought about this and I've done some experimenting with brass but it behaves so much differently, becomes sort of crumbly, that I'm not sure... Thanks Ron.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I do have some brass and have done a little messing around but given your comment, I might steer clear. Still, a copper and brass mix could have potential. Thanks.

@SpeedyCotton55 4 ай бұрын

I love the way you experiment with different quenches. I hope to start something similar very soon. Thank you for sharing.

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

@messylaura 8 ай бұрын

you could try her with a longer version as an Alice band for her head earrings to match will be tiny oh and a ring to match................. great vid and great work!! have you tried a three metal one, copper brass and stainless? something like that, see what three metals go like in one wrap?

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I made my wife a copper ring and she really likes it. Finger has yet to turn green! I was going to try copper and brass but brass behaves so differently. Let's see... Thanks.

@clarabisson7299 8 ай бұрын

was the drain clean sodium hydroxide/lye or sulfuric acid ? also super wonderful videos I love you

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I believe sodium hydroxide. Anyway, it really doesn't have much muscle. Glad you love me. 😬

@glenda2020 6 күн бұрын

Great work and super way to make a bracelet! Thanks!! I missed what gauge wire you started with? 💜💜💜

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

I don't know the gauge but I'm fairly sure it was 3mm. Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.

@ohiovalleyforge5383 8 ай бұрын

These are awesome Glen, I'm curious though in the past I've had copper jewelry but it has always stained my skin, is there a way to avoid that ?

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I think not letting copper oxidize (having a protective patina) should help or not wearing the jewelry all the time since the moisture and salts from sweat might cause this reaction. Thanks.

@davettaadams262 4 ай бұрын

Coat with bees was, even car wax or silicone spray. No green stain on your skin.

@user-wy3ks1db6s Ай бұрын

😃😃😃😃😃😃

@gstongs 11 сағат бұрын

Thanks so much.

@driveheronman4304 8 ай бұрын

That’s very nice my first one was similar but I lost it, do you sell them?

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

I currently don't sell these but my wife thinks I should. If interested, send me an email and I'd be glad to make you a couple. Thanks. Glen gstongs@gmail.com

@Solid_Punch 8 ай бұрын

Working with copper on the same forge you forgeweld in is not the wisest move. Now your forgewelding success will be much less. You'd need to change the interior of the forge to get rid of leftover copper oxides in it, they prevent successful forgewelding when forge is heated up.

@gstongs 7 ай бұрын

Yes, I understand this and it's not a problem as I very rarely forge weld. Thanks for the heads up.

@donaldvonburen5932 2 ай бұрын

Those are cool 😎