Homemade Cuban Link Bracelet (from copper wire)

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2 жыл бұрын

This is how you can turn single strand electrical copper wire to make jewelry, in this case a cuban link bracelet. The steps are the following:
-Strip the insulation
-Straighten by twisting both ways with a drill
-Clean remaining residue
-Coil around a rod (the diameter of the rod should be more than twice that of the wire)
-Cut the coiled wire lengthwise to form individual links
-Assemble links then closing them using two pliers
-Weld them shut (I am using a TIG welder but you can braze them together)
-Twist the whole chain to form the desired "twisted links"
-Flatten with a hammer
-File down one side of the chain to get the cuban look
-Sand and polish for looks and you are done!

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@mrtomsaa 6 ай бұрын

When i read homemade, i wasnt expecting that i'm gonna need TIG welder to make it. I basicaly opened video just to see a way to conect rings when you have just simple tools to work with.

@publicdomain3378 2 ай бұрын

10 dollar crack torch and copper solder would work fine

@theemza5757 Жыл бұрын

Looks really good. I’ve been looking into making one myself. Have mostly seen 2 wires twisted at once in either the forward or reverse motion on the drill to create your desired pattern but I like the free and not molded fit on your design. For me, I’d go without any coating, green wrist and all, simply for the added benefits of copper making direct contact to skin.

@mohsh3946 2 жыл бұрын

As a jeweler, this triggered me on so many levels... But the end result was pretty good, cuban chains are very hard to make well. So Kudos my friend 🍻

@tristanwalton8198 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make me one?

@mohsh3946 2 жыл бұрын

@@tristanwalton8198 of course...

@mikedegrazia 2 жыл бұрын

Its fine just relax...

@wow-nn3tu 2 жыл бұрын

It was a bit of copper I don't get what triggered you... He was having fun maybe try to have some fun once in a while.

@david2ljdavid2lj56 2 жыл бұрын

@@wow-nn3tu in the end he complemented him. So why are you upset?

@RamonChiNangWong078 2 жыл бұрын

wow, it has been 20 years now for me. I somehow and sometimes missed this jewelry craft

@emilioolvera8874 2 жыл бұрын

I made one for me,my friend and my dad thank you this was awesome experience!😀

@joemama-qr7qx Жыл бұрын

Does it make your wrist green

@kjsmetalsmithing3202 Жыл бұрын

You can coat the copper with something like Renaissance wax. Protects and keeps it from reacting

@jaquezbutler1799 Жыл бұрын

Where do I get these tools from to make it

@oskarituominen6850 Жыл бұрын

@@jaquezbutler1799 literally just a hammer and a drill and welding

@BartholomewJenkins69420 5 ай бұрын

where did you get the wire from?

@MYWork_Production 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to watch the process! Thanks for the video! :)

@harryboehmboehm2044 2 жыл бұрын

you've made an easy tutorial to follow thank you.

@laszlosoltesz3772 Жыл бұрын

You make it seem so simple. Thank you, I enjoyed your video. Can you share the wire gauge and the aspect ratio for the jump rings? I tried making one using 12 gauge wire with 6mm inside diameter and found it to be a bit too big. Thanks.

@gaiiaxyz2870 Жыл бұрын

have you ever found the right size?

@laszlosoltesz3772 Жыл бұрын

@@gaiiaxyz2870 Yes I believe that I have. I made a bracelet out of copper using a 3 to 1 ratio. 2mm wire into a 6mm inner diameter. I think 5.5mm interior diameter would work well too, but have not tried that yet.

@toptiermma476 6 ай бұрын

Would a Cuban Look nice with a 1 mm sterling silver wire,i dont need a big one

@refriedbeansonbread9717 Жыл бұрын

I never knew you could straighten wires out like that, and got so into it when I tried it out that I ended up making one of my dad's drills smoke a little bit

@gravestoner2488 6 ай бұрын

Good job burning out some of the insulation in the drill motor lowering its torque

@koii55 5 ай бұрын

You shouldn’t. It creates internal stresses in the links. Just yank on the free end with pliers after annealing the wire

@americanfarmgirl5097 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely gonna try this.

@BullProspecting 5 ай бұрын

God Bless you sir from the bottom of my heart!! I been wanting to make my own because im to poor and cant afford a real one. My life dream is to mine for gold full time and make jewelry out of what i find! If God ever blesses me with this life i will be back to drop off a nice silver necklace for you!

@CWfist 2 жыл бұрын

Wowowowow... I want one now,,, thanks you for posting this,,, amazing

@cynthiascarpelli3553 Жыл бұрын

Simply perfect

@lightning9279 2 жыл бұрын

Forty years ago I had a Cassio just like that. Nice.

@mariavfranco4538 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job man!!!

@the-nomad 11 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@salvadordelgado2434 Жыл бұрын

I plan on doing something similar with gold or silver wire . Simply because I cannot afford to pay for one even Harlem bling . I am confident I will be satisfied as you seem to be with your bracelet nice job

@salsolo2403 2 жыл бұрын

cool project :)

@bodiehuhta7346 2 жыл бұрын

What did you do for a clasp?

@gravestoner2488 6 ай бұрын

Thats awesome!

@viswabharathi6530 2 жыл бұрын

Good project from Visakhapatnam India

@mccg4337 2 ай бұрын

what guage were those copper wires ?

@sebastienc8797 2 жыл бұрын

La soudure des maillons au TIG a fait mal à mon petit cœur :-) Bel usage des outils à disposition pour faire un truc sympa, bravo !

@mjremy2605 Жыл бұрын

C'est vrai!

@COEYRN 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video. Is there a link to the description? I was getting lost. Not complaining. Good on you for being brave, and putting a video on KZfaq. Maybe one day I could do it too. You give me hope, that maybe one day I could too.

@craigkeller 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@amygipple827 Жыл бұрын

Very cool

@appleholic1553 Жыл бұрын

That is so very cool ✌️

@ivan63899 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@xxxkahunaxxx 10 ай бұрын

what gauge wire was it? how wide did links turn out after flattening? what size mandrel did you wrap wire around to form links? thanks

@GrinderMagee 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna hate, but it actually pretty dope

@pleasure.93 2 жыл бұрын

nice video !

@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411 7 ай бұрын

Good job bro

@angeladifilippi2690 Жыл бұрын

What model is your tig machine you used?

@trevegas Жыл бұрын

What kind of tourch are you using? Thanks

@jimtonelli6584 9 ай бұрын

What gauge wire is it and what is the diameter of the rod it was wrapped areound to form the links? Nice work!

@chooxtv5356 Жыл бұрын

Very nice bro 👍

@chooxtv5356 Жыл бұрын

Wow very nice 🤙

@jamesprovince6519 2 жыл бұрын

What setting did you set your Tig to when fusing the links?

@autodidacticartisan 2 жыл бұрын

I use 30-35 amps. Once the link get red hot(2 seconds) it completely fuses it all shut. You can do it at 50 amps if you want to just zap them, I don't have that level of foot pedal control. Just make sure the coppers really clean before you tack it because any impurities in the copper will weaken that link and when you go to twist the chain the link with the impurity will break

@josetonon5726 Жыл бұрын

Muito bonito seu trabalho. Obrigado por compartilhar seus conhecimentos.

@johnnynephrite6147 Жыл бұрын

very nice work. thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@starseed0982 11 ай бұрын

What kind of welding did you use?

@josephbuzzard9360 2 жыл бұрын

Very good 🙂

@omnidolce8607 Жыл бұрын

Was that just regular hot glue to keep it stillwhen you started filing it?

@jsd4979 2 жыл бұрын

Good job, kid!

@matthewprice756 Жыл бұрын

I just got my grandpas curb link bracelet I want to diamond cut it like that because the links are kinda round. Can I do that at home what do you use

@jasondraper7197 22 күн бұрын

How did you get the wire to start spinning on the drill

@mikedegrazia 2 жыл бұрын

Cool man!

@josephk8975 2 жыл бұрын

this was awesome experience!😀 this was awesome experience!😀 this was awesome experience!😀

@wow-nn3tu 2 жыл бұрын

Good practice if you ever find some gold to try this with :) liked the vid

@tylerkowalczyk7292 Жыл бұрын

If I have the gold how much would you charge to make a cuban link necklace?

@ethanmcdowell124 Жыл бұрын

Will it stay without welding?

@richardbryant7972 Жыл бұрын

What if you don’t have a welder that welds copper?

@Welldone5202 3 ай бұрын

what kind of torch did you use?

@krism2746 2 жыл бұрын

Do you basically just zap the connection with the tiger welder?

@mikedegrazia 2 жыл бұрын

Rowr....

@autodidacticartisan 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it

@craigdavies6010 Жыл бұрын

Class bro 😎💪

@jewelator Жыл бұрын

Respect for leaving a comment to the author. I would be grateful if you look at my content and rate it. In one of the videos, I made a sapphire ring from a titanium pipe on a lathe.

@ringphawonjajo4212 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@phillipbaugh9876 Жыл бұрын

What's the name of the tac machine and are you using copper wire in the tac machine

@mie6910 17 күн бұрын

How did you connect the two ends?

@moonolyth 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool I have wire about 1/8 thick, Sadly need a tig. Perhaps a to do later.

@PKD-ze4hr 2 жыл бұрын

You don’t need a Tig welder. You can also just use a jewelers torch and solder.

@PWR721 2 жыл бұрын

Cool concept for a cat collar

@olgaalatorre6907 Жыл бұрын

Where to purchase the copper?

@jaclacscatpack 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of welder is that

@completeprecision4252 Ай бұрын

I’ll take one that is very nice…got any extra’s layin’ around?

@andrerossi5010 2 жыл бұрын

Very very g o o d!

@Calmanaia 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations, I would like to know which one you use to glue the piece in the process of using the file???

@Brian-cr1ep Ай бұрын

Looks like some clau

@azertaieb442 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.. i see car alternator with speed controller ..did you make a video about this ??? If you doo please show it ...if you don't please make one ...thank you very mutch

@Maxtutubo 9 ай бұрын

This Casio is the A163W?

@monabo1 Жыл бұрын

Cool man

@gemjewelersco Жыл бұрын

sick!

@skeeterdebeaux-stibick7406 2 жыл бұрын

Very awesome tutorial ♥️ Bracelet is Amazingly beautiful ❤What size wire did you use from inside that cable? ♥️ Wish I could make this masculine bracelet for my boyfriend ♥️ I think he would love it ❤ I do not have all the materials and I am not into torching anything yet ❤ Still learning wire wrapping ♥️ Thank you for the tutorial ❤

@autodidacticartisan 2 жыл бұрын

He used 10ga copper wire. But u can use 12ga for smaller chain links or 8ga for larger chain links. the torch he used is called a TIG welder. Hope this helps

@skeeterdebeaux-stibick7406 2 жыл бұрын

@@autodidacticartisan Thank you ♥️

@tattoofthesun Жыл бұрын

Whattchu got on? Is that a classic Casio?

@legoguy23451 Ай бұрын

so, the first electrician was actually just a jewelry maker, who found out his uncut chain coil is conductive

@jaquezbutler1799 Жыл бұрын

Where do I get the tools from

@JBNWORKSHOP Жыл бұрын

😮good 👍

@user-ll8wy6ws4r 2 жыл бұрын

Genius

@raychrl 2 жыл бұрын

What is used as a clasp?

@mhm1778 2 жыл бұрын

You would probably have to make one depending on the width of the peice and its material.

@phazyy 5 ай бұрын

does it have any odor

@ngiabeanjaratafita2026 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir Bless u

@jewelator Жыл бұрын

Respect for leaving a comment to the author. I would be grateful if you look at my content and rate it. In one of the videos, I made a sapphire ring from a titanium pipe on a lathe.

@daniellockhart9302 2 жыл бұрын

How did you connect the ends together?

@murrmurray5311 2 жыл бұрын

You can pry each ending link open with a flathead, then clamp them back together with needle nose pliers

@mawi1172 2 жыл бұрын

@@murrmurray5311 that answers nothing. And makes no sense.

@salahabdali6137 2 жыл бұрын

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@chuckmiller7294 Жыл бұрын

@@mawi1172 it does make sense to someone with more than 1 braincell

@vipu543 Жыл бұрын

@@chuckmiller7294 yea

@williamsmith7914 Жыл бұрын

what about the rest of the build??

@jonschool4727 Жыл бұрын

How much would it cost for you to make me one

@Vladimir_68_region Жыл бұрын

👍👍ловко запаял звенья!

@erikapaez9156 Жыл бұрын

De verdad torciste el alambre en espiral? no se ve torcido mientras lo trabajas. 🤨. Igual es increíble lo que se puede hacer con restos de alambre de cobre.

@ihustlevlog9502 Жыл бұрын

Can i buy one?

@pdelmercado 2 жыл бұрын

What gauge wire did you use?

@diveron Жыл бұрын

Looks like 10 gauge. Twisting it in the first step straightened it, thinned it, and softened the copper. Heating the copper and then quenching it would harden the copper in later steps.

@gabrielparra7321 Жыл бұрын

Gracias

@ellermejia6330 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of welding you used?

@mikedegrazia 2 жыл бұрын

Laser

@theemza5757 Жыл бұрын

TIG welding process.

@bigriggc5828 Жыл бұрын

So i tried making one but the chain wanted to fold over itself when twisting, do you know why that is.

@zizoclever Ай бұрын

Bro did you find an answer? :( having the same problem too

@bigriggc5828 Ай бұрын

@@zizoclever That was awhile ago and now I have a few successfully. If I remember right I think I made the link to round causing them to slip. Making them slightly oval shaped they seat and stay in place when twisting. Also pull it at the same time you twist also keeping it seated.

@zizoclever Ай бұрын

@@bigriggc5828 oww bro that's so smart actually. After you welded the open ends, you just squeezed the links a little bit with some tweezers to make them oval right? Before twisting them? Also did you use tig welding or a torch and copper solder? Thanks a lot in advance friend

@bigriggc5828 Ай бұрын

@@zizoclever I used sliver solder, since normal plumbing solder is to soft, I only have a stick welder so that wouldn’t work on the the links, at least not well. And yah I used ground down pliers, as to not mar the copper, and squished slightly. I also eventually made a jig to wind the links around and I made that oval shaped so the links were automatically right.

@zizoclever Ай бұрын

@@bigriggc5828 how did you get the silver solder to look the same color as copper? 🤯

@raychrl 2 жыл бұрын

Are the hoops being welded with a Laser welder?

@mikedegrazia 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@autodidacticartisan 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Layzr to be specific. Made by ck worldwide. Also theyre called links, silly.

@Circlont 2 жыл бұрын

if you watch closely, when he's showing the final result you can see some of his links opened back (most likely when he was twisting the chain. If you do this I would recomend soldering the jump rings ( there's no such a thing as copper solder, so silver is used instead). Soldering is also much more safer and easy than welding, plus it gives a much more professional and clean look to the piece. He did an ok job but I don't think he is a professional jeweler.

@theemza5757 Жыл бұрын

@@autodidacticartisan Layzr is the tungsten used, the welding process is TIG 🙄

@autodidacticartisan Жыл бұрын

@@theemza5757 that was joke. good job.

@sherkhankhan7611 Жыл бұрын

16mm copper chain milegi price btado mujko kontek karo

@HenryBarnacle Жыл бұрын

How did you dissolve the hot glue?

@BartholomewJenkins69420 5 ай бұрын

its hot glue. you get it hot and it turns to glue

@curtiswilcock5628 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t it discolour like goes green on your wrist

@weefatpie Жыл бұрын

Just coat it with clear nail varnish it should be fine

@diveron Жыл бұрын

That is a grand technique using pennies of copper.

@j.p.6156 8 ай бұрын

How do you prevent the copper from making your skin turn green?

@EA-sd1yv 5 ай бұрын

Beeswax. Organic sealer.

@toptiermma476 6 ай бұрын

How thick is the wire

@joycemathis2859 Ай бұрын

What gauge is the wire

@raresboghean2974 4 ай бұрын

I don t have a welding machine ?

@YAMAN708 2 жыл бұрын

0:49 Just using it Ås å personal bookmark

@man8239 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@toogs8571 Жыл бұрын

This guy: 1:40 Sonic the Hedgehog: 😩🥵

@GopnikVlad 7 ай бұрын

also used welding rods for same

@Kapok6 Жыл бұрын

You didn't show how you made the clasp.