Making a Bracelet with PotterUSA hydraulic press, pattern plates and bracelet forming tools
Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары
In this video I show the process of using PotterUSA pattern plates with the bracelet forming kit and the hydraulic press to make some gorgeous sterling silver bracelets! (Please ignore my wobbly rolling mill and shear, I recently moved and am working in a temporary space!)
Here are links to the two pattern plates I used:
potterusa.com/pattern-plate-r...
potterusa.com/pattern-plate-r...
And here is a link to the awesome bracelet forming kit:
potterusa.com/new-bracelet-fo...
Also here is a link to a video Kevin Potter made a couple of years ago. The bracelet formers look a little different now, but all the concepts are the same! • Make an Anticlastic Br...
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Absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing.
Great tutorial! Thank you!!
Nice job keep it up am from Kenya 🇰🇪 👍
Thank you!!!
@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
I love your work so much, Lynette! What is the awesome sanding discs you used on this piece?
@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321
Жыл бұрын
They’re called PSA sanding discs and they’re available from Rio Grande.
I think I saw in the video that Kevin said not to anneal the bracelet before putting it in the pressed form it. He said he wanted as hard as possible so it can't be tweaked
@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321
2 жыл бұрын
You can do it either way. Kevin will use fine silver a lot of the time which is very soft. Personally, I don’t recommend fine silver for bracelets. Using the bracelet forming tools in the press, you can form it without annealing, but sometimes your curves won’t be as smooth if the metal is super hard. Try it both ways and see what works best for you!
@laurenyoungs
2 жыл бұрын
@@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321 thank you so much I will try it both ways, I do a lot of art shows and as you know customers will tweak these bracelets so I want them so hard they can't move them around.
What were the sanding discs used? Where can I get them please?
Откуда, как можна купит фармовочний лист, спасиба.
What gauge metal?
@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321
2 жыл бұрын
18 gauge ☺️
@laurenyoungs
2 жыл бұрын
@@lynetteandreasenjewelrymet2321 thank you and thank you for the video
Oh my goodness! I love the video but the audio music makes me want to jump off a cliff. Thank you for mute buttons!