is a bomb! so i tried to make a copper ring out of copper wire. i found copper wire, probably 12 or 14 gauge at michaels...and thought cheap...finally something relatively cheap and no shipping costs..i annealed the copper to make it easier to bend..well.. while bending the ring, it starts to get marked/scratched up...then i'm thinkin', man this is kinda hard..not sure if i need flux or solder for copper..i do some reach through the books i have found/purchased to assist me in this and can't really find anything that states to flux or solder for copper...so i go inside to search the internet...found some sites that said flux and solder have been used but you got to purchase and i was in the middle of trying to fabricate this ring and didn't want to wait to have to buy anything nor have to wait anymore!!! so i have flux and i use it...take the torch to it and it doesn't seal..so flux doesn't work..i decide to put it in the pickle and this is what my first attempt at metalsmith looks like....
No comments:
Post a Comment