Crafting a HEAVY Bracelet, Foxtail inspired.

I made a heavy Bracelet inspired by the well known foxtail pattern.
This is how I did it:
I had 2 old, broken copper baskets that I could use. I pulled 2 different size copper wires from the 2 copper baskets and straightened the copper wires with pliers. Then I twisted the thinnest, long wire twice and started to roll up the twisted copper wire. I used a round wooden stick to roll it up.

Then I took the thickest of the copper wire and rolled it up on the same round stick. After that, I started sawing out both copper wires to separate rings and soldered them together so that the rings were unbroken.
I then bent the rings so I could use them to braid the copper bracelet.
I knew it would take a strong hand tool to weave the rings together, so I sharpened an old screwdriver into an awl. Then I started braiding alternately the twisted rings and the round rings. I had to use a lot of energy to press the rings together, but I succeeded.
To straighten the copper bracelet, I pulled it through a wooden board, which I had previously made a hole in, so that it was slightly smaller than the bracelet. That way, I was able to pull the bracelet into a more stable shape. Just to put the finishing touches on the copper bracelet, I pounded it into shape in an oval metal mold. The copper bracelet had to have a simple clasp, so I made an S from the handle of one copper basket. I shaped the S between 2 copper pipes - it was easy to get it harmonious that way.

I got the final ends of the copper bracelet by cutting 2 ends of a copper tube, cutting them and finally soldering them onto the copper bracelet so that they could be used as a lock on the bracelet.
Finally, I finished by sanding and polishing the Copper Bracelet.
Be careful and wear protective equipment when working with acids and hazardous substances.
I was quite satisfied with the result, although it had become a little thicker than I had expected.

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Chapters:
0:00 Make copper rings from copper baskets
4:06 Collect the copper rings and make jewelry soldering
5:25 Bending copper rings and braiding copper bracelets
8:16 Pull and tap the bracelet chain into shape
9:37 Make ends for the copper bracelet chain
12:46 Presentation of the finished Copper Bracelet Chain


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