Bracelet bender

davidshe · Jun 10, 2014

Just finished another silver bracelet and this time the bending with my GRS bender went much better. I used less pressure, used black electrical tape instead of painters tape (this tip from Shane at GRS), lightly sanded round the top edge of the cavity and I also applied a touch of WD40 to the ball and cavity. Cannot see any bend marks even under the microscope! Hope this helps someone else.

Willem Parel · Jun 10, 2014

Thank you David for these very useful tips, never thought of WD 40.
Nice bracelet again, you're getting good at it...

mrthe · Jun 10, 2014

Thank you for the tip, good to know, very nice bracelet!

scott99 · Jun 11, 2014

Hi, thanks for the info, WD40 who would have thought. I like the bracelet as well, nice job.

scott99

dlilazteca · Feb 23, 2015

David, I know this is an old thread, but I have some questions for you, here is my email carlosdelao3@gmail.com

John P. Anderson · Feb 24, 2015

Useful post and a nice bracelet ta boot.

John

Dan W · Feb 24, 2015

Hi David,
Very clean, well done! I like the interupted border too.
Dan

monk · Feb 24, 2015

very nice looking. i never lube the metal former when doing the bracelet thingy. when i form snuff lids in my die set, i ended up using common drug-store mineral oil. works very well, and it's so toxic, one can use it for cleaning out ones' innards ! as for the former, i don't do many bracelets,but do like the grs former. having said that, if i were doing production work, a hydro press would have to be the answer.

LVVP · Feb 27, 2015

Yes, it is very clean and looks very professional, thanks

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