Barry Richardson
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- Goodyear AZ
Here's something I've been getting into lately. It started when LOML asked me to refinish a cheap wooden bracelet she got at a garrage sale. I told her I thought I could make her a better one, and set about it. Turns out it's not too hard. I cut out a blank, sink and glue a piece of large dowel in the center for the jaws to grab and turn away. As you can see, I've played with some different inlay material. The green malachite sands easily, turquoise is a little harder, and jasper is almost too hard to sand down. silicon carabide sandpaper works best (its usually black). Copper worked pretty easy too, I just used scrap wire and cut some ribbons out of some scrap copper sheet I had lying around. The stone I used for inlay I got from Hobby Lobby, and some online. I set the inlay with tinted epoxy on some and thick ca on some. They both seem to work fine. Some are finished with spray laquer and some are just polished and waxed. I find that wax alone will not keep copper from discoloring. Oh yea, and the wood is Desert Iron Wood. I Imagine any fine grained strong wood would work. Cheers, Barry