Making a Balled up Ring it's Easy
To make this ring with Lapis Lazuli a little bit special, I round up the ends of the loop with a torch. The flame and gravity take part in this easy project that every beginner can do. I'm also gonna show a few more advises about stone preservation and power supply settings. Tools and material for this project: Copper wire 2.5 mm Lapis Lazuli Stone Pickling solution CA glue Conductive Paint Liquid Latex Distilled water Liver of Sulfur Bleach Zapon Nippers Steel Mandrel Propane torch Tweezers Rubber Hammer Rotary Tool Diamond cutting wheel My DIY Water dropper Brushes Wooden stick Cloth pins The entire electroforming equipment Plastic containers Polishing pads for metal Rotary split mandrel Starting by cutting a piece of copper wire a little longer than the length I need. Then I bent it to a horse shoes shape and set it on a copper pipe with the ends pointing downward. With my torch, I heat the ends to melt them until two drops of liquid copper can be se...