Hardware Store Bracelet

Step 2 Tools Needed

Get the following tools if you don't already have them. Some of them, like the round nose pliers, are more jewellery specific and may not be available in hardware stores.

an anvil or bench block (solid and smooth chunk of metal)
hammer with a nice smooth face
wire cutters
nylon tip pliers (or regular pliers with their jaws wrapped in layers of tape so that they are smooth)
round nose pliers (needle nose with wrapped jaws will be OK)
2 pin vises
ruler
floral tape
metal file
polishing cloth
and a thingie from the hardware store called a "quick-grip clamp"

Comments

[mmcfarland333]

Not that you'd be pounding away on an anvil that size, but just beware of all the cast iron anvils out there, especially the harbor freight  ones...  We call them "ASO's" (Anvil Shaped Objects) because they're only really good for paperweights or door stops... good old regular steel is the way to go if it's going to be seeing any kind of heavy duty use.

[RaNDoMLeiGH]

I have heard this before, actually -- I have a Real Anvil in my garage <beams proudly>.

Yap the little thingie is only good for tapping at stuff like flattening wire. I have since acquired a proper bench block made of tool steel.

Thanks for checking out my instructable!

[toogood]

nice anvil!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[RaNDoMLeiGH]

Well, since I don't have a bench block, the little anvil works pretty well. Ain't it cute? Got it at Harbor Freight for like $3.