CONVERT A SIMPLE SILVER BOX INTO A LOCKET | ADVANCED


1: CREATE A


GROOVE Using a triangular needle fi le start to fi le a straight slot into one side of the box, along the join between the top and the base. Finish with a half round needle fi le.


File until it is about 12mm in length so that the silver tube fi ts snugly along the groove.


2 1 3 3: PREPARE FOR


SOLDERING Mix a paste of AA rouge and paraffi n. Separate the two halves of the box and paint all surfaces that will be touching that you do not want to be soldered together, except at the centre of the groove on the lid. Here you will be soldering a single 5mm length of tube.


Mix a paste of Argo-tect with methylated spirit and paint the inside and outside of the box ensuring you don’t touch any mating surfaces and assemble the box. The Argo-tect is intended to help prevent fi re stain to the polished surfaces.


37 2: CUT TUBE


LENGTHS Using the joint tube cutting tool, cut one piece of silver tube 5mm long and two pieces 4mm long, removing any burrs.


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