Locket Progress

Copper Locket - Soldered

I’ve not posted up any images of my locket making lately, so here goes – it’s nearly finished!

I finished filing the edges of the domes and gave them a quick polish.

Locket Progress

Copper Locket - Polishing

Next came the hinge bracket. I hade to line the domes up and sandwich them together with masking tape so that I could make all the edges uniform.

Copper Locket - Starting on the hinge

Copper Locket - Starting on the hinge

Next was the tricky task of filing a groove for the tube hinge to sit into – you can see the start of this in the image below.

Copper Locket - Filing

Checking to see if it fits…

Copper Locket - Fitting the tube for the hinge

Looking good…

Copper LocketCopper Locket - Fitting the tube for the hinge

Next I had to cut three pieces of tube that would form the hinge.

Copper Locket - cutting the hinge elements

Here they are…

Copper Locket - Hinge making

Copper Locket - Hinge making

Gettin ready to solder the single hinge element onto one side.

Copper Locket - getting ready to solder

Copper Locket - getting ready to solder

All done…

Copper Locket - Soldered

Copper Locket - Soldered

Copper Locket - Soldered

I had to then line up the edges of the bracket and position the other two hinge elements ready for soldering to the other dome.

Copper Locket - Soldering the other side

And there you go…

Copper Locket - Hinge all soldered

Copper Locket - Hinge all soldered

I added a small balled silver clasp – but forgot to photograph that bit, so I move on to the bails. These were incredibly tricky to solder on for some reason and I got really fed up with it and had an interlude of learning tube riveting before returning to the soldering and getting it sorted in the end.

Copper Locket - Adding bails for the necklace

Copper Locket - Riveting

more images to follow soon….

2 thoughts on “Locket Progress

  1. caishnah says:

    Wow, this is stunning. I thought I’d already decided what I wanted to tell my husband I wanted for my birthday this year (believe me, hints and leaving him to his own devices won’t work!) but this is gorgeous!!

  2. Milomade says:

    It’s just a prototype to try out locket ideas and learn how to make hinges. It’s not really functional as a locket at all, so isn’t going to be for sale and I’m not sure I’ll make another one like this. I’m working a book type locket next, starting tonight which is going to involve etching a photo and some text into the metal. Will post up some images tonight if I have time.

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