[Jewelry making - Article 00396] - Re: [Orchid] Bolo tie fabrication

[John Donivan]

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    Hi Marianne - The handmade way to do a bolo tie is pretty simple. You
    don't need to buy the finding unless you just like it. If you make
    it, you'll need to gauge it to the width of your own piece a little -
    I'd use copper sheet or wire or something to get the length right
    first, probably. You just make two strips of metal about 1/4" wide or
    so, one about 2/3 as long as the other. Then you roll loops or on the
    ends of each so the loops are of a size that your cord will go
    through them with a friction fit, and solder them down. That's a
    strip with each end rolled around like a jump ring on each end, if
    you can envision it. Then solder them on the back with the longer one
    on top and the shorter one below it, so it makes that "V" profile
    when it's on - you can pinch the circles shut a little to adjust the
    tension, too. When I used to make them a lot, most people considered
    this way to be better than the finding, anyway - handmade and all
    that........ 

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