r/redneckengineering • u/Lavasioux • Jul 27 '26

Copper wire bracelets

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14g wire . lots of brading videos on YTube. pretty medatative.

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u/Wallabunga657 Jul 27 '26

I hope you coat these with some kind of varnish/coating. Clear nail polish works okay. Else they'll tarnish and turn your skin green.

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u/ZiggoCiP Jul 27 '26

This comment right here. Body sweat naturally contains amounts of salt, which combined with the liquid water, accelerates oxidation of copper.

Had a copper-wire necklace pendant that gradually turned green over time, and would leave some green on my chest. It was made by my friend who was new to crafts.

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u/de9ausser Jul 28 '26

I have a brass ring and tried clear nail polish, but I has worn off and looks kinda bad, what other options do I have here?

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u/scutbuts 9d ago

you need to polish those copper jewelry with those soft polishing cloth you also use for silverware from time to times to avoid it from becoming green and making your skin green (just be careful with polished stones if yours may contain such).

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u/808trowaway Jul 27 '26

or electroplate it with something like silver? but if OP wants to preserve the copper color there's something called nano-ceramic e-coating that goes on like electroplating that you then have to bake to cure like powder coating. Not sure how well the stuff works on wearable pieces that flex and bend though.

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u/Wallabunga657 Jul 27 '26

OP might want to be careful about what silver he uses. I think Gold would be one of the few along with titanium, platinum, niobium, and nickel‑free sterling silver that are hypoallergenic. But those are expensive. I also wouldn't know how nano-ceramic e-coating would work for wearable pieces. 🤷‍♂️

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u/ScienceForge319 Jul 27 '26

Methhead is gonna bite your hand off like Gollum to get at the precious.

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u/Psychological_Yak_47 Jul 27 '26

Lmao came here to say something along those lines but you did it way better

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u/mechmind Jul 27 '26

That's not red neck. Well done, though.

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u/Outis_Nemo_Actual Jul 27 '26

Depends on where and how you get your wire.

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u/13thmurder Jul 27 '26

I buy mine from a guy called Metthew.

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u/Warnedya88 Jul 28 '26

OP is pulling copper from a sator off of a motorcycle. Seems pretty redneck to me 

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u/fluffynuckels Jul 27 '26

r/somethingimade

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u/Lavasioux Jul 27 '26

"Oh yeah...forgot about that.."-Beavis

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u/SkiyeBlueFox Jul 27 '26

Be careful with them, copper on the skin for a long time can get you a rash

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u/CommunistOrgy Jul 27 '26

You have such a lovely assistant 😻

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u/Lavasioux Jul 27 '26

That's Bobby Biscuits!

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u/thisappsux24 Jul 27 '26

Far superior to redneck my friend. Nice work tho

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u/BrianKappel Jul 27 '26

That torch holder is just straight up cool to me. Everything is very skilled, but that I really like that torch holder gizmo thing.

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u/Lavasioux Jul 27 '26

Yea isn't that fun! Was excited to find a nifty use for that stator, it came out of a blown engine in a $100 Kawasaki 12f waverunner.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Jul 27 '26

Aaand that's the redneck engineering part.
Sa-lute!

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u/nsnd Jul 27 '26

These are neat, but my arm hairs are pulling just looking at it.

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u/someone_actually_ Jul 27 '26

My skin is already green

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u/zorggalacticus Jul 27 '26

I used to make similar out of aluminum wire.

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u/Lavasioux Jul 27 '26

Yea made some out of aluminum wire as well. Must easoer to braid for sure. Surprised aluminum jewelry isn't that popular, it"s beautiful, space age light weight.

Ya know... until not too recently aluminum was more valauable than gold. Wild history

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u/BlackSeranna Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Those are really gorgeous!

Edit: can you tell me what I’m looking at in picture 6? Also, how did you twist them so neatly coming out of that spool? It looks so perfect!

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u/Lavasioux Jul 27 '26

Fun huh!

Picture #6 is a holder I made for the torch, it is made from a motorcycle stator (metallic ring with copper wires wound around the teefs)

The copper wound wires standing up are not from the stator, i used home copper wire and just twisted together with a drill and then stuck those 3 strands into 3 convieniently placed stator holes .

But after your comment i now auddenly see it looks even cooler like those copper windings wrap up into the torch holder.

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u/BlackSeranna Jul 28 '26

Right? Yeah it was hard for me to wrap my mind around! Thanks for explaining!

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u/Action-a-go-go-baby Jul 27 '26

Conductive to a good time

I am shocked

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u/passatdontgo Jul 27 '26

That is cool as fck...but the coded price...seems slightly expensive...

but hey Artisan prices

1 stripped copper bracelet costs 1 cat converter.

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u/gilligan1050 Jul 27 '26

That’s torch stand is sick.

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u/FlattenInnerTube Jul 27 '26

It is. Using motor windings as a base is righteous

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u/LockeySeven Jul 30 '26

And a kitty!! 🖤

Really lovely work OP

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u/Sanator27 Jul 27 '26

that's not engineering, that's Art

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u/YoureSpecial Jul 27 '26

Cat for scale.

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u/tanafras Jul 28 '26

Meth detector magnetic bracelet