Tutorial of Making Bullet Necklace

Tutorial of Making Bullet
Necklace
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This is my first go at any kind of jewelry. It will end
up being a wedding gift. It has been a fun project to
see come together.

Step 1: Preparing Bullets
The best and safest way to remove a
bullet from the brass is by far a bullet
puller. I tend to do things the hard way so
I used a copper tube cutter. Drill one more
hole through the side near the primer to
feed the chain through. The size will
depend on how big your chain will be.

Step 2: Preparing Back End
of Bullets
To add more to the necklace then just the bullet I wanted to use the
back end of the brass to give more variety. For my project I needed
10 ends. 4 for the necklace 4 for a matching pair of earrings and 2
for a matching pair of cufflinks for myself. You need to drill and
counter sink the primer on all the ends before cutting the ends off.
Use a copper pipe cutter to cut as close to the end as possible. Sand
the cut end flat for glueing 8 of 10 ends into pairs and the
remaining 2 onto cufflink blanks. I found some extra blanks at my
work. I used gorilla 2 part epoxy to glue the ends together. You can
solder the 2 ends together but i didn't want the ruff finish of the
brass to change with the heat. Now drill a small hole in the seam of
the the 2 ends after the epoxy has fully cured. I used a 1/16" bit. I
could not find an eyelet that matched the finish of the ends and was
the right size so I modified some jump rings to fit my needs. Use
the same epoxy to glue the eyelets into the ends.

Step 3: Adding a Little Sparkle
I wanted some color added to this sea of
brass. I found some glass gems pulled
from a bracelet bought at my local craft
store. They were just the right size to drop
into the hole drilled into the primer. Use
the same epoxy for this step. They will go
into the main bullet, cufflinks, glued ends
and earrings.

Step 4: Assemble the Necklace
I used a 30" brass/bronze chain. Start with
feeding the main bullet onto the chain.
Next I added some brass skulls using
small brass jump rings to connect them to
the chain. I then added the brass ends with
glass gems using more jumps rings. To
finish it off push the bullet you pulled at
the beginning in the empty brass. I was
lucky that my bullet "snapped" into place
and stayed firmly in place. If you want
you can glue it in place.

Enjoy Your New Necklace
I hope my friend will
love how I have designed
and built this piece of
jewelry for her. I plan on
making a gift box to
present it to her. I
encourage you to add
new and different items
onto the chain to make it
unique. I would love to
see your creations.

Tutorial of Making Bullet Necklace

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