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Main loops: 3in, 18g Small heart: 1.5in, 18g Beads and button pearl: ~4mm
1. Cut wires. Taper ends. Finish with 600grit. 2. Curve wires to profile, making sure they are mirrored. 3. Forge and planish wires. 4. Hard solder connections of main loop. 5. Hard solder stamping to heart loop (flood stamping, position on top first, tack, then flip and resolder. 6. Medium solder components together. 7. Easy solder peg to heart component. Tumble. 8. Ball end of 18g wire; lathe to finish. 9. Clean piece -- riffler to sandpaper to brush with tripoli. Tumble. 10. Tripoli on wheel if necessary. Clean. 11. Threads beads on wire; form planished loop; attach; remove tool marks and polish. 12. Liver piece. 13. Attach earwire. Rouge piece. 14. Cut post to size. Glue pearl.
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