Well,  I had to try a couple of these myself. They were all snatched up by my wife and daughter before I could even get a picture of them.
   I dont have a chuck (yet) so I had to resort to diffrent methods. I first bored the blank with a 3" hole saw  then did the inside with a 2 3/8 hole saw. I then mounted the piece on the longworth chuck and turned the inside and finish sanded. Then I took a scrap of 4x4 cypress and turned a taper on it from 2 1/4 to 2 5/8 in about 6 inches of length. Jam the braclet on the taper and turned the outside. It worked OK but has a tendency to come off the taper when turning the left side . I pushed one on a lil to much and broke it.
   Someday I'll get chuck
  I also found, depending on the wood, they are fairly fragile. My daughter wore the first one I made for 2 days until it broke when she hit it on something.
  My second one was laminated with 3 pieces (bloodwood, cypress, bloodwood) and I turned the grains perpendicular to each other at glue up. Seems alot stronger

Chris, I've got a question about the pendant.  What type of clasp did you end up using?  I couldn't really tell from any of the pics, and when I went to Hobby Lobby I didn't see anything that didn't entail tieing a knot on both end of the leather, which isn't what I was looking for.

If you don't read Wood Central, there was a post by Wally Dickerman (a really fine turner, by the way), that shows some of the bracelets he made a while back.  Here's the link:

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Like SkyJ, he found that laminated bracelets were more durable than solid wood.

So Sky, how thick were your laminate pieces?  Did you have to plane them to get even thickness?

WOW  those bracelets on that last link look just like mine!!
  BTW I finally broke down and bought a chuck......makes things much easier

All from stock I have, resawn and planed if possible. If ya need some milled up Ide be glad to send ya sum. I have a bunch of bloodwood, mahogany, wormy chestnut,  Ipe, and cypress new growth and antique
( Fella I work with deals in Cypress timbers, I can get 12 x 12  cut offs up to 2' long)

SkyJ,  Wish I were closer, that Cypress sounds great.  I am trying to find some more Olive.

JimQ

Unfortunatley the cypress is usually soakin wet. I mean a moisture content of 50% or more,(seeing as most of it is either growing in water or salvaged from river bottoms) very unstable, and checks severly after turning or just cutting. Ive been workin with cypress for about 3 years now making cabinets and doors and furniture with it, and I hate it!! Ive had boards shrink (1x 12's 12' in length)  up to 1 1/2" longitude and 3/4' latitude. Soon learned I had to make everything with slip joints. A 12 x 12 x12 will weight 50- 60 lbs, 20 dry.  Cant kiln dry cypress either, only dehumidification kilns at the rate of 2" a year!!  Natural drying is at the rate of 1" per year. If any of you make it down this way..........I'll load ya up!! We have pallets just stacked with cutoffs, which I keep threating to toss in the dumpster.