Cut Your Own
Cut Your Own
Cut Your Own
HELPFUL HINT NO 1
You should always coil up more than the required
number of rings. The mandrel size, coil and jump
rings shown in Steps 1 through 5 are much larger
than normal but, for photographic purposes,
demonstrate how rings are made using the Jump
Ringer system. (See Page 2 for more information
on this tool and please follow the instructions
supplied in the kit.) The owner of this system recommends that you support the coil as you cut through it
by using a small soft-wood dowel. Other substitutes
can be: orange sticks (available in the manicure section at your local drug store), fireplace matches or
even wooden skewers (the type used for grilling).
Whatever you use, it should be made from soft wood
and should provide enough support (while in the coil)
to prevent the coil from collapsing as you cut.
For larger coils, use two lengths of matchstick.
One at a time, place each coil into the coil holder; rub cutting compound (lubricant) along the
top of the coil and then move the top plate over the coil and replace the hold-down screw into
the right-hand screw hole. Gently finger-tighten the screws at both
ends until you start to feel a slight resistance in the screws. Insert
the wooden piece (provided) between the plate and the
block; push the coil towards one end, as shown in
inset, to make room for the blade. One last time,
finger-tighten the screws.
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Content 2006 - Helen Goga
HELPFUL HINT
NO 2
At this stage, you could
clean the lubricant off the
jump rings by placing them
into a tumbler; you can also
do this when you have
completed the chain.
As the chain in most of the
projects in this book
werent tumbled until they
were finished, you will
notice lubricant and burrs
on the jump rings
throughout some steps.
HELPFUL HINT NO 3
To open a jump ring, place the jaws of your chain- or flat-nose pliers
next to each of the cut ends on a jump ring and, while working in opposite directions, slightly turn the jaws of one pliers towards you as you
turn the other pliers away from you. Working the
ends of the jump rings in opposite directions
ensures that the ring will not become distorted. (To close up this ring, simply
reverse this movement until the
ends meet up flush.) Open
several jump rings to
make them ready
ahead of time.
2/0
20-22
16-18
1/0
18-22
16
18-20
14
16-18
12
16-18
12
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