How to make jumprings for jewelry

Check out this article I wrote about how we make our jumprings for our chainmaille jewelry.

clipped from www.chainmaillebymboi.com

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We then coil the wire on a mandrel using a power drill. We use slotted mandrels so that you can insert the wire on the end to hold your wire stable while you begin your coil.

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soft>wire on the mandrel style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">are left with
a solid metal
coil that is ready
for cutting.  Depending on how
you
chose to cut your rings, you
may have to add a cutting
soft>lubricant to your finished coil.  
This preserves the life of
your
cutting blade.

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soft>time t o cut style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">itsize=3> into individual
soft>jumprings. You can use wire
snips, a jewsize=3>style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">esize=3>ler's saw, or some
soft>type of mechanical cutter. We
use a Jumpringer to saw cut our
soft>rings. Saw cut rings leave the
ends flat and clean so that you
soft>can achieve better style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">flush
soft>style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">closures.
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