Comments on: Art Jewelry - Forge your own ear wires

By: utooth

utooth — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

To get a smooth …
To get a smooth large curve that is needed for the main curve of the earwire use either a large wooden dowel with your wooden board or solder a curved piece of metal onto your metal jig…..

Experiment ….. it is fun and once the jig is made…. very quick
Cheers
Utooth

By: utooth

utooth — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

Hi MetalGrannie
A …
Hi MetalGrannie
A bending jig is no more than a piece of board or metal with nails or metal pins sticking out of it
If you use a board arrange the pins so that as the wire is bent around them it is formed into the desired shape

The earwires are easy to copy that way
For myself I rolled out an old copper coin and soldered stainless steel pins into it

An earwire takes about…. a minute to make… on joke it is that quick

Cheer
Utooth

By: MetalGrannie

MetalGrannie — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

utooth: how you …
utooth: how you make a bending jig???

By: utooth

utooth — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

Make a bending jig …
Make a bending jig and you will make ear wires exactly the same in a third of the time. Use a cup burr to shape the end of the wire and you will have a properly rounded end.
Thansk for posting the video it will help many budding hobby jewellers

By: 1axvn

1axvn — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:04:24 +0000

OK OK 4.4

1axvn
OK OK 4.4

1axvn