Art Jewelry – Forge your own ear wires

Written by Jewelry on November 8, 2009

Art Jewelry Magazine join forces with editor Jill Erickson shows we the discerning approach to shape metal your own ear wires. [For some-more revisit www.ArtJewelryMag.com]

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6 Comments to “Art Jewelry – Forge your own ear wires”

  1. ahmed2011ahmed
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

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  2. utooth
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

    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

  3. utooth
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

    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

  4. MetalGrannie
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

    utooth: how you make a bending jig???

  5. utooth
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

    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

  6. 1axvn
    6:50 pm on November 8th, 2009

    OK OK 4.4

    1axvn

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