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From: Stephanie Morton
Date: Mon Apr 05 22:41:34 2004
 
     
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    I have just made a necklace using more than a couple of thousand jump
    rings which I made by winding the wire around a knitting needle of
    the required diameter then cutting the rings by hand. 

    I make my rings the same way since I don't really do enough volume
    to justify buying a jumpringer, I use a setup that was suggested to
    me by one of the exceptional instructors at George Brown (thank you
    Ellen). Essentially it is a plastic cutting board clamped to the edge
    of my bench with various holes drilled in it, a couple of steel
    plates and some leather to guide the wire at the edge. Feed the wire
    though to the needle inserted in the hole, clamp the wire to the
    needle with a pair of vice grips and twist away. I get a perfect coil
    in a few seconds. Total cost about $7.00 and you can get all the
    parts at Canadian Tire or local US equivalent. If anyone wants a jpeg
    of the setup, you can e-mail me off line. Cheers, Stephanie Morton


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