[Jewelry making - Article 00238] - Re: [Orchid] Cutting jump rings

[Carrie Otterson]

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    I wanted to throw my $.02 (US) in on the subject of jump ring
    cutters. There are two cutters that I know of - the Koil Kutter (by
    Dave Arens) and the Jumpringer (by Ray Grossman).  I own and use
    both.  I purchased the Koil Kutter (KK) initially because I did not
    own a flexshaft (a requirement for the Jumpringer) and wanted to be
    able to use my b&d rotary tool.  It is also quite a bit cheaper than
    the Jumpringer.  If you do not have a flexshaft or a lot of money to
    spend, it is a good place to start.  However, if you have a flexshaft
    and you plan on cutting on a regular basis, in production, large
    sizes or different shapes, I recommend the Jumpringer.  It is a much
    more precise tool and is more verstile than the KK in that you can
    purchase different coil holders for different shapes and the round
    coil holder has sides for multiple sized rings.  Much better with
    larger rings than the KK. For production, I much prefer the
    Jumpringer - I keep my KK on a rotary tool as a backup when I only
    need to cut one or two coils and don't want to change out my
    flexshaft.  If you have the money, though, in my opinion the
    Jumpringer is the better tool. 

Carrie Otterson

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