[Jewelry making - Article 00273] - Re: [Orchid] Cutting jump rings

[brian]

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    Interestingly enough no-one has mantioned cutting the jumprings (by
    saw) on the same mandrel they were formed on. This is a tip I learned
    from David La Plantz years ago. Having formed the rings on a mandrel,
    steel or brass (or for massive 18mm+mm dia ones, plastic rod) using
    the same method as shown in Charles' Ganoksin article. I have a slot
    in one end which I use for sawing and a hole in the other end for
    locating the wire, then mount the mandrel in a vice (US: vise) and
    saw then through right on the mandrel. 

    Hold the top bunch of rings in a pinch grip and saw 5 or 6 at a time
    putting the saw in the slot, then most importantly withdraw the saw.
    The j-rings slide off the mandrel all in a bunch. 

Bri
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