[Jewelry making - Article 00545] - Re: [Orchid] Most productive way to produce shot

[Beth Rosengard]

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Hi Sojourner,

>     Whereas if you have to measure and cut, measure and cut, measure
>     and cut.... makes my hands hurt just to think about it, 

    There's a tool called a tubing cutter jig (e.g., Rio Grande
    #113-839) which can eliminate the measuring part so all you have to
    do is cut -- and that's a lot easier than making rings and sawing (in
    my opinion, of course). 

    To make equal lengths of wire with this jig, just set the stopper
    where you want it and then, instead of using the guide to saw, just
    snip with a wire cutter on the inside edge of the plate (this will
    make sense if you look at the illustration in the catalog ... I hope
    :-).  Now that I think about it, I bet you could improvise a jig for
    this purpose pretty easily. 

>      There's another benefit - you'll always know (after the first
>     set) what size beads you'll get from jump rings made on a mandrel
>     of size X.  And size Y. and size Z. etc. Cuts down a lot on how
>     much measuring you need to do. 

    Same with the jig, once you go through the initial trial and error
    to figure out where to set the stopper for each length of wire that
    you need. 

Beth

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