[Jewelry making - Article 00457] - Re: [Orchid] Jump rings

[Spiderchain Jewelry]

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>         Hello, I'm confused...  If you cut jump rings and tumble them,
>     don't they always get tangled? 

    They only get tangled if your coil was loose enough to allow the cut
    rings to slip into each other.  (Did that make any sense?) 

    With large, thin jump rings (like 20ga 5mm) it's pretty difficult to
    avoid tangling - you need a very steady hand when coiling.  But
    chunkier rings (either heavier gauge or smaller ID) behave
    themselves much better.  I have very few tangling problems with my
    commonly made sizes. 

    If you're only making a few jump rings at a time, you could always
    thread them onto a piece of wire before tumbling.  That makes it
    really difficult for them to tangle and also makes them easy to find
    if you're tumbling with media.  I don't bother since I'm usually
    tumbling at least a cup of rings at a time.  No wire, no media, no
    problem. 

    I hope that helps! 

-Spider (jump ring perfectionist)

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