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From: Bonnie Cooper Date: Sun Sep 03 00:58:12 2006 |
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========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ]======== Maureen, I'm still a novice when it comes to jewelry fabrication, but I just completed Alan Revere's Fabrication 5 class. One of the projects I selected was a carabiner clasp, which required a spring mechanism. I can't imagine purchasing a ready-made spring, as it was so easy to make. I used steel wire (guitar wire, actually) and wrapped it tightly around a steel rod, with a diameter slightly less that the pin used for holding the spring (it will loosen somewhat when you take it off the rod). You start by placing the wire perpendicular to the rod and clamping them tightly together, leaving a tail at the end. Wind tightly around the rod, to make the required width. Then leave a tail at the other end of the spring (both tails need to extend in the same direction). Slip it off the rod and you are done! Bonnie Cooper ____________________________________________________________________ T h e O r c h i d L i s t Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________ Orchid FAQ: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm Orchid Archives: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive Orchid Galleries: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm Invite a Friend: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm ____________________________________________________________________ Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books Buy Orchid Jewelry: ~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ____________________________________________________________________ -Unsubscribe: -Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank ____________________________________________________________________ |
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