Sterling Silver Crescent and Bead Earrings
Resources Required
3" 4 x one mm sterling silver rectangle wire
20-a person 'Λ* head pins
Two turquoise disc beads
One Vi* 1.7 mm black hollow rubber tube
Two sterling silver ear wires
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Applications Desired
Ruler
Marker
Jeweler's saw or tin snips Safety glasses Difficult, flat surface Awl
Hammer /is" drill bit
Hand held rotary Instrument, flex shaft, or drill press File
Fantastic grit sanding pad
Ring mandrel
Rawhide mallet
Two pairs of chain nose pliers
Scissors
Wire cutters or tin snips Round nose pliers
1.Make use of the ruler to measure and mark two 1 Vi’ items of 4 x 1 mm rectangle sterling silver wire.
2Using a jeweler's noticed or tin snips, Lower the 4 x 1 mm rectangle sterling silver wire into two 1 Vi’ lengths.
3.File Each and every stop in the 1Vi" rectangle wire items to get rid of any burs or rough edges.
If wanted, You need to use the file to around the ends in the rectangle wire items. Make use of a fantastic grit sanding pad to go above the realm where you have filed to smooth the edges and remove any file marks.
4.Use the ruler to evaluate and mark /*." from a person close of your one Vi’ parts of rectangle wire and position a mark in the middle on the wire. This is when you may drill the holes to slide The top pins via.
5.Put on your protection Eyeglasses!!! Put the one Vi" rectangle wire parts on to a tough, flat surface area. Spot the point from the awl on the mark that you made Vm,' from a person close with the rectangle wire items, and firmly strike after on the very best in the awl having a hammer. Mens Ring This will make a pilot hole for drilling holes into your rectangle wire.
Sterling Silver Crescent Men's Rings and Bead Earrings
Chapter five
six.Utilizing a /is" drill bit. drill holes into one end of your Mens RingMen's Rings rectangle wire parts by using a handheld rotary Device, flex shaft, or drill press (while still carrying your basic safety Eyeglasses!).
7.Use the file or great grit sanding pad to reduce any burs or tough edges still left from drilling holes in to the rectangle wire pieces.
eight.Curve equally 1W items of rectangle wire into a “C" shape employing a ring mandrel and rawhide mallet. If you don't have a ring mandrel and rawhide mallet, use two pair of chain nose pliers. Keeping just one pair of pliers in Every hand, grasp each close with the 1 Vi* rectangle wire piece With all the pliers and gently bend the rectangle wire right into a “C* form. Examine each of your C-formed rectangle wire items and adjust the curves so that they're very similar in si2e. Set these aside.
nine.Make use of the ruler to measure and mark the rubber tube into 4 equivalent items measuring Vm’ Every. Use scissors to chop the rubber tube.
ten.Location the turquoise disc bead onto The pinnacle pin and incorporate 1 V·' bit of the rubber tube, position The top pin through the gap while in the C-shaped rectangle wire, and then insert another V«" piece of rubber tube.
thirteen. Maintain the head pin While using the bead, rubber tube, along with the rectangle wire on it in one hand While using the wire you bent pointing toward you. Utilizing the spherical nose pliers, grip the end of The pinnacle pin wire that is certainly pointing toward you and roll it clear of you (imagine turning the ignition crucial to start your vehicle). Release the pliers from The pinnacle pin wire.
At this time, the opening within the loop at the best of The top pin wire should however be huge enough to slide the ear wire on. After you increase the ear wire, make use of the round nose pliers to grasp the loop of The top pin wire and roll it closed. You may use the round nose or chain nose pliers to regulate The form from the loop at the best of The top pin if you might want to.
eleven. Use the ruler to evaluate and mark /(.’ over the best piece of the hollow rubber tube. While using the wire cutters or tin snips, Minimize the Men's Rings head pin wire Yu.’ earlier mentioned the very best of your hollow rubber tube.
12. Utilize the chain nose pliers to bend The top pin wire next to the highest from the rubber tube in a 90-diploma angle.
14. Repeat these techniques for the second earring.