How are some people using needles and drills and knitting needles can somebody please let me know and what do I use to measure things so I know what size my jump ring will be thanks guys sorry probably silly questions to some but I am just learning thanks
Jason, great video! Comments chopped up due to length restrictions:
I want to add some tips others may find useful. For my precious and base metal rings this is what I have discovered is the best. It reduces the dancing of the saw blade, making fewer mars. It also makes coiling easier on your fingers.
A. Coil using the softest temper of wire you can get. Coil about 1-2 inches maximum (depends on the ID of the rings you're making).
Thanks for that. I watched another jump ring making video where equipment was used that I do not have. This way uses tools that I have. I appreciated the bench shots at the end.
I appreciate the video and enjoyed the Rammstein... I am just getting started in jewelry making and I also work with computers like you, mainly sys admin stuff, assuming I can ever find another job... Anyways, i'm curious if there's a reason you dont just use an drill with a $2 dollar crochet needle from Michaels, it is very time saving for me, but I use copper, does the wire you use make it to difficult to use that?
I was making my coil using a mandrel(I'm making chainmail, so a much larger diameter than you are using). When I got to the end of my wire, the stored tension in the wire let loose and struck side of my thumb about 15 times in 1/4 of a second. This would've been bad. Really bad. But I was wearing gloves.
Obviously you aren't even in same stage of making jump rings, or using anywhere near the same size, but the lesson is the same.
That's a very good point if you're power winding. However this video was mostly focused on jewelry making which is why I only wrap wire by hand because for the most part I work with sterling and smaller gauges of wire (16-20 gauge). I also make short coils because they are easier to cut with the jeweler's saw.
I wouldn't recommend taking the time to cut a full shirt's worth of rings with a jeweler's saw unless you're just super bored or poor.
I used cutters for the shirt I showed, but the closures you get from saw cutting are much more flush. There are also rigs you can buy that will cut the coils with very thin blades which are powered by a flex shaft or dremel rotary tool such as the jumpringer or koil kutter systems.
Can't hear you well! Yes your voice is soft and there are noises inherent in the studio, the music keeps grabbing my attention. Reminds me of the x-files. Maybe I'll see you at the Renaissance Fair.
not often, but when someone wants to give me money to make one sure. I'll also make any other religious symbol that I have the ability to if you're willing to pay. :)
C. Reverse the saw blade (face it toward the inside of the frame), but with the rough teeth in the usual direction (sharp on the down stroke). Pass the blade through your coil so that the coil is locked on the blade, and close the frame as you describe.
D. Hold the first few rings firmly and at a slight angle to the blade and saw. Then continue sawing and moving your grip back as the cut rings drop off.
Coated wire won't survive the tumbling (perhaps with dry rice but I have not tested it), but I've found they do fairly well without, and far better than if you try to saw them from the outside.
I'm working on a re-make of this. I've got better angles recorded. (So you can actually see what I'm doing). Now I just need to find the time to put it together.
How are some people using needles and drills and knitting needles can somebody please let me know and what do I use to measure things so I know what size my jump ring will be thanks guys sorry probably silly questions to some but I am just learning thanks
pinkbunny186 2 days ago
Needed to see what you were doing not your feet, tray on your lap and stuff.
BirdOfParadise777 1 week ago
Jason, great video! Comments chopped up due to length restrictions:
I want to add some tips others may find useful. For my precious and base metal rings this is what I have discovered is the best. It reduces the dancing of the saw blade, making fewer mars. It also makes coiling easier on your fingers.
A. Coil using the softest temper of wire you can get. Coil about 1-2 inches maximum (depends on the ID of the rings you're making).
LisaFossett 7 months ago
Thanks for that. I watched another jump ring making video where equipment was used that I do not have. This way uses tools that I have. I appreciated the bench shots at the end.
calfam04 7 months ago
I use my drill and a knitting needle which works great for the size of jump rings i need. ;0P
apacheflower 11 months ago
I appreciate the video and enjoyed the Rammstein... I am just getting started in jewelry making and I also work with computers like you, mainly sys admin stuff, assuming I can ever find another job... Anyways, i'm curious if there's a reason you dont just use an drill with a $2 dollar crochet needle from Michaels, it is very time saving for me, but I use copper, does the wire you use make it to difficult to use that?
totalx242 2 years ago
no offense but u talk too quietly
licr8 2 years ago
just a bit far away to actually see anything ... easier if you were filming above your work area.
crazyrdhd 2 years ago
aww sweet rammstein in the back ground engel
rammstein9661 2 years ago
Got a quick story with a moral at the end.
I was making my coil using a mandrel(I'm making chainmail, so a much larger diameter than you are using). When I got to the end of my wire, the stored tension in the wire let loose and struck side of my thumb about 15 times in 1/4 of a second. This would've been bad. Really bad. But I was wearing gloves.
Obviously you aren't even in same stage of making jump rings, or using anywhere near the same size, but the lesson is the same.
Where gloves.
zarchangeldroch 3 years ago
That's a very good point if you're power winding. However this video was mostly focused on jewelry making which is why I only wrap wire by hand because for the most part I work with sterling and smaller gauges of wire (16-20 gauge). I also make short coils because they are easier to cut with the jeweler's saw.
I wouldn't recommend taking the time to cut a full shirt's worth of rings with a jeweler's saw unless you're just super bored or poor.
Oh and it's wear not where. :)
jasonsjewelry 3 years ago
I cut my rings one at a time with a mini bolt cutters!!
Bertziethegreat 3 years ago
I used cutters for the shirt I showed, but the closures you get from saw cutting are much more flush. There are also rigs you can buy that will cut the coils with very thin blades which are powered by a flex shaft or dremel rotary tool such as the jumpringer or koil kutter systems.
jasonsjewelry 3 years ago
Can't hear you well! Yes your voice is soft and there are noises inherent in the studio, the music keeps grabbing my attention. Reminds me of the x-files. Maybe I'll see you at the Renaissance Fair.
southmountaineer 3 years ago
I made a few other clips that were easier to see what I was doing, (no sound) but I haven't taken the time to edit them together... yet... sorry.
jasonsjewelry 3 years ago
grrr he makes jesus cross pendants ;)
keybear 4 years ago
not often, but when someone wants to give me money to make one sure. I'll also make any other religious symbol that I have the ability to if you're willing to pay. :)
jasonsjewelry 3 years ago
B. Tumble to harden the coils. I tumble my copper overnight in mixed stainless steel shot. The bronze and brass don't take as long.
LisaFossett 7 months ago
C. Reverse the saw blade (face it toward the inside of the frame), but with the rough teeth in the usual direction (sharp on the down stroke). Pass the blade through your coil so that the coil is locked on the blade, and close the frame as you describe.
LisaFossett 7 months ago
D. Hold the first few rings firmly and at a slight angle to the blade and saw. Then continue sawing and moving your grip back as the cut rings drop off.
Coated wire won't survive the tumbling (perhaps with dry rice but I have not tested it), but I've found they do fairly well without, and far better than if you try to saw them from the outside.
Hope this helps!
LisaFossett 7 months ago
Good video but you need to make some closeups
alex071777 4 years ago
I'm working on a re-make of this. I've got better angles recorded. (So you can actually see what I'm doing). Now I just need to find the time to put it together.
jasonsjewelry 4 years ago