  These
earrings are made from two 16 gauge circular wire components connected
together by a jump ring finding. For obvious reasons we will call
the two wire components the large circle and the small circle.
Step 1: Straighten then cut a 3 3/4" segment then a 2 3/4" segment of 16 gauge soft wire. (We straighten this wire first then cut it because with 16 gauge wire it is easier to hold the entire coil of wire while straightening the wire. Use your nylon jaw pliers to straighten the wire and your flush cutter to cut the wire.) Step 2: Using your round nose pliers or your step jaw pliers make
a loop in the end of each wire segment. Since this is 16 gauge wire,
we make this loop using the
technique shown here. Using this approach, we made our loops in
the sharp end of the wire since the last 1/8" of wire was going to be cut
off
Step 3: Position a regular metal peg (peg 1) and a 7/8" Super Peg in your jig as shown at left. (The 7/8" Super Peg can be purchased as part of our Large Round Super Pegs for the Olympus or the Delphi.) This combination of pegs is used to make the Large Circular wire component. Place your initial loop in the 3 3/4" wire segment on peg 1 and wrap the wire completely around peg 2 as shown. Step 4: Now we are ready to make the Small Circular wire component. Position a regular metal peg and a 1/2" (or 5/8") Super Peg as shown above-left. Place the initial loop from the 2 3/4" wire segment on peg 3 and wrap the wire completely around peg 4. |
and
discarded anyway.