Page 2      Inverted V Ear Wire Finding Jewelry Making Project

Step 1:  Cut and a 3" segment of 20 gauge wire.  Half-hard wire is preferred.

Step 2:  Make a loop in one end of the wire using your round nose pliers or your step jaw pliers.  The loop needs to be large enough to fit over a regular metal peg for the jig you will use.

Step 3:  Straighten this segment of wire by holding the loop in the wire with one hand and pulling the wire repeated through the jaws of your nylon jaw pliers held in your other hand. 

Step 4:  Position a regular metal peg, peg 1, and a 3/8" Super Peg, peg 2, in your jig as shown.  Place the loop in your wire on peg 1 and bend the wire against peg 2 until with no pressure applied the wire will rest adjacent to peg 3 (when it is inserted.) 

Step 5:  Add peg 3, the 3/16" Super Peg, as shown above and wrap the wire tightly around peg 3.  Continue to push the wire until it is near peg 2.  Once you are close, remove peg 2 so that you can push the wire slightly beyond peg 2.  Your goal is to push the wire so that with no pressure applied it will rest adjacent to peg 2 once it is re-inserted. 

Step 6:  Replace peg 2 in your jig and bend the wire against peg 2 so that with no pressure applied it will rest as shown above. 

Step 7:  Using your bent chain nose pliers, grasp the wire at the point shown at right and bend the wire 90 degrees.  When you are done, remove the wire from the jig and it should appear as shown at left.