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Step 7: Remove the wire from your pliers. At
this point we need to inspect the loop to see if the loop is centered
over the vertical wire. If the loop isn't centered (which happens
most of the time), slide one jaw of your round nose pliers all the way
into the loop so that the entire inside of the loop is touching the jaw
of your pliers. Then grip the loop and twist it slightly so that
the loop is properly aligned so that the vertical wire points to the
center of the loop. For the loop shown at right, you would twist
the loop slightly clockwise as we are looking at it to center the loop
over the wire and beads below it.
Step 8: Now we are ready to connect this loop into your jewelry component. This obviously must be accomplished before wrapping the loop closed if you are connecting to another closed loop as shown above-left.
Step 10: Wrap the wire around one, two or three turns according to the needs of your project. In general, it is good to wrap as many turns as necessary to cover the wire between your loop and your beads. Try to be consistent and use the same number of wraps each time. While wrapping the wire, keep the wire tail that you are wrapping perpendicular to the wire that you are wrapping it around. |
Step
9: With your loop connected as described above, grasp the loop
using your bent chain nose pliers. Grasp it firmly. We
aren't trying to crush the loop only to make sure that it doesn't move.
To be able to accomplish this step, as shown at right, you need one of
two things. Either you need pliers with jaws that are thin so that
you can grasp the loop and still have room to wrap the loop closed, or
the other alternative is that you need to make a larger loop in steps 3,
4, and 5 so that you will have room for the jaws of your bent chain nose
pliers. We have worked with manufacturers to develop bent chain
nose pliers with thinner jaws called our
shape
of your loop.