Oval Links Jewelry Wire & Beads Bracelet Jewelry Making Project -- Page 2

Step 1:  Cut three segments of 18 or 20 gauge soft wire each 3 1/2" long.  Cut four more segments of 20 gauge soft wire each 2 1/2" long. 

Step 2:  Make a loop in one end of each of the 7 wire segments using your fine step jaw pliers or your round nose pliers.  The loop needs to be the size of the regular metal peg in your jig.

Step 3:  Grasp the loop at the end of a wire segment and straighten the wire using your nylon jaw pliers.  Do this for all seven segments of wire.

Step 4:  Start by positioning two regular metal pegs and a 1/2" Super Peg in your jig as shown for pegs 1, 2 and 3 at right.  This peg pattern will make the three large oval links in the center of the bracelet.  Later when we are ready to make the four smaller links, you will  need to remove pegs 1, 2 and 3 and add pegs 4, 5, and 6.  Peg 5 is a 3/8" Super Peg. 

Step 5:  Using one of the 3 1/2" long segments of wire, place the loop on the wire made in step 2 onto peg 1 in your pattern and bend the wire against peg 2 as shown at left.  Push the wire until it will stay in the position shown with no pressure applied. 

Step 6:  Keeping the wire tightly against the 1/2" Super Peg, bend the wire around peg 3 as shown at right.  Try to wrap the wire as tightly around peg 3 as possible. 

Step 7:  Now wrap the wire the rest of the way around peg 2, the 1/2" Super Peg.  Continue pushing the wire until the wire will rest in the position shown at left with no pressure applied. 

These instructions continue on the next page.