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12. Place the 1 1/2" wire segment into one of the holes on your
Spiral Maker and position the 180 degree bend in the wire against the peg
in the Spiral Maker. See the picture at right for the correct
position of the wire. Now insert the peg in your Spiral Maker into
one of the holes in your jig. Turn the jig over, while holding the
Spiral Maker tightly
against
the jig. Looking through the jig wrap the wire around
the
center of the Spiral Maker. Move the wire is a series of small
movements of about 30 degrees each. Continue building your spiral
until you have about 1 3/4 inches of wire left. See the picture at
right.
Step 13. Remove the wire from the Spiral Maker. At this
point your wire should appear as shown at
Step 14: Grasp the spiral in your bent chain nose pliers as shown at left. Hold the spiral firmly so that it does not distort and bend the end wire up so that it is vertical and ultimately parallel with the beginning wire segment. Step 15: Continue to hold the spiral in your bent chain nose
pliers and bend the ending wire segment down flat against the spiral.
At this
Step 16: Now we need to bend the vertical, initial wire segment straight down. In the picture at right, this wire segment would end up pointing to the bottom of the page, on top of the ending wire segment, and as flat against the spiral as possible. These instructions continue on the following page. |
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