Step 9A: Using your flush cutter, with the flat side of
your cutter toward the finished spiral dangle, cut the excess center
wire. See the picture at right.
Step 10A: To finish the wrap of the center wire around the
top wire segment, you will need to use two pair of bent chain nose
pliers, or one pair of bent chain nose and one pair of
bent
closing pliers. Grasp the spiral with one pair of bent chain
nose pliers and use your second pair or the bent closing pliers to
squeeze and twist the cut end of the wire flat. When you are done
you should have a spiral like the one shown at left with a single loop
around the top wire segment.
Step 11A: Now we are ready to make the loop at the top of
the spiral. Our instructions will show how to make a wrapped loop,
but you could choose to make this an open loop. Begin by grasping
the top wire segment immediately above the spiral with your bent chain
nose pliers and make a 80 degree bend as shown at right. (Use the
tips of your bent chain nose pliers to grasp the wire so that the wire
between the 80 degree bend and the top of the wrap at the spiral is
about 1/16 inch long.
Step 12A: Using your round nose pliers, grasp the wire as near the 80 degree bend, but on the side of the end of the wire (shown horizontal in the picture above-right). Make a loop at that point. This is a two step process as your pliers will not allow you to finish the loop in one movement, you will need to re-position your grip with your pliers so that you can make the complete loop shown at left. Adjust the loop by eye so that it is centered above the spiral. These jewelry making instructions continue on the next page. |
