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Step 8: With the braiding completed we need to finish the ends of
the bracelet. First,grasp the end of the braided segment with your
bent chain nose pliers and bend the 6 wires about 75 degrees as shown in
picture 8A. Then grasp the wire near the bend, but on the end
segment with six straight wires with your step jaw pliers or round nose
pliers and make a "U" shaped bend in the wire as shown in picture 8B.
Next, using your flush cutters, cut the excess wire off about 1/4 inch
beyond the "U" shaped bend. See picture 8C at right. |
Step 8B
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| Step 9: At this point we need to wrap fine gauge wire around the braided wire to fix the shape and cover the cut wire ends. Square wire or 1/2 round wire is great for this, but if you don't have that, 22 or 24 gauge round wire will work. Wrap the wire tightly. The wire shown at right is 24 gauge wire used to finish the loop. Finish both ends of the braided wire the same way. The braided wire segment should now be about 6 1/2 inches long with a loop on either end. |
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