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Alternative Configurations:
The first alternative to this jewelry making project is that this pattern can be made in a
variety of sizes on the WigJig Cyclops or Electra. The peg pattern
for these round hole pattern jigs is shown at right. By moving all
of the pegs in or out one or more pegs, you can change the size of this
wire component. This demonstrates one of the advantages of the round
hole pattern jigs that we call scaling. You can make this component
in a variety of sizes. |
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| The second alterative to this jewelry making project is wrapping of the wire component just before the beginning and ending loop with fine gauge wire. Using 24, 26 or 28G wire, you can wrap the fine gauge wire around the 20G wire adjacent to the two loops as shown at right. This has the effect of soldering or gluing this wire together and can add a decorative accent when done in a complimentary colored wire. |
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| Another alternative jewelry making project is to connect the two beginning and ending loops in the diamond chandelier wire component to your ear wire by a right angled figure 8 connector. The steps for making this right angled figure 8 connector are provided in the following page. Both of the earrings shown at right use this right angled figure 8 connector. |
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| This WigJig jewelry making project is provided as
part of WigJig University - College of Jewelry Designs. We
try to provide interesting jewelry projects using beads, jewelry wire and
other jewelry supplies. We
hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to
complete this project. Some of the skills and jewelry making techniques have not been discussed here. For beginners, we suggest
that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary
for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that
beginners to making jewelry might need to visit the
WigJig
University College of Jewelry Techniques for additional
information about some of the skills and techniques shown.
Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store. We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc. |