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Step 1: Cut and
straighten a piece of 20 gauge
sterling silver or gold-filled wire 2 1/8 inches long. You can use soft wire or
half-hard wire. If you use soft wire you will need to harden the ear
wire component that you make by hammering it with a chasing hammer and
anvil. If you use 1/2 hard wire you won't need to harden the
finished piece, but the size if the finished ear wire will be bigger than
the size of the Super Peg that you use, so you may want to use a 3/8"
Super Peg instead of the 1/2" Super Peg Shown. |
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Step 2: Make a loop in the end
of the wire with the flush cut end.
Step 3: Place a 1/2" Super Peg (soft wire) or a 3/8" Super Peg
(1/2 hard wire) into any WigJig along with a single metal peg. Place
the metal peg as shown at right, so that it is close to the Super Peg,
preferably one thickness of the 20 gauge wire away. Place your initial
loop in your wire on the metal peg as shown. |
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Step 4: Wrap the wire around the Super Peg as shown at right.
Step 5: Remove the wire from the jig and cut off the excess wire about 3/16" from the initial loop. |
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