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Step 1: Cut and straighten a piece of 20 gauge wire 5 1/2 inches long. 1/2 hard wire will work best, but soft wire will work. (Instructions for cutting wire can be found here. Instructions for straightening wire can be found here.)
Step 2: Make a loop in the end of the wire.
Step 3: Place five metal pegs into a WigJig Cyclops as shown below, left and place your initial loop in your wire onto the center peg. The peg pattern for the WigJig Delphi will be provided later.
Step 4: Wrap your wire tightly around the bottom, left peg as shown below. Push the wire with your fingers as close to the peg as possible to help keep the wrap tight. Please note that the bottom, middle, and bottom, right pegs were move out of the way to make performing this wrap easier. Please remember, when working with 1/2 hard wire you need to push the wire beyond where your want it to end up so that it relaxes back into its finished position. This is why the pegs were moved out of the way.
Step 5: Replace the bottom-middle peg into its regular position, and wrap the wire around this peg. Again, push the wire close to the peg to help keep the wrap tight around the peg.
Sept 6: At this point we need to remove the wire from the jig and position the bottom, right peg back into its regular position. Replace the wire back onto the pegs in the mirror image position, as shown below left. This step helps to make this wire component more symmetrical.
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