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How To Tips on jewelry making

Here we have a collection of how to tips for various aspects of jewelry making. These tips and tricks are generic in that you can use this knowledge in overlapping areas of your work in jewelry making. We have tried to classify them for you in broad categories to make it easier for you to find what you need.

However we do suggest to get a cuppa, sit back and relax, and check through all the categories. The how to tips, despite our category-classification, do sometimes span across more than one in real life.

Come back and visit this page often as we add to them regularly whenever we come across another handy jewellery how to.

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Re:	Tips and Tricks
Headpins/Eyepins: soft vs hard	Pins comes in the soft and hard version. When using them to make earring (as in earring drops), use the hard version.
Loops - spare length for Closed loops	Leave at least 3cm (about 1½ inch) spare length of wire when you are making a secure closed loop with wire.
Loops - spare length for simple loops	Leave at least 8mm (5/6 inch) spare length of wire when you are making a simple loop with wire.
Straighten & Strengthen wire	Using nylon-jawed pliers (so as not to mar your wire) or your fingers, and run them up and down the length of your wire a few times will strengthen the wire. Hammering wire (as with hammer and block) will also strengthen the wire.
Wire Gauges - for Earrings	For things like making earring drops, the most common and suitable gauge to use is between 0.6 to 0.8 mm. This will be modified depending on the size and weigth of your beads. (see Wire Gauge Conversion table)
Wire; Practising with	When practising a new technique using wire (e.g. making loops with wire), use copper or silver plated wires as they are inexpensive and easy to use. See range of wire supplies .

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